Susan Wise Bauer
04-04-2008, 05:02 AM
Once again I have to appeal to users to give the reputation system a chance.
We remove inappropriate, unnecessarily hostile, or random negative points. We leave the others. You, the community, have the right to react to each other.
The reputation points are a way for you, the members of this forum, to shape your own community. Receiving a negative rep means that you have offended another member. You have two choices: Alter your style of expression (that's the "shaping the community" part) or ignore the rep points. Complaining repeatedly about the use of rep points is not appropriate.
If you like someone's comments, give them a positive rep. If someone is hostile, abusive, or calls names, give them a negative rep. If you get one of the above, decide whether you're going to pay attention to it or not. Please do NOT post endlessly about how persecuted you are by the rep system.
We remove inappropriate, unnecessarily hostile, or random negative points. We leave the others. You, the community, have the right to react to each other.
The reputation points are a way for you, the members of this forum, to shape your own community. Receiving a negative rep means that you have offended another member. You have two choices: Alter your style of expression (that's the "shaping the community" part) or ignore the rep points. Complaining repeatedly about the use of rep points is not appropriate.
If you like someone's comments, give them a positive rep. If someone is hostile, abusive, or calls names, give them a negative rep. If you get one of the above, decide whether you're going to pay attention to it or not. Please do NOT post endlessly about how persecuted you are by the rep system.