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The etiquette of rep

Poll: How do you feel about rep?
This poll is closed.
Giving: I am totally conscientious; if I think you're worthy, you've already got it. Other need not apply.
19.67%
 12 19.67%
Giving: I am iradic. When and why I rep are as mysterious to me as it must be to you.
22.95%
 14 22.95%
Giving: I don't do it. Too much responsibility. Judge not lest thee be judged, etc.
0%
 0 0%
Giving. I am blissfully ignorant of what rep may be and don't care to learn.
3.28%
 2 3.28%
Giving: I secretly enjoy giving left handed compliments. "You're not the dimmest person I've ever met", etc.
6.56%
 4 6.56%
Getting: I am a rep whore. LOVE ME! Rep me.
14.75%
 9 14.75%
Getting: I enjoy a good repping, especially from behind. But then, who doens't?
19.67%
 12 19.67%
Getting: I'm ambivalent. If they do me, should I do them. How do I make it look my own idea? Troubling.
4.92%
 3 4.92%
Getting: It won't make my day either way. There are more important things for us both to do.
6.56%
 4 6.56%
Getting: I hate getting compliments. Makes me feel all squirmy.
1.64%
 1 1.64%
Total 61 vote(s) 100%
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The etiquette of rep
Creed of Heresy Offline
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#71
RE: The etiquette of rep
November 29, 2013 at 7:48 am
(November 28, 2013 at 11:30 pm)Cinjin Wrote: I think a good question to add to the Poll/Thread:

Have you ever UN-rep'd a member after discovering they're not all that you thought they were? Thinking

THIS.
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#72
RE: The etiquette of rep
November 29, 2013 at 9:03 am
Oh right - this is why I am suddenly picking up a few reps here and there. I did wonder.

I owe lots to all sorts of people - please don't be offended if I haven't repped you and you think you deserve it. You are probably right and I am a lazy shit.
Kuusi palaa, ja on viimeinen kerta kun annan vaimoni laittaa jouluvalot!
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RE: The etiquette of rep
November 29, 2013 at 12:10 pm (This post was last modified: November 29, 2013 at 12:10 pm by Napoléon.)
(November 29, 2013 at 5:46 am)apophenia Wrote: any failure of judgement in awarding rep is my own, and I wouldn't feel right having another pay the penalty for my error.

If I rep unwisely, that's my cross to bear.

Yeah but, they're getting a bonus by you mistakenly giving them rep in the first place, so they're not really losing anything. They've just had something they think they deserve, and at that time you thought they deserved.

They wouldn't really be paying any penalty if you took away their rep IMO, as they didn't necessarily deserve it in the first place.

Then again, I may be thinking into this too much.

Thinking
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RE: The etiquette of rep
November 29, 2013 at 12:24 pm
Why no negative rep?
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
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RE: The etiquette of rep
November 29, 2013 at 12:30 pm
I looked at my rep and it looked like there was a place for negative rep to be counted. No mechanism for that though? Odd.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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#76
RE: The etiquette of rep
November 29, 2013 at 12:35 pm (This post was last modified: November 29, 2013 at 12:36 pm by freedomfromforum.)
(November 29, 2013 at 6:04 am)Ben Davis Wrote: Bigger isn't always better Angel

And you believed her?! Confused Fall
(November 29, 2013 at 12:24 pm)Chas Wrote: Why no negative rep?
Because this ain't no church, where sins are kept track of.
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#77
RE: The etiquette of rep
November 29, 2013 at 12:41 pm
No, we're in a more enlightened place where everyone is above average!
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#78
RE: The etiquette of rep
November 29, 2013 at 2:51 pm
I do not do negative rep anyways. And besides, Chas, if somebody's got a high post count and a low rep, magical thinking is clearly indicated. Wink
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RE: The etiquette of rep
November 29, 2013 at 3:26 pm
(November 29, 2013 at 12:24 pm)Chas Wrote: Why no negative rep?

Here is a thread for the whole matter, you're welcome to read it through. Wink
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: The etiquette of rep
November 29, 2013 at 3:31 pm
I didn't think to look for that, so thank you.
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