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[LastPoet]

The amount of kudos I got for that post reflects the level of respect Rayaan has around here. As of today it's the 5th most kudosed post of all time: http://atheistforums.org/topposts.php

Be honest Tibs, you only promoted Rayaan to get all those kudoses

[Rayaan]

Be honest Tibs, you only promoted Rayaan to get all those kudoses

If that is true, then ...




But I don't believe that.

[Mystical]

why aren't we allowed to Rep someone at least twice in one year?

Rep is for life and it's one rep per member. But you can always update the message, if you want to

Ah ha.. Does it notify you if your rep was updated?

[Something completely different]

I sometimes give kudos to a post without having read it, simply so I can klick on "The Germans are coming" and see if I received any kudos recently.

Does anyone else do that to?

Generaly I believe I dont give enought kudos, even when a post by someone is really great, I just forget to give kudos.

[freedomfromforum]

Hey- is there an easy way to thank people for reputation, or do I need to send a PM? Is reputation just a way of showing you like/dislike someone? How is that different from kudos?

I've never seen this stuff before and I'm not sure how it works. Thanks!

Good question...
You have as much rep in 5 days
as I had in five weeks. I think it's
just one of those "in crowd" things.

[Zazzy]

I do argue occasionally (and there are plenty of threads that prove that) but not as much as before. I have a life outside the forum, too.

Thank you for linking me to places to learn about you. I don't doubt you have a rich and varied life. I've been reading your posts. But your arguments have been for the purposes of learning and communicating, not for the sake of arguing.

Also, I tend to spend more time doing research on stuff than arguing.

Again, I don't doubt it. Your presence as admin here has done as much to impress me as many of the atheist voices here have.

People like you, who do so much to learn about others, do much to build bridges with people like me, who know so little.

I had to google this, so I hope it is appropriate:
as-salaamu alaikum

Edit PS: I really hope "as-salaamu alaikum" means what I think it means- "peace be upon you," and not "may goats have their way with your mother" or some such. The internet is a tricky thing.

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Good question...
You have as much rep in 5 days
as I had in five weeks. I think it's
just one of those "in crowd" things.

I'm in the in-crowd? That's a first. Normally I'm that geeky E. coli girl. Maybe here that's the height of cool?

[Cato]

Hey- is there an easy way to thank people for reputation, or do I need to send a PM? Is reputation just a way of showing you like/dislike someone? How is that different from kudos?

I've never seen this stuff before and I'm not sure how it works. Thanks!

Jesus fucking tits!!!! The God Damned 'participation trophy' generation on full display.

[Rayaan]

But your arguments have been for the purposes of learning and communicating, not for the sake of arguing.

Arguing for the purposes of learning and communicating > Arguing for the sake of arguing

Don't you agree?

Edit PS: I really hope "as-salaamu alaikum" means what I think it means- "peace be upon you,"

That is correct.

[Zazzy]

Arguing for the purposes of learning and communicating > Arguing for the sake of arguing

Don't you agree?

It's funny to argue over this (), but I don't agree. My experience of most theists who come to atheist sites is that they just want to argue- mostly to see their own arguments in black-and-white, which is reassuring. If you are genuinely trying to learn, you are trying to come to a place where arguments become agreements to disagree.

I have been on Christian forums occasionally to ask questions about things I don't understand. I ask my questions as politely as I can and often ask many follow-up questions. It is not my intention there to argue at all- only to learn the answer to my question. If I am tempted to argue, I usually hold it in check, because I came to a Christian house and I'm not going to put my muddy shoes on their rugs. Usually, this experience ends up being really positive and I learn things I didn't know, and I try to leave them with an experience of an atheist who wasn't a rude asshat trying to cause trouble in their community.

[Mystical]

I do the opposite of that ^ so I refrain from going anymore. Catholics make my nose twitch.