In the past week or so I have received 6 private messages inquiring about reputation points, concerns about negative points, concerns the system isn't calculating correctly, etc.

The system is operating the way it should be. The users are not always using it the way intended. If you wish to use it, make the reputation Positive or Negative, NOT neutral. Leave a comment - not doing so is rude and skulking. Be polite; understand that others are under no obligation to care about your point of view, just as you with theirs.

Also, keep in mind that the point system is cumulative, adding points up. When first given points they show as green dots, then gold dots, then gold stars. sometimes some of the dots will disappear when enough points have accumulated to create a gold dot or star. Red dots are negative karma, and if given should be done so very hesitantly and only with good reason.

Folks tend to take these too seriously, and emotions come to the fore. These reputation points were largely intended to be used as a POSITIVE reinforcement, not a tool to beat people up. They are are also very definitely intended to be used for FUN. Lighten up, dudes, dames, eunuchs, and all.

If I get any more on this I'll just have to consider the notion of turning off the points. Then all ya'll won't be able to give me any negative points for taking away the points.

Interesting...I didn't know you cared about people's feelings...learn something new every day it seems

Batman (imported) wrote: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:47 pm Interesting...I didn't know you cared about people's feelings...learn something new every day it seems

Kristoff is my my boss on the Boards, my friend and is funnier than hell. He cares for everyone and dislikes nobody that I know of except maybe Osama bin-Laden.

Kristoff is also the fairest person I know.

Reputation points is like penis size -- I try to pretend I just don't care, but in the end of the day I keep wondering why mine is so much lower than everyone else`s.

Penis size is based upon on ancestry. Canadians, Minnesottans and Californians have the biggest pricks I know off. The older we get, the bigger they gets.

Honest. Would I lie?

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:32 am Kristoff is my my boss on the Boards, my friend and is funnier than hell. He cares for everyone and dislikes nobody that I know of except maybe Osama bin-Laden.

Kristoff is also the fairest person I know.

You do realize I WAS kidding...?

Batman (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:09 pm You do realize I WAS kidding...?

Kidding? Oh Damn

I was goingto suggest to Krister that he use power tools on your crotch and videotape it. Sheesh....Now I'll have to rewatch reruns of Plan Nine From Outer Space

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:23 pm Kidding? Oh Damn

I was goingto suggest to Krister that he use power tools on your crotch and videotape it. Sheesh....Now I'll have to rewatch reruns of Plan Nine From Outer Space

Fuck, there goes my fun for the evening. Fresh blade in the old saws all, too

JoaoGenerico (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:31 am Reputation points is like penis size -- I try to pretend I just don't care, but in the end of the day I keep wondering why mine is so much lower than everyone else`s.

With your recent surge in points, maybe you can now be as big a prick as a Minnesotan, Canadian, or Californian, eh? ...

This is a helpful thread.

Calms me down knowing that mostly green penis points are mostly good, but that phallic red feedback (with or without comments) now and then is nothing to worry about.

Maybe even something to be happy about around here. I'm still learning.

(The reputation points are fun and funny. They allow me now, as I see, to be a "Participating Member" or maybe recognize that my member sometimes participates, as an advancement over formerly being a "Newly Active Member." My member, and this member, are happy about that.)

From NaziNuts, not a Nazi but fascinated by the theme.