Rep

what does it matter if you get bad rep???? people will rate you by your posts not by your so called "rep"....

If you don't like rep then don't look at it. I'm not going to start intervening to be a judge of if bad rep was 'deserved' or not.

Well if we could turn off the ability for a particular user to see comments that'd be great because inevitably when you look at your user cp you'll usually see it. Got a similarly halfwit derived piece of rep this morning. I don't see why people who are just making pests of themselves shouldn't just get a temp ban or be named and shamed. They're not exactly contributing to the forum are they? :mark:

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Originally Posted by Gannex

I haven't read the whole thread, so someone may already have suggested this, but how about banning negative rep, but allowing positive rep only? Wouldn't that make the whole system a lot friendlier and more fun. The worst that could happen to a poster is that he gets not enough positive rep for his or her liking. Hardly a downer, unlike being barraged by negative rep, as some have been. So ban the reds and allow only greens!

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Not a bad suggestion. Make it, "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all."

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Originally Posted by Captain VXR

Yep, now where did I put my gun??? :p , see it didn't wind me up *goes round mystery bad repper's house with metal baseball bat* :evil:

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The entire rep system is unethical, and the negative feeds the forum members without character and values who hide behind anonymity.

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Originally Posted by Gannex

I haven't read the whole thread, so someone may already have suggested this, but how about banning negative rep, but allowing positive rep only? Wouldn't that make the whole system a lot friendlier and more fun. The worst that could happen to a poster is that he gets not enough positive rep for his or her liking. Hardly a downer, unlike being barraged by negative rep, as some have been. So ban the reds and allow only greens!

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An interesting idea, but I once received some bad rep which was fair and deserved. The problem is that, as with anything, people mis-use it.

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Originally Posted by agwiii

The entire rep system is unethical...

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In your view.

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Originally Posted by agwiii

...the forum members without character and values who hide behind anonymity.

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I assume that would also apply to the vast majority of us here who do not use our full names as a username, or the few who use the forum in 'invisible mode'. They too are "hiding" behind anonymity.

However, that is their choice. Just as using/viewing, or not using/viewing rep is their choice.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

In your view.

I assume that would also apply to the vast majority of us here who do not use our full names as a username, or the few who use the forum in 'invisible mode'. They too are "hiding" behind anonymity.

However, that is their choice. Just as using/viewing, or not using/viewing rep is their choice.

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Some assessments in ethics may be highly subjective, however there are well established standards. By any of the well established standards, the REP system is unethical, and encourages unethical behavior. Too many threads and complaints document this problem. To suggest that because people who post public messages are hiding behind anonymity is to misunderstand both ethics and ethical standards. The public posts are just that - public, and not dark, dank nasty digs at people -- which is what the REP system, as currently implemented invites and supports.

@agwii-i'm surprised as to why you continue your tirades against bad rep.....you continue making personal attacks on people and then complain it's unethical....

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Originally Posted by harsha

@agwii-i'm surprised as to why you continue your tirades against bad rep.....you continue making personal attacks on people and then complain it's unethical.

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Harsha, I find the bad rep system amusing, and the support for it rather typical of the overall decay of many aspects of Western Civilization. I've made no "personal attacks." When I have posted anything about ethics and codes of conducts, they have been deleted as "hijacking a thread." Clearly, a discussion of ethics is disturbing to some on the forum. I have identified inconsistencies in the way some members are treated. Rather than being unethical, that is highly ethical. Your post could be construed as a personal attack -- is that your intention?