why do people negrep eachother?

[melvin]

I understand positive rep, it's like a pat on the back, but what's the deal with negrepping? I have not been negrepped so I am not posting this to call anyone out or anything, but why would someone do that? it seems kinda cowardly (and being a coward on the internet is really saying something...), trying to diminish someones reputation on a website through means that nobody else can see and having it not be up for actual discussion. just seems pretty dumb.

edit: i'm fairly drunk but this is my sober opinion too.

[Yuppie Grinder]

Sometimes someone will be frustrated in a debate and negrep you instead of having a counter-argument.

[Zostrianos]

Most people get neg repped mainly because they made trollish posts, posted inflammatory or offensive material, or were just being assholes. Although I'm sure it gets abused sometimes, and some will just do it to others out of spite. I think I only did it once, and if I remember correctly it was to some idiot who was trolling in OI in a thread I was in, so I just got fed up and did it, and I wasn't the only one.

[F9]

-_- looool. cause some times people deserve it?Just like you possitive rep someone for saying something good, you neg rep someone for saying something stupid.It is that simple!Thats the whole point of rep, if you can only get possitive ones there is no point to it!That way you can see someone with really low rep and you know you cant really trust his/her post. About its a coward thing etc lol, seriously?:laugh: thats ridiculous!!

[Ocean Seal]

Sometimes someone will be frustrated in a debate and negrep you instead of having a counter-argument.
Also people say stupid shit, and rep is serious business, so they let you know that they don't like your shit.

[Quail]

I've only negrepped a couple of people I think, and it was for sexist crap that I also called them out on in the thread.

[#FF0000]

I negrep people who say profoundly stupid shit.

[Per Levy]

i dont negrep people i dont see the point, if they say sexist, racist and what not, shit then they can get banned or get a infraction or whatever. so whats the point of negrepping? and the rep points dont matter anyway.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I understand positive rep, it's like a pat on the back, but what's the deal with negrepping? I have not been negrepped so I am not posting this to call anyone out or anything, but why would someone do that?

Because the post is exceedingly stupid or otherwise deserving of excoriation, and I don't want to clutter the thread, because most of the time someone else has already said what I would want to say.

[svenne]

Sometimes, you read a posts that's hilariously stupid. And then you negrep it. And sometimes you write a post that's hilariously stupid. And then you get negrep'd for it.

[Comrade #138672]

I only negrep trolls, Capitalist sympathizers and other reactionaries.

[Il Medico]

Well, since you think of positive rep as a pat on the back for saying something worthwhile, think of negrep as a slap on the back of the head for saying something completely stupid.

[Flying Purple People Eater]

Although I have neg-repped people for saying incredibly offensive or bigoted shit before, I prefer not to use it. An argument is at the very least an evolution of conflicting ideas- a red dot with an angry one liner is fluff and discourages discussion.

[The Douche]

I normally only do it to people who complain about how low their rep is, or people who have truly horrible politics, and who see revleft as being some vitally important organ for them to express their groundbreaking ideas.


But manually adjusting somebody's rep all the way to the negative max as an admin was way better.

[Slavoj Zizek's Balls]

You can negrep here? Didn't know that.

Just noticed the 'add to X's Reputation' button.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

But manually adjusting somebody's rep all the way to the negative max as an admin was way better.

I believe that happened to a certain "free and democratic ass"... :D

[bcbm]

i thank too many posts to neg rep:(

[The Douche]

i thank too many posts to neg rep:(

Remember the RAAN thread rep fests?:laugh:

[melvin]

none of this has convinced me that it's not really stupid to basically send a private message to someone that they can't respond to when they make a bad post.

[The Douche]

none of this has convinced me that it's not really stupid to basically send a private message to someone that they can't respond to when they make a bad post.

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/1/13/Thats_the_joke.jpg

[Sinister Cultural Marxist]

I've only done it two or three times to posts that were really out there. What's funny is when they retaliate by doing it to you a bunch, which a poster did to me once.

the only frustrating thing is that it's not really possible to continue the debate when someone does it to you. They vent some frustration about something you said, but you can't ever address or respond to what made it frustrating for them. Perhaps there's some middle ground to be found? To me it seems a little petty to abuse it but whatever, it's a fucking internet forum.

[Rugged Collectivist]

I can't even remember the last time I negrepped someone. I think I've only done it to arrogant libertarians because those people are the worst.

[Ele'ill]

I have negrepped people who make posts/threads complaining that they've been negrepped.

[Yuppie Grinder]

i dont negrep people i dont see the point, if they say sexist, racist and what not, shit then they can get banned or get a infraction or whatever. so whats the point of negrepping? and the rep points dont matter anyway.

but the internet is a popularity contest

[Tenka]

I've only ever negrepped a newb or two who angered the mob. This was cowardly, of course; I wouldn't dare negrep someone with higher rep power than me no matter how awful I thought they were, because people retaliate!

I have been negrepped for my posts before, can't remember who did it, but they sucked anyway and iirc their rep was hidden. Oh well.

[Ele'ill]

I usually keep my rep hidden but sometimes I will let it shine for a couple of days

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I'm pretty sure I've neg-repped people without having anyone neg-rep me in return. Not that it would do them much good in any case, muahaha

[evermilion]

I had no idea you could negrep people.

[Rafiq]

I usually negrep new members who are trolls or reactionaries, so their negative reputation will signify to everyone of what they are.

[Fourth Internationalist]

I usually keep my rep hidden but sometimes I will let it shine for a couple of days

Wow. You know, if you ever feel the need to give someone to give someone reputation, I'm always here ;)

[melvin]

*Mcbain image*I wasn't responding to you. I don't know what you were talking about.

[blake 3:17]

I've only done it a couple of times after being on the board for 6 or 7 years. There've been a couple of people on the board I probably should've used it with rather than getting in to back and forths with. I totally lost on it on someone, now long gone, on the board in a way that I thought was worthy of a ban/suspension. It was nasty ugly and actually suggested they report it. They didn't want to and it was in an open forum, so who knows? They were not well loved by more than a select few...

[Leftsolidarity]

I neg rep people who say ridiculous shit or are just overall assholes. It makes me smile when I do it.

[Le Libérer]

I should go through this list and neg rep everyone who says neg repping makes them feel good.

Anyway, When I get neg repped I tell people who neg rep me, you dont want to do that, if I neg rep you back your profile will crash deleting a whopping 50 rep points. Saying all that, I have only neg repped less than 15 times over 10 years. I'd rather be more transparent and just post what I think in a response.

[BIXX]

I usually keep my rep hidden but sometimes I will let it shine for a couple of days

Haha, just to let people know who they are fucking with.

[A Revolutionary Tool]

I don't negrep people because I don't know how to...

[hatzel]

Not to encourage wanton negrepping, but if you want to give rep (which can be positive, as well as negative, let's remember!) you just need to go up to the top-right of the post in question and click this button >>> http://www.revleft.com/vb/revleft/buttons/reputation.gif

[A Revolutionary Tool]

Well I pressed the icon from my phone on that post hetzel and nothing happened so hopefully I didn't just accidentally neg rep you.

[Ele'ill]

Haha, just to let people know who they are fucking with.

no actually because so many of my posts are so bad that I want to let everyone know that I actually have made okay posts at some point


*I knew Crixus would thank this post. Some of my worst posts were proving Crixus wrong while drinking pina colada fish bowls and double vodkas at happy hour.

[Le Libérer]

Well, it has always caused more problems than good. After talking to the other admins and getting their approval, I have disabled neg rep.

[The Douche]

Well, it has always caused more problems than good. After talking to the other admins and getting their approval, I have disabled neg rep.

Just gonna go kill myself now, as I have nothing left to live for.

[Le Libérer]

It's the Stalinist Bureaucracy conspiracy.

[F9]

Well, it has always caused more problems than good. After talking to the other admins and getting their approval, I have disabled neg rep.

:s lets do away with reputation as a whole then, it no more serves any purpose at all.

[Slavoj Zizek's Balls]

:s lets do away with reputation as a whole then, it no more serves any purpose at all.

Or get rid of the post count but keep rep?

[Le Libérer]

:s lets do away with reputation as a whole then, it no more serves any purpose at all.
I use it often when giving positive rep and want to say why I like the post. If I had to resort to sending a PM to do it, I probably wouldnt take the time. So it does serve a purpose.

[F9]

I use it often when giving positive rep and want to say why I like the post. If I had to resort to sending a PM to do it, I probably wouldnt take the time. So it does serve a purpose.

So the point its not the reputation, but the "quick message" that you can send.Which again has nothing to do with the rep number.The reputation was set for people to see who are trustworthy and who not, now that it can only be possitive,the reputation as a number makes no sense at all.Keep the thanks function, keep the reputation as a notion, but the number and the blocks without the ability of negative rep are pointless and are there just to please the member egos.Also the same argument you make for positive rep can be made for the negative as well, why did we got rid of it then? Can we discuss it or vote in the BA at least?Cause for me this is the less sensible way of acting on this, either we keep it as is, or we completely get away with it.This half measure doesnt make sense.

[Ele'ill]

veto

[Quail]

Since users can only give negrep once per day if they haven't thanked anyone already, I don't think it will make much difference. I think it's good to have thanks though, because often I just use the "thanks" function to say that I agree but don't have anything constructive to add myself. Also I guess it's still the case that users who contribute well will have a higher reputation.

[melvin]

Well, it has always caused more problems than good. After talking to the other admins and getting their approval, I have disabled neg rep.hahahaha if this had anything to do with me making this thread then I am so happy about this.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I'm not. It's completely arbitrary, for one thing. So what other features of the board can CoR decide to randomly change on a whim?

[Il Medico]

Well, it has always caused more problems than good. After talking to the other admins and getting their approval, I have disabled neg rep.
It's the Stalinist Bureaucracy conspiracy.
God damn you Stalinist Bureaucracy conspiracy, god damn you all to hell!
http://www.virtualassistantatwork.com/images/you-blew-it-up.jpg

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Dunno, it's just childish. I don't THINK i've ever negrepped anyone. After all, it's a forum for political discussion; people who make shit personal on here are clearly taking it way too seriously.

[Le Libérer]

hahahaha if this had anything to do with me making this thread then I am so happy about this.

It definitely factored in the decision. :)

[Landsharks eat metal]

That's some pretty stupid bullshit.

[melvin]

I'm not. It's completely arbitrary, for one thing. So what other features of the board can CoR decide to randomly change on a whim?I guess that makes me the winner

[Paul Pott]

Noooo now I can't drop the rep of people I don't like! :(

But now #FF0000 can't get me.

[Le Libérer]

I'm not. It's completely arbitrary, for one thing. So what other features of the board can CoR decide to randomly change on a whim?

Oh really? As usual you speak out of turn without knowing any of the details. The admins voted unanimously to remove neg rep. It just so happens I was the one who changed the permissions and made the announcement.

So keep walking, know it all. smh

[blake 3:17]

I use it often when giving positive rep and want to say why I like the post. If I had to resort to sending a PM to do it, I probably wouldnt take the time. So it does serve a purpose.

And @ Quail

I find the 'thanks' function very helpful on a couple of levels -- to signal agreement and appreciation, without saying "I agree and appreciate that", to indicate I'm paying attention to a discussion without saying anything (like that happens (hahhahaha)) and also to get some feedback from people.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Oh really? As usual you speak out of turn without knowing any of the details. The admins voted unanimously to remove neg rep. It just so happens I was the one who changed the permissions and made the announcement.

So keep walking, know it all. smh

What exactly was the problem which so pressing it had to be dealt with by removing negative rep? If there are users who don't like the reputation system, then fine, they can disable that function via their control panel, but there was no great clamouring from the userbase for it to be removed.

It wasn't "a tool to troll people or speak in anger", that's patently ridiculous. Only a tiny minority of the userbase used the negative rep function in that manner, and if such useage is considered a problem, why not deal with the perpetrators (trolling is against the rules, is it not?) instead of ruining things for everybody else in what amounts to nothing less than collective punishment for individual transgressions.

[The Douche]

And @ Quail

I find the 'thanks' function very helpful on a couple of levels -- to signal agreement and appreciation, without saying "I agree and appreciate that", to indicate I'm paying attention to a discussion without saying anything (like that happens (hahhahaha)) and also to get some feedback from people.

Yeah. A lot of the discussions on here have been had a thousand times, when I see them again, I like to be able to thank a post, so anybody who is not familiar with the argument can see "oh this is a post from an ultra-left and the other ultra-lefts have thanked it, so this must be the ultra-left position". I don't really have any interest in debating the nature of soviet society or whatever, the thanks button is perfect for such situations.

[Il Medico]

I don't really agree with getting rid of it, but I don't care much either.

However, that said, I am gonna miss being able to piss off the big ol' bag o'dicks posters who were pretty much the only people I neg rep'd. Call it childish, or trolling, or whatnot, but on those rare occasions when you run into some sniveling asshat throwing a bigot/idiot tantrum in a thread it feels pretty good to just go ahead and cut their tiny rep in half, knowing it will piss them off more than getting shouted down in the thread (I tend to shout them down in the thread though too.) The best part is always when they come back and neg rep you back for like one point and leave some sort of angry butthurt message.

[Leftsolidarity]

This whole "no neg rep" thing is getting annoying. There's a lot of comments that I've seen lately that annoy me so much I know I can't respond without just a tidal wave of insults but I can't show how much it pisses me off with neg rep. The agony! :crying:

[Ele'ill]

This whole "no neg rep" thing is getting annoying. There's a lot of comments that I've seen lately that annoy me so much I know I can't respond without just a tidal wave of insults but I can't show how much it pisses me off with neg rep. The agony! :crying:

there's something about a negrep that makes people fly off the hook in a way that blunt and truthful insults could never achieve

[Paul Pott]

Bring back negrep!