Rep

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Originally Posted by Hazell B

:laugh:
Can't fault the work ethic there.

Feel free to hand mine out, hell even post it openly.

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Well I've figured it out now. Some of the comments left by people are funny :p

But it's easy to see who the children are.

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Originally Posted by Mark

Well I've figured it out now. Some of the comments left by people are funny :p

But it's easy to see who the children are.

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Well I'm happy now. At least if someone wants to send abuse or have multiple accounts Mark is going to know :)

On that note I vote that rep stays :)

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

I'm slightly confused at the rep I was given for this post:



Now I'll admit the first part wasn't very funny, but still...Unfortunaltely I have no clue as to why rep was given because the rep-porter gave no reason.

Ah well :crazy: perhaps a case of rep-alitis.

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ArrowsFA1

The rep you received is just one of the many symptoms of the failure of the rep system. Kill it.

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Originally Posted by Hazell B

Agwiii, naming anyone who reps you, good or bad, isn't really in the spirit of the thing is it?

I'm sure Jon sends out plenty of good rep too. At least he signs it :up:

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I disagree. Among other things, I object to the secrecy of the system. Mostly, I disagree with the existence of the system. It is like having a comfortable chair with a broken spring that pokes you in the ass. If the rep system was limted to people with your character, there would be no problems. However, its not. Look at Mark from Oshawa's situation -- thousands of negative points. This forum should be a fun place to discuss autosports with other fans. If someone wants to be polemic, then that often stimulates discussion. However, the rep system adds absolutely nothing to this forum, and only damages it.

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Originally Posted by agwiii

...It is like having a comfortable chair with a broken spring that pokes you in the ass...

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No bad thing really. It reminds you to get up out of that comfortable chair from time to time :p

who Cares! Life Goes On!

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Originally Posted by Hazell B

Agwiii, naming anyone who reps you, good or bad, isn't really in the spirit of the thing is it?

I'm sure Jon sends out plenty of good rep too. At least he signs it :up:

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Hazell B

I thought I replied to you, but I guess I did not. Must be CRS.

Is making public a unilateral secret disparagement in the spirit of the forum? I think the rep system itself is not in the spirit of the forum because of the secrecy.

The beauty of the open forum is that you can -- within limits -- write whatever you wish, disagree with anyone -- or agree with anyone. It's very Lockean and democratic in operation.

Philosophically, the secret rep is anti-forum. So, back to your original question, I think that to a) not sign rep or to not identify secret rep to the forum is not in the spirit of things.

Your thoughts?

Fighting to try and get rep banned and then giving negative rep out in response to a joke is being slightly hypocritical dont you think agwiii?

Make your mind up.

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Originally Posted by viper_man

Fighting to try and get rep banned and then giving negative rep out in response to a joke is being slightly hypocritical dont you think agwiii? Make your mind up.

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I think you misread something, viperman, or have confused me with someone else.

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Originally Posted by agwiii

I think you misread something, viperman, or have confused me with someone else.

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My apologies to agwiii, you are not a hypocrite.

I can now see the drawbacks of rep, its not such a big deal to me but you can see how easily it can almost cause arguments. Someones given me negative rep and quoted directly from a post I made to agwiii earlier in the thread, making it seem as though it was agwiii himself.