bring back rep

[Thaniel Buckner]

Originally Posted by dean_r_koontz

rep would be good if it was a functioning system that couldn't be abused. since that seems to be impossible to accomplish it's dumb to bring it back.

or just ban esty and futureboy from using it

[dean_r_koontz]

or you can bring it back in the previous form but futureboy and esty would just start to use their system to fuck it up again.

[dean_r_koontz]

Originally Posted by Thaniel Buckner

or just ban esty and futureboy from using it

yeah possibly, it was strange that the whole system got removed just because they didn't (for some reason) threaten to ban those two if they kept rep spamming. retarded is the word i'm seeking here

[Shapan]

or at least a comment system

[dean_r_koontz]

so

1. a system that cannot be abused in itself
or
2. a system that can be abused but abuse is forbidden and leads to banning

otherwise don't bother

[neopryn]

where do you draw the line between abuse and use though? what if you just really fucking hate somebody and want to show it?

[dean_r_koontz]

abuse could be to create aliases, give them rep and let them rep yourself until you have huge repping powers. if you keep giving someone negative rep by using your own hard earn rep, so be it, but that's just cheating.

[Shapan]

find them

kill them

[Mariner]

Originally Posted by Shapan

or at least a comment system

[Trotskilicious]

i kept saying we should delete future boy and esty's accounts and then everything would go back to normal but no one would listen

[Debaser]

We need rep back so its easier for me to remember who to hate.

[jczeroman]

Originally Posted by Mariner

shitload

I just realized this, but isn't this term a little redundant?

[jczeroman]

Also, what is rep?

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

it was about two people, Esty and FutureBoy, who decided rep was stupid and set about to ruin it for people who enjoyed it. it's really goddamn simple. i've said it before, i've said it a thousand times, it was awesome to flame the shit out of people like effloresce and get a little faggoty red card from him. it wasn't about getting negative comments it was about Esty and/or FutureBoy filling your box with red cards for every post you made in the last hour just because they felt like it.

Also, it was removed immediately after Mike gave Sam 1 million points, not because the board was filled with "futureboy and esty are cowards" threads.

It wasn't the threads... as many PMs and emails as I got about "wah wah wah, I'm some little bitch and I am in the red because someone negative repped me" Andrew got 10x more and I don't blame him for getting tired of it. Rep points were meaningless, and yet some losers decided it rated their worth as individuals

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

i kept saying we should delete future boy and esty's accounts and then everything would go back to normal but no one would listen

That is 100% the wrong solution. That's like saying there are too many poor people, so let's kill the well to do.

[dean_r_koontz]

i kind of suspected that was the reason

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

It wasn't the threads... as many PMs and emails as I got about "wah wah wah, I'm some little bitch and I am in the red because someone negative repped me" Andrew got 10x more and I don't blame him for getting tired of it. Rep points were meaningless, and yet some losers decided it rated their worth as individuals

did any people who are still regulars here do this?

[Elvis The Fat Years]

i'd like to read those emails and pm's.

[Shapan]

whats the argument against a comment system

it'll just cut down flame wars and +rep posts, and satisfy a decent chunk of the board that liked leaving comments

[dean_r_koontz]

mariner got genuinely upset. it's kind of sad when a big, good looking hunk of flesh with women littered around his feet and a job as a sailor captain gets angry because his preacious rep have been devaluated.

[topleybird]

Originally Posted by Mariner

I miss that very much

And it would keep at least some clutter out of threads

Best of both worlds

[Debaser]

Originally Posted by jczeroman

Also, what is rep?

you really don't know? weren't you around at the time?

[jczeroman]

Originally Posted by Debaser

you really don't know? weren't you around at the time?

It was deep philosophical inquiry. Can we really know rep? Could rep make a burrito so hot that even he couldn't eat it?

[Debaser]

um.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by Eulogy

did any people who are still regulars here do this?

A truckload.

You can tell them, they're the posters who felt they "won something" and to celebrate have been posting what they think is funny in a big circle jerk for about 9 months now.

[Mayfuck]

i didnt even care about the points in rep. i just liked the little comments. and using i was aborted's rep page as a mini forum

[Trotskilicious]

we should get george mitchell to investigate the rep crisis for 9 months and then write a report naming names

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by Mayfuck

i didnt even care about the points in rep. i just liked the little comments. and using i was aborted's rep page as a mini forum

exactly! it was awesome!

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

we should get george mitchell to investigate the rep crisis for 9 months and then write a report naming names

I'll name names

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

A truckload.

You can tell them, they're the posters who felt they "won something" and to celebrate have been posting what they think is funny in a big circle jerk for about 9 months now.

i want names, dammit.

Warsaw?