About Repping Users

[Fox♠]

I got down repped because somebody didn't agree with me when I said I thought Aggron was better than Tyranitar -___-

Am I missing something here? The person who derepped you didn't agree Aggron was better and posted a statical fact. What is wrong with that?

 

[ruby]

Spey, stop posting that you agree. There is no need.

This the main reson I can see people neg repping you, Spey;
Quite a lot of your posts have very little purpose, or are simply prying into matters which have nothing to do with you.

I've been tempted to -rep you on many of these occasions, however I haven't in order to prevent you flailing your arms and screaming "No fair! No fair!"

Yes I agree that not all -rep's are warranted, but the decision to neg rep is based on opinion.

 

[Melody]

Someone with a high power rep bad repped me for saving one of my pictures in jpeg... i'll admit jpeg isn't good quality but i was almost in -points for it! It was a bit unfair imo. they could just said 'Hey you should save your files as PNG or GIF in future :)' That was abusing rep -_-

That is a prime example of Rep Abuse. It'd be fare more conducive and kind to say, "Hey, next time please use PNG or GIF".

So how come I receive a very small amount of those types of negative reputations?

It's hard to say, but I think it's because you're not as well known. I've been at PC for almost 5 years now, and I can easily say that I've probably made more enemies than you have. I'm sure once you attain PC veteranship, you'll feel the same when it comes to rep.

Same. I've received reps I don't deserve. I'm usually a good poster on these forums and yet I still get bad reps just for stating my opinions. What you are saying, Tribulations, is not true because there a good posters out there who are bad repped because they just said their opinions.

In all honestly, I think people are doing it because they think it's making them look good but it's not.

Nah, I think some people do it to be spiteful, and it's obviously something that needs to be addressed, as it's against PC rules to harass ANYONE in any way. If it were not for the fact that making the rep system non-anonymous would likely cause more trouble in the staff's eyes, I'd say we should do away with the anonymous-ness of it and let people see who repped them. But it is obvious that there needs to be stricter regulation on reputation around here, and if that means disabling reputation, then so be it!

 

[ShinjisLover]

To be honest, I want it disabled. It's not going to get better because how many people do think are ACTUALLY going to read this and even listen? D: I've been getting a few bad reps that happened a few months ago that I've had to get deleted or counter reps for. Friends have told me they've gotten bad reps too, for harassment and all that. It's just going to be the same as last time.

I whole-heartedly agree with you, CUTENESSattack!!, as I said on Todoroki Is's blog, and I quote:
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I never understood why we have rep in the first place. People like the base their judgments of others off of their rep points and others like to push their weight around like they're big shots just because they have a lot of rep.​

It's pointless and a waste of time. Which is why mine will never be enabled.​

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[Melody]

This the main reson I can see people neg repping you, Spey;
Quite a lot of your posts have very little purpose, or are simply prying into matters which have nothing to do with you.

I've been tempted to -rep you on many of these occasions, however I haven't in order to prevent you flailing your arms and screaming "No fair! No fair!"

Yes I agree that not all -rep's are warranted, but the decision to neg rep is based on opinion.

And who are you to say what's his business and what isn't?

This is a public forum! Anything posted out in the open, invites replies from ALL. Neg repping for that reason is abuse of the rep system, and this is the kind of closed minded BS I'm against, and always have been against since the day I joined. Common sense dictates, that if you don't like someone's replies, then don't pay attention to them. All Spey has ever done, is point out what he felt needed to be pointed out, no one should be attacking anyone for their opinions. Especially not when you consider the rules of the forum.

At least I have the courage to post openly and express my discontent at an opinion, rather than hiding behind the reputation system.

 

[viridian doubletongue]

The whole reason I remember it was disabled in the first place is because users members were whiny and staff were uptight.

Just RELAX. If you get a lot of negs, no one likes you. If you care, change, or go somewhere else. If you don't, then why are you complaining.

also, I seem to be missing out, can someone tell me WHY reps are anonymous . ?

^PACHY: It is an impossibility to ignore people that you don't like. Obviously you don't start conversations with them out of nowhere. But if you co-habit the same threads and forums then it is inevitable that you will encounter them and think and feel and react however you do. I can't define common sense in social situations, it's just how I see it.

 

[레트로]

I'm a constant victim of needless negative reps. I've tried reporting them, but the staff have helped me only once in that regard; every other time, they've refused to do a thing.

At the very least, there needs to be full disclosure; actually knowing the names of the people who rep you would be helpful if you need to report needless negative reps.

Honestly. It's pretty bad when people are forced to disable their reputation bars so they can actually state their opinions without worrying about the close-minded members of PC seeing red bars and shunning you/neg repping you for absolutely no reason. It's pathetic really. Now I dunno if this is the case with you, but I know a lot of PC members have to resort to this and they shouldn't have to.

 

[ruby]

also, I seem to be missing out, can someone tell me WHY reps are anonymous . ?

So those whiny people don't go and neg rep them back.

Also Pachy: Fair argument, but does anyone really need to know why Cat in The Hat was demoted?

If it was something like them abusing there position then it'd probably be made known.
Otherwise you only really need to find out if you know the person personally, in which they will have probably told you anyway.

 

[ShinjisLover]

Am I missing something here? The person who derepped you didn't agree Aggron was better and posted a statical fact. What is wrong with that?

It is not to be used to flame or slam a member for stating their opinion or for topic choices. It can be used to express your opinion on the QUALITY of the post, grammar, and so forth.

^ That is what's wrong with that. No neg-rep for a person's opinion. Basically.​

 

[processr]

It's hard to say, but I think it's because you're not as well known. I've been at PC for almost 5 years now, and I can easily say that I've probably made more enemies than you have. I'm sure once you attain PC veteranship, you'll feel the same when it comes to rep.

I'd point out that I've technically been here since 2005, but I've only been truly active since last year, so eh...

Regardless, you fail to explain how someone like Spey has received so much -rep in the short time he's been here.

 

[ShinjisLover]

Regardless, you fail to explain how someone like Spey has received so much -rep in the short time he's been here.

Upon looking at his posts, it's not too difficult to see why. .​

 

[Feign]

I don't like the rep system whatsoever, myself...

It can be abused in both ways, but of course people would like it if they got spam + rep... Something I guess people need to feed their e-ego with I guess...

Myself, I do wish it was permanently gone, as opposed to simply disabling it. While mentioned too, I still can't seem to think of the original intentions of repping someone. But I can see the negative side effects...

But honestly... If someone had a problem with another user, it could be better solved in the respective post, or even in PM. The anonymity of repping makes it quite useless.

Just think, if someone repped someone with negative rep, about a post saying "this post sucks", well how is that person supposed to change...

But yeah...

 

[øbliteration]

Regardless, you fail to explain how someone like Spey has received so much -rep in the short time he's been here.

have you seen some of these posts spey has had? when one is continually breaking the rules, that should be a post worthy of a -rep.

 

[Melody]

Indeed Feign. The rep system could be a great way to break in newcomers in, and curbing rude behavior. But so far people just use it to dump on n00bs. I wouldn't object to seeing it disabled again permanently. We've given the rep system a fair second chance. If the staff isn't willing to come up with something groundbreaking to help curb the abuse...what must be done, must be done.

 

[doesn't matter]

I see rep as a way to comment on posts without causing the thread to go off-topic.

If the staff isn't willing to come up with something groundbreaking to help curb the abuse...what must be done, must be done.

Oh crap, you sound pretty serious. Everyone better watch out.

 

[Zelda]

I do agree of how it should be disabled. What will we have a loss in if it is gone? I mean yeah we feel pride in ourselves if we have a lot of bars but, does it matter? It is just an opinion of something that you have posted. As for the people abusing it, if it was gone it would be for the better. If people recieved bad reputation that was just so ridiculous, they would be quite relieved that it was gone and it'd be much more better that way. For example, if someone sent you bad reputation saying: I hate you. & your opinion stinks.
It's those kind of reputations that gets me kind of mad. If reputation was gone, I wouldn't mind whatsoever.


Though I think it would be fine if we could at least disable our reputation and just not recieve reputation anymore. It's kind of ridiculous of how we could still get reputation even if we have it disabled. Perhaps if people could disable their reputation as they wish, and not recieve anymore reputation whatsoever, it would be a lot more better in my conjecture.

 

[Kota]

Myself, I do wish it was permanently gone, as opposed to simply disabling it. While mentioned too, I still can't seem to think of the original intentions of repping someone. But I can see the negative side effects.

Something comes to mind..

Perhaps a designer fufills a request from a user. The user wants to give something more than just their thanks, so they +rep the designer. I mean, the rep system isn't as bad as you say.

Personally? I don't care if I'm -repped, my opinon will still be voiced. ;]

 

[Zet]

I got down repped because somebody didn't agree with me when I said I thought Aggron was better than Tyranitar -___-

oh noes ;o; my favourite pokemon is weaker than a gen III pokemon ;o;

Oooo, I saw this one coming.

A lot of people are moaning about it, therefore it is getting on peoples nerves, resulting in this...
As well as people abusing it. XD

I wish people could man up when it comes to rep

Thanks Rukario, I've been down-repped just for making a post in CQ+F for something like "Why did Cat in the Hat get demoted?" I mean, wtf, anyone who wonders that kind of thing like me, should not be de-repped.

Please stop de-repping me, it's an official warning from PC Staff, every neg rep is sent to an Administrator for verification

You were de-repped because you did't VM/PM a person on the staff/anyone or check his blog. No it's not a warning for everyone to stop de-repping you, it's a warning to everyone for everyone.

I'm a constant victim of needless negative reps. I've tried reporting them, but the staff have helped me only once in that regard; every other time, they've refused to do a thing.

At the very least, there needs to be full disclosure; actually knowing the names of the people who rep you would be helpful if you need to report needless negative reps.

Can't you like just man up or something?

I would like to make a suggestion.

What about having Reputation Administrators, that would control the reputation system?

And you wonder why you get neg-repped, we already have 9001 Administrators. Why make it 9001+

It would entail checking for PM's regarding spam rep + acting accordingly

Please don't insult me. You probably will, I registered in April and have had several abuse reps, which have been countered. Rukario will do it for you

No one cares that you have been neg-repped, man up

Ok, seriously.
Spey, stop posting that you agree. There is no need.

I have had way over 10 -reps and most are because people don't like me.
I have only ever complained once, and that was in my own post.
If people don't like the reps, then disable it. If you get a -rep, so what?

I think people are just complaining too much because they want a few bars on a forum. They don't prove anything.

:::Edit:::
Lol, someone -repped me.
Whoever did, I want to continue the conversation.

I'm glad that you man'd up (b'-')b

Personally I don't why people cry over rep, it's no big deal

If anyone wants to neg rep me, go ahead. At least I won't go bawwwwww, I can man up and take it

 

[Captain Fabio]

For the love of God.
I am sick of this now.
All this over some stupid bars. Yes, to who ever -repped me saying:
"THEY ARN'T JUST BARS!"
No, they are. They don't represent anything anymore.

Just disable them and PC would be a better place.

 

[Mika]

I think the absolute chaos on this thread is proof enough that there are problems with the system and problems with people in general. :/ If it needs to go on the naughty step, that's a decision the staff will make and what the staff says goes. The more you abuse the rep system, the more higher the possibility of the abuse being found out so therefore in retrospect, this is your own darn fault. Yes, it's not fair to the people who are actually obeying the posted rules but be it online or offline, one person or one group of people or one TYPE of group of people can and will ruin it for everyone.

It's called life. It happens. Pitching a fit will do you absolutely no good.