People like this should be banned IMO. The spammers are like the kids crapping in the pool. These guys are the ones peeing in the pool--it's not as bad, but it's still bad. Yes.
Rep is just a way for people to tell you that they like you or don't like you. If it wasn't for the red, people would still not like you. Here's a rep I just got for a post I made in 2005: See, that's a good way for AGS to express himself that doesn't involve torturing kittens. I'm not sure exactly what it means, but the general gist is that AGS isn't happy. In the real world (i.e. off the Internet) people probably don't like you -- but you have no good way of knowing. Your rep in real life is probably a deep dark red, but people only talk about it behind your back. If you can solve your rep problem on DP by learning to be less of a dweezil, you may be able to learn how to solve your rep problem in real life. If not, you'll just have to learn to be comfortable with the fact that people don't like you. You can't expect DP to make rules forcing people to like you, just as you can't expect the government to make rules forcing people to like you in the real world. The rep system in DP is kinder than the rep system in the real world, because at least here you know what people think of you -- which gives you a greater opportunity to improve.
Or if there will be a major shortage of clowns. "What did one cannibal say to another cannibal? Does this clown taste funny to you?" Col
It's interesting that you would randomly show up here. I hope you have noticed that the general chat reps don't count. Could that possibly be for a reason? Maybe? People who want to subvert the rep system for their own political purposes ought to be dealt with by the admin. for subverting the system. I don't think it was invented for stifling political opinions different from yours. As for your theory of rep in real life, I don't know what world you live in, but you might want to change friends/co-workers if they are that backbiting.
Briant, no one is stifling your political opinion. Has anyone told you that you can't post crap to the forum? Have you been banned yet because of all of the crap you post to the forum? No. Everyone puts up with the crap that you post and most everyone just tries to help straighten you out. Perhaps those reds will eventually be useful in straightening you out. Those reds are people -- obviously quite a few people -- who are tell you that they don't like you. Perhaps instead of whining about the way the message is delivered, you should listen to the message. I would bet that people in your life don't like you and that you are too insulated from reality to notice. Here at DP, you have a simple visual indicator to help you gauge how much people like you. Use that as a tool. Raise your reputation here at DP and you will learn to raise your reputation in real life at the same time. And no, you can't raise your reputation here or there by legislative degree -- you actually have to be more likeable.
You have basically made the same post twice for no good reason. Every "point" you made was answered in my previous post or posts on this thread, from why the rep matters to what type of I think is given them--and why (hint they appear in posts that have no bearing on anything--they even on post from long ago--as you have stated).
Briant, I was hoping that by rephrasing what I was saying in more simple and direct terms you would be better able to understand it. Next time I will try pictures.
I mean really, it's getting a bit pathetic. Does he really want me to find him? Maybe the moderators could do that.
mods will not get involved. just take it in stride. you're not going to hover over people who bitch about you in real-life, are you?
I believe that what Briant is doing is what is called "a cry for help." The next step is usually a poorly-executed suicide attempt.
I've already made this point five or six times, but I'll do it again: If a group of neofascist decide to play this game, it results in the loss of the ability to post live links, sig link etc. So a small group of thugs can try to limit the debate. I sent a message to the webmaster; hopefully he cares.
the only way that can happen is if you are a real jerk. it takes 100 negative points for that to happen. if such many people are redding you, perhaps the fault does not lie with the givers.
A real jerk in whose judgement? A crew on the P&R forum who will do whatever it takes to sifle discussion? And who will find innocuous posts to red rep, since they can't red rep the ones they want to (in P&R). One of them has all but admitted as much in this thread.
sigh...i give up. you seem to not want to remember that people do give out greens too, and that it's just a matter of collecting more greens than reds.