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In my travels through these forums I happened across a post about someone in Charlotte being rather insulting to those in Raleigh. He originated the post. What caught my eye was the fact that this poster's point tally was -1. I can see where we all can disagree with everyone else but shouldn't good manners prevail? Just a thought as I am not looking to penalize that poster
In my travels through these forums I happened across a post about someone in Charlotte being rather insulting to those in Raleigh. He originated the post. What caught my eye was the fact that this poster's point tally was -1. I can see where we all can disagree with everyone else but shouldn't good manners prevail? Just a thought as I am not looking to penalize that poster
A lot of people abuse the negative reputation system. I myself have found that folks in New Jersey hand them out like candy if you post anything at all that they don't agree with, even if you try to voice your dissent respectfully. According to the terms of service, you can not detract from someone's reputation merely because you disagree with the poster's opinions, nor can you flag a thread or reply for removal or review for that same reason. I don't spend much time on the NC forum (although I've recently taken a keen liking to the SC one), so I'm unfamiliar with these circumstances, but if this member lost 11 rep points from his initial starting point of +10 just because people disagreed with his views, then that is something that should be investigated. If this member was "trolling," which more or less means that he or she was intentionally posting things in order to incite fighting, or if this member was being rude, nasty, or harassing others, then I could see justificatoin for the red dots. Otherwise, it sounds as if this is yet another case of people being far too lazy to post a reply to this person's message explaining why they disagreed with him or her in order to instead just give a reputation hit, which takes much less time.
His post was rather rude and insulting to people who live in Raleigh. I make it a point not to respond to posters like that as I see them as looking for attention. I was just curious about the negative rep thing. Thanks for the reply.
Nice thought and let me say that I agree wholeheartedly as being negative for any reason does not suit me.
Yep...I agree. They can give 'em to me but it's not worth getting upset over if I get a neg. rep. I know in my heart that I try very hard to only state what is my personal opinion and I say so. I do not like to argue and do not like confrontation. If I don't agree with someone that's not new and it's life. I don't need to give them a neg. rep. That allows that poster to rent space in my head---and I don't have that much space left anyhow!!!
I got my first negative rep since I began using the Forum over a year ago. I found out because I noticed that the rep number under my name had gone down a point.
The negative repper apparently thought my comment, in the Vermont forum, was inappropriate and said so. What was inappropriate about it? I can't ask the person, as I have no name.
I find this a bit offensive. If you don't like what someone wrote you can challenge it openly.
Why should I lose a point in my rep because someone didn't like what I said? I wasn't flaming or spamming or even off topic.
And I don't think I am allowed to post on the forum that I got penalized for something I wrote. Is this correct?
Also, I don't think people's reps are necessarily accurate. I've seen great posts by a poster who had a rep of -80.
I think it's best to use the Forum - ask and/or respond to questions - without worryng about your rep.
If you feel you were given a negative rep unfairly, you can ask that it be investigated, by send a DM to a mod, Markablue or Yac. If the neg rep was not given in accordance to the Terms of Service, the neg rep will be removed and the person who sent it will have points taken away.
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