Thread Ratings and Reputation

[Nuclear Dish]

I realized that, what was up with that? I gave her some back because she was giving me some.

Doesn't bother me, delete them all if you would like.

Are you kidding? I don't mean to sell you out, but come on, man, that's just not cool. You are going to sell out Cindy when you are really the worst offender here?

You've been pandering for rep points for weeks now. You're obsessed with them. You YIMed me just to find out how to go about getting them.

And then you have the nerve to play dumb and try to pin Cindy as being the one who started all this mess? And you play all indifferent, as if you don't care if Tony scraps the whole system? No way. I don't buy it for a minute.

Like I said, I wouldn't normally sell you out, but I'm not going to stand idly by while you bash a longtime, well-respected poster like Cindy so you don't have to take the heat.

(I'm not saying she's innocent, BTW, just that I don't buy that she's necessarily worthy of being thrown under the bus by you.)

[BaltBird 24]

I have to agree with Nuc on this one. If you did it, atleast take it like a man.

[cindyluvsbrady]

I did NOT do any of the the things I am being accused of. I resent being called a liar.
Ive only given rep points for posts I like. As far as I can remember ,Ive always left a comment.
Someone is somehow using my name apparently.
I am deeply hurt by all of this
Thank You Nucelar Dish and Baltimore Bird for trying to defend me.
I am not desperate my aNY means to get free tickets..I have season tickets.
I am very very hurt and upset.

[orioles119]

You are kidding right? You are absoluet worse offender. You give out rep points to people left and right and leave no comments. You've given Sun (and gee, amazingly Sun has given you a bunch) over 40 rep points in the last week and half.

It's as if giving rep points were a crime.

Why not just delete all the rep points that derive from the "Giving free rep points!" thread. It's useless to get upset over such trivial things.

[The Wedge]

It's not that he sees it as a crime, but Tony wants the rep points to be an accurate gauge of a posters worth. He doesn't want someone's rep to be skewed in any one direction frivolously.

[MChance]

Having rep points at all is just asking for trouble/corruption. Why do we even need that feature?

[The Wedge]

I have to agree, though I figure if we're gonna have it, realize that its not entirely accurate sometimes.

[ScottieBaseball]

It's as if giving rep points were a crime.

Why not just delete all the rep points that derive from the "Giving free rep points!" thread. It's useless to get upset over such trivial things.

I don't think he's suggesting it's criminal, either. I agree with your solution, but I don't know if it will be quite as practical and simple as it seems on the surface.

I beg to differ...it is bothersome. I put a lot of effort into producing open-minded, respectful, intelligent, original, and thought-provoking posts on this board and I believe my reputation rating reflects that. Artificially inflated reps compromise the integrity of the system and cheapens the effort, time, and thought I put into everything I write.

[The Wedge]

I don't think he's suggesting it's criminal, either. I agree with your solution, but I don't know if it will be quite as practical and simple as it seems on the surface.

I beg to differ...it is bothersome. I put a lot of effort into producing open-minded, respectful, intelligent, original, and thought-provoking posts on this board and I believe my reputation rating reflects that. Artificially inflated reps compromise the integrity of the system and cheapens the effort, time, and thought I put into everything I write.

I personally don't need to see the rep level to know you have a good reputation. If you take said effort time and thought, it shows automatically. Just like out here in meatspace. We don't walk around with little pips next to our heads. We gain reputation person to person, experience by experience. I've always considered the rep system here to be somewhat accurate. It's generally much more accurate towards the negative side than the positive, I've found, because once someone gets two pips or so, people start giving them reps more often. They see that this person is already "reputable" so they give borderline posts positive reps.

[Tony-OH]

I did NOT do any of the the things I am being accused of. I resent being called a liar.
Ive only given rep points for posts I like. As far as I can remember ,Ive always left a comment.
Someone is somehow using my name apparently.
I am deeply hurt by all of this
Thank You Nucelar Dish and Baltimore Bird for trying to defend me.
I am not desperate my aNY means to get free tickets..I have season tickets.
I am very very hurt and upset.

Cindy,
Are you telling me you did not give Sun 50 rep points in the last two weeks? If you are, then Sun is going to be the main suspect in hacking your account.

[The Wedge]

I think that's exactly what she's saying, boss. Check out the Rants section.

[Tony-OH]

OK, this is the official "I'm sorry" to Cindy. It appears Sun hacked her account and gave himself a bunch of rep points as well as others. After hearing some stories from other posters about things Sun was doing, the poster has been banned from the site. This poster has been nothing but trouble since the beginning and it's about time we got back to normal around here.

Let's put this whole thing behind us and move on.

Again Cindy, I'm sorry I thought you would do such things but your account was telling me you were. It's amazing what a twerp can do around here.

[Tony-OH]

Forgive me if I am out of line to get into this, but I don't think we should be accusing Sun of anything right now without consulting with him first and seeing what he has to say.

Sun has been more than generous with his time, whether it was making custom backgrounds, signature pictures, or avatars.

I know I got one pos. reputation from that thread, but I don't really recall giving anyone any, allthough I might have.

I say we start over. Tony has had great ideas to give tickets out to the highest reps, and guys like ScottieB, Migrant REdbird, ND, etc, will almost definitely get back up there since they continue to post intelligent and open minded responses day in and day out.

But, of course, the Mods get the last say.

Bad timing bud.

It's pretty obvious that Sun had hacked Cindy's account since I'll take her word that she did not give Sun 50 rep points in the last two weeks. Who else would?

[The Wedge]

Well holy crap! That wasn't cool of him at all. Hacking someone's account to just dole out reps...what was his malfunction?

[Tony-OH]

Hopefully it is but we're looking into legal avenues against this guy. He's now hacked our board several times under several usernames so we're now going to go after him legally. It's our last resort, but the idiot costs us time and money to deal with him time and time again and I'm finally fed up.

He either really has a bug up his butt for this place or has serious mental issues to keep finding ways to get back on. It's ashamed but it's part of the price we pay for our success.