Million I am glad you have a good sense of humour about such things. You are truly valuable to this forum in many ways.

 

Blue,
After you been around here as long as Mil1ion, you'll have a great sense of humor also. LOL!
Doc

 

..or be a little insane. Or maybe a bit of both

 

I would also like to know what the 'inappropriate' part of that post was as well....that doesnt make any sense, unless I skipped over something.....

 

You have to key on what Mil1on said about "Seven Posts". That's the only way I spotted it. Nothing at all negative was said in the thread itself, but when someone sends a person negative rep points it shows in up in that persons usercp, so they can read exactly what was done to them. I think this is something to be aware of whenever tempted to slam on someones rep points.

They will know precisely who did it (by user name), when it happened, what thread and post was involved, and also read the comments written if any.

So, despite nothing bad having been slung around in the thread itself, the guy lashed back at Dennis in another way - possibly not realising that it would be immediately obvious to Dennis exactly what the guy did.

Make no mistake! When people click the "ADD TO" button, it ain't invisible or secret.


~Wolf

By the way:
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I really think Gas Hog has done a good thing here...

 

I know how it all works Grey, it just doesnt make any sense in the first place. And the fact that Dennis can forgive, and even commend that guy, really earns my respect for him.

 

YEAH! What he said. lol

Grey wolf...My vote is definately in...Gas hog has his stuff togehter.
Doc

 

Send Mil1on some good rep - I DID!

When I think back on all the deserving people I have met at FTE, and people who just don't quit, don't give up, and always seem to be unbiased - that's Dennis. He might just be the most naturally helpful human being I have ever met in my life.

I'd say don't tell him I said so - but I know better. Mil1on is everywhere at FTE, all the time!

(Its kinda spooky really - I have a feeling he's read my post already, and I'm still editing it... )

Footnote: When I write online, I try very hard to remember that there is (are) real live human beings reading what I slap up on the web, and interpreting it exactly the way I would.

I think twice as hard when sending a comment on a rep nudge, because I want it to be understood. I have only once ever sent a mediocre rep nudge, and wish to this day I had waited and thought it over for a bit longer. The guy was a good guy, but we disagreed on a few points. I owe that guy - because he taught me something.

At the time (with the version of the FTE board that was in place) we all thought it was permanent and could never be changed or amended.

 

Hehe, at the time, I didnt even think of rep points. I have to start going to bed ealier....staying up till 5:30 in the morning just doesnt work that well.

 

You too, huh?
I always thought it was kinda challenging to try to snooze in a chair in front of the PC...

Remember the scene at the beginning of the Matrix where Neo is crashed out on the computer desk? - WAY too familiar...
I need to break that habit.

~Wolf

 

For some reason I knew the group of 8 would start throwing neg rep my way

As soon as the 4th green square came up <> Zap

It's called Baiting and you know what happens then?


I'm sure they would really like me to post their names.

 

PM me. I suspected a "CABAL", but figured nobody would be so underhanded at FTE.

And Santa Claus comes down the chimney, the tooth fairy has an annual cost of living stipend, politicians mean well, etc...

I know for a fact I got unfairly slammed at one point by people that post out of control all of the time. We should discuss it, but offline.

I never really cared about rep all that much, because I know very well who I really am and have a pretty good idea of how I'm thought of here regardless of artificial ego-boost apparatus. This is becoming an intriguing concept though, and I wonder how it might come out if it was really done fairly.

A truly creative individual who knew how to 'network' could pump their stats up clear out of sight. But the danger is the flip-side - what I think of as "Trashing".

But then, "trashers" should be reportable, wouldn't they be?

 

Maybe we should have a poll to see if people who post un-warranted bad rep should be made known to everyone ?

As in Grudge posting.


This would show who's doing what to who & all the people who don't like it could make it known to the abusers.

 

I think ideally negative rep should go through a screening process handled at the moderator level (so as not to dump even more burdens on Ken Payne)

 

I agree with Greywolf. Take for example what happened to mil1ion. If the moderators had to screen then he wouldn't have recieved the neg rep for no reason. On the flip side why do we really need the rep system? I'm fine without it really. I give when I think people really deserve it. Which isn't that often. Maybe a poll to see how many would want to keep it, who wants to get rid of it and who really doesn't care one way or the other about the reputation system? I don't look at a persons rep when I decide to take their advice. I look to see if their suggestion makes sense in solving the problem at hand