Negative reputation

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Originally Posted by Naf Eeknay

Yeah... I got a negative also and I hardly ever give advice... still relearning! Why is it that anyone can post negative reps to your account anonymously? I admit I haven't read every post in this thread so it may have already been answered. BTW, they just posted a negative to my rep but I didn't see anywhere in the thread where anything negative was said.

Peace!

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Sometimes what may seem like nothing is wrong in the post to you may be viewed differant by others.Not saying this is the case,just giving a example.

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

it refers to how long you've been a member as well as how many positive rep points you have ;)

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In this case, the little green squares are strictly an indication of rep-points. If you hover your mouse over it, you'll see a little pop-up quote that gives an indication of that persons rep points. Two squares means they have reached 100 points.

oh okay. i thought it was also once you've been here a year you get another square.

thanks for clearing that up judy!

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Sometimes what may seem like nothing is wrong in the post to you may be viewed differant by others.Not saying this is the case,just giving a example.

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Yeah but that's my point. If they think it is bad advice don't you think that they should say it in the thread so that others would know? Seems kind of cowardly to give negative feedback but not say so in the post.
IMO It's kind of like :groinkick

HEHE!!

Peace

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Originally Posted by Naf Eeknay

Yeah but that's my point. If they think it is bad advice don't you think that they should say it in the thread so that others would know? Seems kind of cowardly to give negative feedback but not say so in the post.
IMO It's kind of like :groinkick

HEHE!!

Peace

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I agree:P .I will not hesitate to point out incorrect advice giving as long as i know 100% that it is infact incorrect.No matter how the system is setup its going to be misused one way or another :irkd: .To tell you the truth i feel the MAJORITY of the members here on this site are fair when they decide to use the rep system.You can disagree with someone without the fear of retaliation from them or there buddies ;) .

I don't think it's beneficial to sit and worry about every bad hit you've taken. You can't please everyone all the time. It's just impossible.

There are limitations to the rep system. By it's nature, it is very subjective. Most times things even out. If you feel that you've been the subject of vindictive points, then please contact an admin/mod.

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

I don't think it's beneficial to sit and worry about every bad hit you've taken. You can't please everyone all the time. It's just impossible.

There are limitations to the rep system. By it's nature, it is very subjective. Most times things even out. If you feel that you've been the subject of vindictive points, then please contact an admin/mod.

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Exactly! I get dinged all the time and I'm a damn superstar. Figure that out! I actually don't mind the rep system so much the way its implemented here. When I am an ass, feel free to tell me! Much love...

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Exactly! I get dinged all the time and I'm a damn superstar. Figure that out! I actually don't mind the rep system so much the way its implemented here. When I am an ass, feel free to tell me! Much love...

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Jamie your a buttmuncher:cool: :cool: :cool:

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Jamie your a buttmuncher:cool: :cool: :cool:

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What I do in my free time is no business of yours, sir.

Good input. I just find it obnoxious when people are being vindictive.

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Originally Posted by jglass38

What I do in my free time is no business of yours, sir.

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:8: :8: :8: :groinkick :rofl: :rofl: Once again Jamie you crack me up lol.

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Originally Posted by joepythons

:8: :8: :8: :groinkick :rofl: :rofl: Once again Jamie you crack me up lol.

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I crack me up as well...

A high rep doesn't make anyone a great person. Reputation is just one tool for newcomers to evaluate the person giving advice. There's no secret club you get into once you hit a certain point... sorry.

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

A high rep doesn't make anyone a great person. Reputation is just one tool for newcomers to evaluate the person giving advice. There's no secret club you get into once you hit a certain point... sorry.

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Umm..I disagree! I have a high rep and am a great person. Coincidence? I think not!

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Umm..I disagree! I have a high rep and am a great person. Coincidence? I think not!

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You were just as great when you had a lower rep too. So nah! :zerb:

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Umm..I disagree! I have a high rep and am a great person. Coincidence? I think not!

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O please:rolleyes: :rolleyes: ,someone get a shovel its getting to deep in here :giggle: :fishslap:

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

You were just as great when you had a lower rep too. So nah! :zerb:

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Aww..You are so sweet..Come here and give me a hug.. :rolleye2:

I'll be right over. :blowkiss: :hug:

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

There's no secret club you get into once you hit a certain point... sorry.

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Now I'm ticked ... You mean to tell me I've been lied to for all these years? Now that's a DAGGER! :rofl:

-adam

amazing what happens after 3 days without the internet. I come back and this thread is on it's 7th page. hmmm

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Originally Posted by Shaffer

amazing what happens after 3 days without the internet. I come back and this thread is on it's 7th page. hmmm

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O yea and its still going like the Energizer bunny :P :P

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Now I'm ticked ... You mean to tell me I've been lied to for all these years? Now that's a DAGGER! :rofl:

-adam

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Nope, it's all been a horrible lie. I'll personally take the culprit out back for a sound beating. ;) :P

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Originally Posted by jglass38

When I am an ass, feel free to tell me! Much love...

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Yeah, but you're MY ass! :D

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Yeah, but you're MY ass! :D

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Woohoo! They like me, they really like me! :P

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

I'll personally take the culprit out back for a sound beating. ;) :P

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Promises promises. :love:

-adam

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Woohoo! They like me, they really like me! :P

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Most of the time! :tongue2:

I didn't know reputation points existed until I joined this board. I got one right when I joined and haven't gotten any more since.

i belong to another site which is a game clan site and we all love our rep... but when i came here and recieved a bad rep point cause my grammar suks when i type thats B.S. i play pc games rts to be specific and i dont have time nor care enough to use proper grammar.... when i type up a resume or something important then i care .... but this stuck up behavior shows that my place isnt here... ty all for the info on my snakes see ya l8ers.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by kittyish

i belong to another site which is a game clan site and we all love our rep... but when i came here and recieved a bad rep point cause my grammar suks when i type thats B.S. i play pc games rts to be specific and i dont have time nor care enough to use proper grammar.... when i type up a resume or something important then i care .... but this stuck up behavior shows that my place isnt here... ty all for the info on my snakes see ya l8ers.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Bye! http://www.glassreptiles.com/smileys/wave.gifhttp://ww.glassreptiles.com/smileys/wave.gif

We hardly knew ye....

so ur gonna leave cuz 1 person on a msg board gave you some neg rep points???

oooook.

i do agree with you, however, that this is not a message board intended for tutoring students at spelling. Durrr...its a herp site. Lets leave it that way people, not everyone is a perfect speller.

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Originally Posted by kittyish

i belong to another site which is a game clan site and we all love our rep... but when i came here and recieved a bad rep point cause my grammar suks when i type thats B.S. i play pc games rts to be specific and i dont have time nor care enough to use proper grammar.... when i type up a resume or something important then i care .... but this stuck up behavior shows that my place isnt here... ty all for the info on my snakes see ya l8ers.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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That's one of the reasons why some people don't take the hobby seriously, is because when someone types " lyk dis", we all look lazy and whatnot.

It's bad enough people don't care for snakes, lets not make them think we're lazy too. I don't bash someone for their grammar, but when someone tries to take the short way out for every word, it makes posts hard to read and people will just skip your posts...

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Bye!

We hardly knew ye....

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i second that... :)

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Originally Posted by kittyish

i belong to another site which is a game clan site and we all love our rep... but when i came here and recieved a bad rep point cause my grammar suks when i type thats B.S. i play pc games rts to be specific and i dont have time nor care enough to use proper grammar.... when i type up a resume or something important then i care .... but this stuck up behavior shows that my place isnt here... ty all for the info on my snakes see ya l8ers.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I don't know if you'll ever read this if you've really left, but I hope you do.

Actually, we frown heavily on people that pick on other people's spelling and grammar. However, at times, folks may make suggestions that would help the poster get their point across more readily...such as a suggestion to please use punctuation...or to note that a post filled with "game-speak" might get overlooked by a lot of members here because they really don't like reading it. Those sorts of suggestions are not being critical, but are attempting to be helpful.

It's entirely up to the person posting how much effort they want to put into their spelling and grammar....and the return they get on that effort will often show.

All that being said....if you actually read this thread, I would hope it had come across to you that we do not tolerate abuse of the rep system and if you feel it was used incorrectly (as it sounds like it was!) then you could have sent a PM to any staff member to check it out and get the situation taken care of. But we can't fix these things if they're not brought to our attention.

If you want to let one grouchy apple dictate your impression of an entire forum's community....well then, good luck wherever you go. ;)

ok then picture this scenario... in bed for the past 2 days all doped up on nyquil and hot toties because i was sicker than a dog... found a great site that i am trying to cozy into as my third home with ppl who are as crazy about exotics as i am... found some great advice for tank set up that i am anxious to try as soon as my nose stops drippin... go to put up an ava on my acct and see me in the red with this to be said "grammar is your friend so please use it". when i saw that the first thought was "now just who the heck do you think you are" amongst other things... i know i shoulda stepped back, took a breather and blown my still drippin nose that is also buggin the bejeebus outta me... i wrote out of the heat of the moment and all i would like to say to that person is he is the link to the clan site where the only grammar thats good is in poilcies and laws and where in all the posts and threads are simular to this in how i type http://www.warriornation.net/Forum/index.php ... and to please post a pic of your monitor with all the grammar corrections cause i need a good phlem filled laugh :P i know that that post was childish and extreme and am more than willing to admit that... but place yourself in my shoes and i am pretty sure that you would feel or think the same way i did when i saw that.... i woulda responded better if some1 had just told me that through a pm instead of tarnishing my rep points .... in warriornation we pride ourselves on the rep system and i know that this isnt warriornation and now know not to take this personal ... thats where i was coming from and the point i shoulda made earlier.... and as for too lazy to type i am not that lazy when i care for as big of family as i have .... and like i said on posts and replies i am not here to get an A+ on grammar but get better knowledge about my snakes...

sry bout the double post thought that i lost it and retyped it didnt know the 1st one went through ffs :/

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Originally Posted by JLC

I don't know if you'll ever read this if you've really left, but I hope you do.

Actually, we frown heavily on people that pick on other people's spelling and grammar. However, at times, folks may make suggestions that would help the poster get their point across more readily...such as a suggestion to please use punctuation...or to note that a post filled with "game-speak" might get overlooked by a lot of members here because they really don't like reading it. Those sorts of suggestions are not being critical, but are attempting to be helpful.

It's entirely up to the person posting how much effort they want to put into their spelling and grammar....and the return they get on that effort will often show.

All that being said....if you actually read this thread, I would hope it had come across to you that we do not tolerate abuse of the rep system and if you feel it was used incorrectly (as it sounds like it was!) then you could have sent a PM to any staff member to check it out and get the situation taken care of. But we can't fix these things if they're not brought to our attention.

If you want to let one grouchy apple dictate your impression of an entire forum's community....well then, good luck wherever you go. ;)

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forgive me for being ignorant... but what is game speak? :)

short words like ffs and fgg or ffg or ffa etc., and while in battle giving your partner orders that are abbreviated... very incomplete thoughts and sentance structure is out the window from that point...

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Originally Posted by kittyish

short words like ffs and fgg or ffg or ffa etc., and while in battle giving your partner orders that are abbreviated... very incomplete thoughts and sentance structure is out the window from that point...

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ffs? fgg? ffa = free for all?

battle? are you talking about online games or some new movement that i am unaware of

battle games are awesome. i used to play delta force black hawk down. dont play it anymore though.

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Originally Posted by bchapman

ffs? fgg? ffa = free for all?

battle? are you talking about online games or some new movement that i am unaware of

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for f*** sakes
fun good game
you got the last one right
for fun game
cw = clan war
mh=map hacker
you can find these terms on command and conquer zero hour along with many others.... online games ...

My comments on the rep system:


Purple elephants parade on command.


That is all...

To my way of seeing it, "game speak" is most sorts of "shorthand" people use instead of words. There are a number of acronyms that are fully accepted "net speak" such as LOL and ROFL or BRB.

But an example of "game speak" may be:

c u l8er (see you later)
wut r u doing? (what are you doing?)
w8 4 me (wait for me)

Which, when you're typing in the lightening fast atmosphere of a real-time game....makes sense. But when you're typing in full paragraphs and communicating with people who, for the most part, are unfamiliar with such "spelling"....well, it definitely tends to put people off.

As I've mentioned before....it's entirely up to the person writing how much effort they want to put into communication. But I would hope everyone making that choice will keep their audience in mind....as well as keep in mind the purpose of this forum, which is communication rather than gameplay. If you still want to type "lazy" or whatever....just realize that many of us may skim over or skip entirely what you're trying to say....and you may get more than one request asking you to speak more clearly.

All well and good, but not all of us specialize and therefore won't understand your thoughts.


Like any other sys., the rep points have good and bad and users and abusers.

I'm here to learn better troubleshooting and husbandry skills for my snakes, and get some (great, thanks Brian & Rusty) ideas for running my new rescue biz, and ideas of how to do things when I get the breeding biz started...(thanks Adam and Gerry!) and to make new friends. :) (Sheree, Nate, Razzle, etc. etc. etc. ad :puke: nauseum) hee hee hee

Whooooooops....Judy just does it faster! :razz:



Much LESS confusion and misunderstanding if you don't take the shorthand to extremes. Not everyone knows Gregg shorthand for dictation, so text books aren't written in it.

The first lesson in technical report writing is write to the level of your audience. If you're doing a presentation to jr. high schoolers, don't present information on an engineering level and vice versa........very simple.

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Originally Posted by kittyish

for f*** sakes
fun good game
you got the last one right
for fun game
cw = clan war
mh=map hacker
you can find these terms on command and conquer zero hour along with many others.... online games ...

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I LOVE C&C

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Originally Posted by JLC

But I would hope everyone making that choice will keep their audience in mind....as well as keep in mind the purpose of this forum, which is communication rather than gameplay. If you still want to type "lazy" or whatever....just realize that many of us may skim over or skip entirely what you're trying to say....and you may get more than one request asking you to speak more clearly.

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I'm one of those that just skips over posts that are typed "lazy". I just don't have time to try to figure out what is being typed or written. I don't negative rep people for it, I just move on to another thread where I can understand what's being asked.

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Originally Posted by bchapman

I LOVE C&C

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Music Factory? Things that make you go hmmmm...

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Music Factory? Things that make you go hmmmm...

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I thought that was H&H !!;)

well as you can see i didnt type ne one short and felt that i got my message across....http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=35556

i think part of the problem here, regarding grammar is...

when you are on this site. the people here type out their words pretty much completely. this isn't a gaming site and honestly, there are many of us who don't do any gaming so we have no idea what's being said.

so, like someone said very well above me... you need to make your post appropriate for your readers and on this site, your readers are fellow herpers, not gamers :)

then i can say this... i understand that this isnt a gaming site and i will try to type completly... but i ask this in return, if i use short type then please tell me ...dont tarnish my rep because of it... and i just know it will take some getting used to...