This whole rep point business would be a great experiment for a Sociology student

[*anj*]

Can you imagine?
If you were a graduate student and your topic was something like "The Effects of Randomly Awarded Merit Points on Groups of Message Board Subscribers."

They could have a field day!
(I need a ROFL emoticon here)

[Kelli in TN]

:D:D:D:D

Yes, it would.

And you owe me that rep you promised.

Not that I care about that sort of thing, no, not me.

[GothicGyrl]

In actuality, it would. Kidding aside, it is definitely a Pavlovien type study--say something everyone agrees with, you run to see your points. Join in on a hot thread, first thing you check is how many negatives you received (grin)..

Of course, I AM collecting negatives, but golly gee--I can't seem to get any that are worth a sod. :) All I keep getting are ones for bad grammar, bad use of a word, using made up words or "omg you are such an ebil person, don't be so mean you hurt my wittle feewings".. ;)

[Karenciavo]

Can you imagine?

(I need a ROFL emoticon here)

Nevermind, that is no longer my favorite site http://www.smileygenerator.us/community/searchsmiley/p/hats-paperbag3.gif

[j.griff]

LOL, all I see here are big black boxes. Is this an experiment of yours? :D LOL

[Jenny in Atl]

How do you know whether the point is positive or negative? I have 11 (not much... not that I want bad ones :eek:).

[Karenciavo]

LOL, all I see here are big black boxes. Is this an experiment of yours? :D LOL

Really? Maybe only really cool people on Macs can see them. :cool:

[j.griff]

If the box next to the comment they left(or didn't leave) is green or grey, it's positive feedback, if it's red it's negative.

[j.griff]

LOL, I am so much WAY COOLER than you, LOL. :p I still only see a big black box, so it is my opinion that these smilies must be way beneath me. :D

[Tammy]

Gosh....I might have to give you a BAD REPUTATION for messing that up, LOLOLOLLOLOL!

Just kidding....of course

Tammy

[WTMindy]

interent message board dynamics in general would make a fascinating study. I am always amazed at the crazy dynamics of the hive. I think it will be interesting to see if the dynamics are different because of the new format. I also think the feedback thing makes even more interesting. Too bad it has to be anonymous!

[Kelli in TN]

interent message board dynamics in general would make a fascinating study. I am always amazed at the crazy dynamics of the hive. I think it will be interesting to see if the dynamics are different because of the new format. I also think the feedback thing makes even more interesting. Too bad it has to be anonymous!

All of my reps are anon and only 3 left comments at all. I don't mind that they are anon. It really is not that big of a deal. Nobody sees my rep but me, why is this such a big deal? We can't win anything can we? :D

[kalanamak]

or there have been no comments to find.
Is it better to be ignored than hated?
Here to hoping this becomes an ancient hasbeen that only us early people remember.

[GothicGyrl]

All of my reps are anon and only 3 left comments at all. I don't mind that they are anon. It really is not that big of a deal. Nobody sees my rep but me, why is this such a big deal? We can't win anything can we? :D
My problem with anon is like the old board, people hide behind that anonymity and don't bone up to their naughtiness.

If you want to leave me a bad rep, please do. But have the guts to admit who you are to me. It's very much like talking behind my back--it makes you a coward to do so, but doubly so when you do it then act like my friend to my face. KWIM?

[j.griff]

Toni, every time I try to give you a good rep, it tells me I have to spread some reputation around before I can give you any again, so this other poster must be spreading it far and wide to be able to rep you so often. Plust there's a daily limit on how much rep you can give out, so it's all odd- maybe they have more than one log in, or maybe it's a "we hate GothicGyrl" gang?

[Jenny in Atl]

Really? Maybe only really cool people on Macs can see them. :cool:

I'm on a Mac and I see only black boxes too. :(

[Kelli in TN]

or there have been no comments to find.
Is it better to be ignored than hated?
Here to hoping this becomes an ancient hasbeen that only us early people remember.


I don't know!

I think the ignore and buddy lists are great.

I have a couple of people on my ignore list and that keeps me from getting emotional. I have a tendency to get emotional about this silly forum. :o

The buddy lists are neat because at the bottom of the opening page you will find a list of who's on right then and your buddies will have little plus signs (or something like that) next to their handles. You can see at a glance if your fave posters are live on the boards!

Rep is silly and useless, I think. You can't see anybody's points, so who cares? Every 24 hours I go around and sling rep at all my virtual friends, I almost always do it anon and without comment. When it won't let me rep a certain person I just go to the next person on my "fave list". Occasionally I leave a comment and then I do state my identity. But most of the time I am slinging rep not based on a particular post but because I just like the person's posting history. It is completely silly, I know. :p And if they took it away tomorrow I would not particularly care, but while it is here, I play with it.

So if you find good rep on something silly like a "Me Too" type post and you were scratching your head wondering what was so profound about "Me, too"; it might have been me. It is just my way of saying "I like you, I really like you!"

Okay, back to planning out 7th grade grammar lessons for February:rolleyes: