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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    I have never given neg rep and never will, I think it's pathetic. I don't have any fantastic intellectual basis for this (or much else that I say come to that) - it's just the way I feel. OTOH I love getting positive rep as, I am sure, do the vast majority of forumites. Yes, there's an inconsistency there but I don't care. However, I am coming round to the idea that a forum without the rep system at all may be more desirable than one with it.

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    futileĀ³.
    Escuse my ignorance Barry but what's the little 3 mean?
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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by robd View Post
    I have never given neg rep and never will, I think it's pathetic. I don't have any fantastic intellectual basis for this (or much else that I say come to that) - it's just the way I feel. OTOH I love getting positive rep as, I am sure, do the vast majority of forumites. Yes, there's an inconsistency there but I don't care. However, I am coming round to the idea that a forum without the rep system at all may be more desirable than one with it.

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    pathetic? weird thing to say when you are ok with positive rep. As you say, its inconsistent many people give positive rep for the stupidest of reasons, but thats ok cos its "nice" but if someone gives neg rep some people feel they have to justify it
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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    *wanders into thread*

    *kicks a few cans around*

    *larfs at DS' comments*

    *wanders out again*

    It is OK for posts on this thread to have no point whatsoever innit?

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by Lory View Post
    Escuse my ignorance Barry but what's the little 3 mean?
    i assume he means "futile to the power of 3"

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    If you cant beat them....join them.

    I only started neg repping when I started getting neg rep myself.

    I blame Martin Harper.

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    i assume he means "futile to the power of 3"
    Is that different to the power of one then?
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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    i assume he means "futile to the power of 3"
    Power of three? How did Alyssa Milano get into this thread?

    Seriously though folks, it would be pronounced 'futile cubed'.

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    I'm sure the futility would have had a higher power if the superscript tags worked ...

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by robd View Post
    I have never given neg rep and never will, I think it's pathetic. I don't have any fantastic intellectual basis for this (or much else that I say come to that) - it's just the way I feel. OTOH I love getting positive rep as, I am sure, do the vast majority of forumites. Yes, there's an inconsistency there but I don't care. However, I am coming round to the idea that a forum without the rep system at all may be more desirable than one with it.

    Robert
    How many -ve reps would it take to change your mind ?

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    I'm not one for negative repping myself, its just annoying, especially when the comments made aren't clear and you genuinely can't understand why someone neg repped you.

    I'd never neg rep anyone. A forum is a place where loads of different people meet up. If I really didn't like what some people were saying, then I don't read that thread anymore. Fail that, then the big "X" in the top right hand corner makes it all go away.

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    Power of three? How did Alyssa Milano get into this thread?

    Seriously though folks, it would be pronounced 'futile cubed'.
    aha hmm Alyssa.....apparently she's an actress

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    aha hmm Alyssa.....apparently she's an actress
    I always thought of her as having the power of Two, myself...

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by Whitebeard View Post
    Sorry, Caro, pos repping is pretty well benign
    Not always. Not so long ago, I distinctly recall deliberately nasty to DS by pos-repping him

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    no you're not
    OH yes I am...

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by straycat264 View Post
    Not always. Not so long ago, I distinctly recall deliberately nasty to DS by pos-repping him
    indeed, very nasty, my goal is long gone now though but a very good point, positive rep can be uncalled for, insulting and downright rude.

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    I had an important insight some time ago:

    You can choose how you feel about (almost) anything.

    ie it is you who decide whether to feel mad, sad or glad.

    This came from a famous book written by a concentration camp survivor.

    I saw the neg reps. I received in my early days as positive - because it helped me to tune in to the forum and it's ways.

    At the moment though, I tend to the view that reps as a whole serve no great purpose - perhaps if they were made private - then fine.

    At the end of the day, it's all about getting 'strokes' - and neg or pos - we humans just love 'em.

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post

    At the end of the day, it's all about getting 'strokes' - and neg or pos - we humans just love 'em.


    I love getting strokes, fast, slow, hard, soft, even DIY
































    Sometimes the opening is so enticing you just can't resist..................

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by Shodan View Post
    I'm not one for negative repping myself,
    Why would you give yourself neg rep?......I didn't think you could do that ...........

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by robd View Post


    I love getting strokes, fast, slow, hard, soft, even DIY


    Sometimes the opening is so enticing you just can't resist..................
    There is always one... always!!

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    Re: Yet another "neg rep" thread...

    Quote Originally Posted by Dance Demon View Post
    Why would you give yourself neg rep?......I didn't think you could do that ...........
    You obviously haven't read my posts then - its gotten to the point where even I want to neg rep myself.

    Seriously, talk about bad construction of my sentences. Doh!

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