Thread: All in Favor of Banning the "Negreppelian" ?

Are you guys THAT worried about your "rep" that you care so much when you get a negative rep or two? I don't get it Or is there more to it than the bars next to your name? Can you eventually lose your membership or something?

If people are really that worried about it, instead of "should we ban/punish whoever gives negative reps," the vote should really be: "should we remove the feature of negative rep, yes/no".

Originally Posted by kevint

I would thank you for that dose of humor, but ....

oh...wait, I mean:




-Rob

Originally Posted by pjrage

Are you guys THAT worried about your "rep" that you care so much when you get a negative rep or two?

I don't remember if it was this rep thread or the other one, but as I said, there are web forums where rep is highly valued, and people take it very seriously. Perhaps there's just a lot of folks around here these days that have spent time on such forums.

I am on a mission to thank every post in this thread to help repair everyone's fragile rep.

May god/alllah/vishnu/whatever have mercy on your soul

Will it end up inflationary?

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

I am on a mission to thank every post in this thread to help repair everyone's fragile rep.

May god/alllah/vishnu/whatever have mercy on your soul

I don't believe in souls and find this highly offensive. I'm giving you the thumbs down hand gesture right now! NEGREP!

I better stick to the "whatever" and POSREP!!!

I am shocked and appaled that I have not received any neg reps yet.
Either that, or I don't know how to check.

What do I have to do to you bunch of gun toting weirdos? I mean, abortion is murder, and evolution is a myth! God is awesome!
I mean, abortion is fun, I want to tax you more, and take away your guns. Oh, and Sarah Palin isn't even cute! God wouldn't even be awesome if she WAS real!

That ought to cover it.

rep·u·ta·tion

Pronunciation:

\ˌre-pyə-ˈtā-shən\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English reputacion, from Anglo-French, from Latin reputation-, reputatio consideration, from reputare

Date:

14th century

1 a: overall quality or character as seen or judged by people in general b: recognition by other people of some characteristic or ability reputation of being clever>
2: a place in public esteem or regard : good name reputation>

Reputation is the opinion (more technically, a social evaluation) of the public toward a person, a group of people, or an organization. It is an important factor in many fields, such as education, business, online communities or social status.

Originally Posted by pjrage

Are you guys THAT worried about your "rep" that you care so much when you get a negative rep or two? I don't get it Or is there more to it than the bars next to your name? Can you eventually lose your membership or something?

I kinda wonder, why would you not care?

I mean, there are not that many ways for new guys to differentiate between existing members, post count would (in many places) be the main method, but that's not a particularly great way of measuring people.

The whole point of this system is that you care, and you try and present your self in the best way possible, and hope that your manor and knowledge are appreciated by people, and that is fairly reflected by your little rep dot things and your thanked posts - both of which are promenant features next to every single post you make.