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Ghost Reps
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 RE: Ghost Reps
August 25, 2015 at 9:18 am
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2015 at 9:19 am by c172.)
I hadn't thought in those terms, because (perhaps) I am an atheist. But it makes sense Xians would use it like that.
"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
 (August 25, 2015 at 8:44 am)mh.brewer Wrote:(August 25, 2015 at 12:17 am)c172 Wrote: In my mind, even the best posters can go south, and eventually be banned. A poster shouldn't (again, IMHO) be punished for a repper's banning.The phrase "going south" always makes me smile. In general, do you think this used as a reference to hell? I think quite a few people regard the south as hell. At least, in the U.S. of the U.S. south. But no, I don't think it is generally thought of literally as a reference to hell. "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
RE: Ghost Reps
August 25, 2015 at 9:29 am
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2015 at 9:34 am by Pyrrho.)
(August 25, 2015 at 12:15 am)Shuffle Wrote: I am just wondering why banned people's reps are still valid. I feel that, if they were banned, they should not be trusted with who they through their reps out to. Just a thought. There are no standards for reputation points. Anyone can give them to anyone else for any reason, or no reason, at all. So it does not really mean much to have reputation points; just that people decided to give them to one. In my case, when I first arrived, I gave out a couple of reputation points before I had a good grasp of the difference between them and kudos. I would not have given some of them if I had been more aware of their difference. But as I do not know to whom I have given reputation points, I have not removed them from everyone who I would remove them from if I could remember them. Also, I forget about reputation points and do not give them out to people in any consistent way. It is more a matter of whim than of policy. Also, it seems that none of my reputation points are from someone who is banned. I think one of you should give me a reputation point and then get yourself banned, so I can have one from a banned member. Come on, you know you want to. "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
I've always wanted to get myself banned from here.
"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
(August 25, 2015 at 9:38 am)c172 Wrote: I've always wanted to get myself banned from here. Okay. Step one: Add to my reputation. Step two: Look carefully at the rules and try violating as many of them as you possibly can. That should take care of this. "A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence." — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
If you add to mine too it'll work better
OK, cool. :p What should I say in both of your rep areas?
"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
As for members who have repped here and then 'went south', AFAIK, all their posts are not deleted, threads they started are not deleted, and if AF did so it would be like 'unpersoning' them, and I would not like that.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
And I'm a rep whore and you won't erase my reps except over my cold dead body.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
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