Can we PLEASE have neg rep back?

[target64]

Your first person Ive seen on here with neg rep. What the heck did you do for that?

He read the FAQ

 

[atvdave]

I would bet that the majority of PMs to Mods on people "not making a quality post" come from a select few of mod wanna-bees. Neg rep would give them the illusion of being a mod to slap down offenders.
Just my opinion.

You nailed it.....

 

[Bapak2ja]

The bad pot stirrers are increasing. It causes the good ones to hold back. Why start z war of words you can't win.

 

[topash]

Your first person Ive seen on here with neg rep. What the heck did you do for that?

I am very liberal and tend to think differently than most here.

 

[sepe]

I am very liberal and tend to think differently than most here.

Hmm, I guess we DO need neg rep back then.

 

[J_Wales]

Stirring the pot is a good thing.

I have always thought it was good to challenge some ones ideas, beliefs, mindset.

Also its good to offend some one once in a while, it helps keep them in check, and maybe just maybe one will think, "why do i believe this?" or "why do i find this offensive" and it will help them grow as a person.

Well said Sir!

 

[Chesh97]

The "repuation" tracking is all a sham anyhow. As long as threads are allowed for the sake of repping, just to rep, it's worthless.

 

[J_Wales]

The "repuation" tracking is all a sham anyhow. As long as threads are allowed for the sake of repping, just to rep, it's worthless.

Rep on the way

 

[atvdave]

On the many of web forums that I have seen who use this typeof forum software, I have yet to see where the neg rep feature wasn't abused. I also have yet to see where the pos rep feature wasn't abused as well...

 

[SaintsNSinners]

The "repuation" tracking is all a sham anyhow. As long as threads are allowed for the sake of repping, just to rep, it's worthless.

-1 for casting negative repping in a negative light.

 

[J_Wales]

-1 for casting negative repping in a negative light.

Rep on the way

 

[Colt556]

I wonder how much Neg Rep would be dished out in this thread?

 

[J_Wales]

I wonder how much Neg Rep would be dished out in this thread?

Rep on the way

 

[Denny347]

He read the FAQ

Woh woh woh...we have a FAQ?

 

[ocsdor]

I think everyone's rep should be reset to zero. Bring back negative rep. Then make every rep worth 1 point only.

 

[paddling_man]

Hey, can we gives ourselves rep?

That'll make you go blind, son.

On the many of web forums that I have seen who use this typeof forum software, I have yet to see where the neg rep feature wasn't abused. I also have yet to see where the pos rep feature wasn't abused as well...

THIS exactly. I've seen it used with vBulletin on a couple of other sites - significantly larger than here. Both times, it doesn't work out as the black/white, 1/0 designers intend. It works out in the same model of human nature. It's not bad... it just is what it is. Kinda like communism. Interesting idea of paper, for those who chose to participate, but human nature causes it to fail apart quickly.

Rep systems on forums are the same way. No matter how much someone wants to say "It should just work like xxxxx," it's simply not going to.

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[radar44]

Great points are all over the place.
However , gut jigglin' FUNNY . will get always get me on the rep. button faster than anything.

.

 

[ralphb72]

IS that why my Rep went through the roof one day?

REPPED!





Just kidding, I'm out of it for 24 hours anyway.

 

[bwframe]

I'd rather the MODS just remove REP altogether. The whole REP system has been abused from its original intentions for a long time now.

I agree. The rep pyramid thread kinda irks me. It takes every meaning away from what rep is supposed to be.

IMHO, the rep system has always done more damage than good. It has always been used way more for BS than good information. It has also led to a lot of less than desirable members becoming overly confident in their bad behavior.

Yes, the rep system has turned idiots into geniuses. The sad part is that this spreads like wildfire with noobs believing the BS. Makes you wonder what the watch groups think of us Indiana gun owners, eh?

 

[J_Wales]

Ummm.... Folks do understand that this is just an internet forum board, right?

It is not the be all meaning of life.