Reputation?

of course it's spam, but the first one that has ever cracked me up

and btw. he who never spammed shall throw the first stone

 

uh, where are these reputation points you speak of?

 

Is that why it says Peon under my username? lol

 

The first place they appear is as either a green or red square on the top right of your post right after it gives the number for the number of posts you have made.

You give people points by clicking on the scales icon at the top right of a person's post. You can see the last few votes you got if you go to your own control panel -- see the menu bar top left item "User CP".

I think that does it. Now after you have posted 50 messages you can come back to this post and click on my scale and give me some positive rep for helping you.

 

Wow... talk about your resurected threads.

Your title of "peon" is based on your post count. Get over 50 and it changes...

 

This thread is hilarious ...

 

Why is it "hilarious"????

 

It isn't. That's just another random nonsequiter increase-the-post-count reply from Toots. Do a search... most of his are like that.

 

It isn't. That's just another random nonsequiter increase-the-post-count reply from Toots. Do a search... most of his are like that.[/quote]

Minnie, you need to stop following him around just to see what he posts...

 

I'm not, debunked. I was subscribed to this thread and recived a notification.

 

It really isn't actually. It is kind of sad. Just looking back and seeing how the whole rep arguing started ...

explains countless recent arguments.

 

Bad manners, Minnie. Never answer for others. I guess you got your personality from your mom who had no manners to pass on

 

I am quite new to this forum. I visited when an acquaintance gave me the URL. I thought it would be a good place to learn more about Web business and share the things I'm good at.

While checking out various threads, I came on one about swearing in the forum. I replied to a comment made by a member who said that everyone swears. I don't and said so. I said so respectfully. Not only were some of the replies disrespectful in tone, but when I went back to the Use CP link, I noticed that I had a red mark by name. The explanation? "I disagree."

I came to this thread, looking for some clarification. I moderate a private forum that does not have a ranking system. If it did, I would expect it to relate to something about the quality of a person's replies, rather than to whether current members agree with opinions or not.

As I've read through this entire thread, I've tried to understand the culture of this forum. It seems there is a lot of banter between people who seem to know each other. Some of it involves the sort of punch-in-the-arm cameraderie I see "guys" using with each other to express affection.

It also seems there are some comments that are intended as personal insults.

Am I reading this correctly?

If I expect my ideas to be taken seriously and treated with the sort of respect I afford others and their ideas, should I stay in this forum or pack up my tent and go elsewhere?

As a new person, I have no desire to impose my culture. I only want to understand the culture I find myself in here.

 

Impose anything you want and just take it on the chin from those who disagree with you for no rhyme or reason. The cream will float to the top.

If you think like you are in your post, you'll go crazy here. Most will tell you exactly how they feel. That's life. Use what you can and discard the rest.

 

You've used two words that are clarifying things for me.

Think and feel.

I do try to keep posts in a forum about Web business in the thinking realm.

And I think you have answered my question. The culture here is about letting feelings all hang out regardless of the effect that might have on someone else.

It would be repugnant for me to impose my ideas. Share them, yes. Impose them, no.

And I certainly have no need to put my chin anywhere if the expectation is that it will be socked. Not only am I not equipped for fisticuffs, I have no desire to enter training for that.

I am a person who takes some joy in sharing what I know. I teach as well as edit. I also love to learn. The effective exchange of ideas happens best in an atmosphere of respect. (I'm defining effective here to mean an exchange in which a person hears what someone else is saying and seriously considers the merits and possibly changes -- learns.)

I've been a little taken aback by several comments I've come across, where one person asks for feedback, gets it in what sounds to me like a helpful neutral comment, and comes back with a defensive comment, sometimes suggesting the person who offered an opinion was less than intelligent. In my experience, those kinds of defensive comments are born of fear, which is definitely in the feeling category.

I have no need to change the culture of this fourm. I only wanted to understand it so I could decide if it was a place I would choose to spend some of my valuable time.

It's been a very interesting experience.

Your comment helped me see what is at the foundation. And you are right, this environment would drive me crazy.

 

Guilty as charged, ma'am.

 

One way to get lots of greens is to complain about unfair reds, there will be about 20 people that give you a red to "make up for it"

I have mixed feelings about reputation. It is sort of nice to rate people, so that they can't post live links or such if they spam, or something of the like. But it also can easily get out of hand. People rate you down for no reason at all... I tend to do the oposite. The only thing I ever give reds for is people spamming their ref. url

I just give out greens at random


Josh

 

OR...

Green rep people and demand they green rep you back. Ay Joshy!

hehehe glad ur back, kidda..

 

Just don't get confused about it. Once I tried red repping people and demanding that they green me back, but it didn't work