egyptiandan said:How about "The most censored person on the forum, and I'm only semi okay with that"
Danny
stells said:You know what though... some offtopic banter... never hurt anyone... its good to have some fun... and allows others to get to know your humour a little better... things just get too uptight sometimes...
stells said:Do we need them?
Do we want them?
Should Mods/admin give them out?
IMO... they cause more hassle than they are worth... i don't really have the time for them... no before someone says it... not because i haven't got many... tbh i don't expect to have many lol
I also think Mods/admins shouldn't give them out... as this can be looked at as favouratism... towards members...
If they are to stay... i think newbies should have to make a certain number of posts before reps can be given... as some people could see a relative newbie to tortoises... who could be giving out not the best info.... and without looking into detail at what they have been given them for... just think they must know what they are talking about...
Don't worry i do not have anyone in mind as i type this thread... but i wasn't allowed to put this on the end of another thread... due to it being offtopic...
TylerStewart said:I had a good post about this yesterday that shockingly was quickly deleted.... I figured it would be, since most of what I post has been, but I made a copy of it in case LOL.... Here's the most relevant part to this thread:
I say screw the reputation points - get rid of them. All they have ever been is a way for one person to go after another. It's still beyond me why anyone really cares about them in the first place, but it is what it is. All it takes is for someone to kiss everyone's rear end and get them stacked up. We all know that is the quick way to get them. Welcome everyone new into the forum 50 times a day and you'll have rep points stacking up, plain and simple. Just because they have 500 reputation points doesn't mean half the forum doesn't think he or she is a doofus.
It scares me to think that new people are relying on information from the people with high reputation points with the thought that it makes accurate what they're saying. In reality, it means that they talk a lot.
ChiKat said:stells said:You know what though... some offtopic banter... never hurt anyone... its good to have some fun... and allows others to get to know your humour a little better... things just get too uptight sometimes...
I agree Kelly! I belong to a few other forums and while there has been the occasional, "okay, let's try to get back on topic" I've never really seen posts get deleted because they're off topic. If the OP has a problem with it, then they should say something, but otherwise it's like having a conversation. I go off on tangents all the time! Obviously.
...this post is totally off-topic I really am the worst about that, sorry!!
egyptiandan said:How about "The most censored person on the forum, and I'm only semi okay with that"
Danny
Angi said:I see the reputation points are gone. I really didn't care one way or the other. I kind of feel bad that I didn't get around to giving someone a point the deserved one.
Josh said:The stars are set at artbitrary post counts (i.e. 1,000 posts = 4 stars or something). They are unrelated to reputation points or anything other than post count