Rep displays on posts

[GoldenMerc]

I've just read through the thread so far and I like the idea of showing collective rep a lot but I would be completely against showing rep in negative figures.

I can't remember who made the point about how "if all you're given is praise then you won't learn" but I think it is kind of irrelevant. We're not all given praise; -reps still exist they're just not shown to the rest of the forum. I've received a couple of -reps that have really hit hard either because of their comments or because I've been ashamed of whatever I said that deserved a -rep. I don't care about receiving negative rep itself but on two different occasions the comments left with them made me think ok. I wouldn't count that as only being given praise and I definitely did learn from both of those times.

But most of the -reps I have received in the past 12 months are either completely pointless (but I'm too lazy to ask for them to be removed) or because someone disagrees with my point. This is different from the point of the thread but someone made the point about how people without VIP are more likely to be -repped as they can't see who -repped them? I have to say I'm guilty of issuing negative rep safe in the knowledge they'll never know it's me; though I try not to -rep at all unless someone is being downright offensive these days. But I'm not as bad as some people *cough* @GoldenMerc; for -repping me however many times (at least seven) when I was really really young in 2011 just because you could ;l ;l;l;l;l;l AND NOT EVEN LEAVING YOUR NAME ://////////

Slightly off topic but which seven people repped Chris for being rude? I don't always see eye to eye with FlyingJesus but that was downright unacceptable. If I were a new user to this forum and saw the General Manager of the site behaving like that to a member then I would definitely not want to stay. Why has it been kept up? Is it because the Moderators are too afraid to remove the post of their own General Manager?
In fairness, they shouldn't have to have anything to remove. By the time you've reached the position of General Manager you should have learned what is acceptable to post and what is not.

Yes anyway my main point was I would really like to see rep balanced out but definitely not just negative rep.

PS when does the Christmas rep thread start again? Is it the week before Christmas day? I can never remember

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I know nothing about this but can it hurt to release it?

You post it and there's a possibility it might get done. Or you don't post it and there's absolutely no way it will get done.

Didn't realise it was a crime to -rep without leaving my name...

[Empired]

Didn't realise it was a crime to -rep without leaving my name...

:@

pmsl no it's fine
you just stick in my mind because you did it like 8 times lol cries