Reputation System: Changes

[g4conman]

why dont people like me, ive always wanted a green square thing but its red
give me positive rep pples! i deserve it!

- i even get negative rep from the people that i think are cool (goki)

[slothman]

I imagine it's part of the "gamer" mentality that most of us around here have. It's like trying to get a higher score or raise your stats, if there's a number associated with you and you have the ability to raise it, you want to get it as high as you can, whether it's your postcount or your reputation or whatever. There's nothing necessarily wrong with this, but sometimes people go about increasing said numbers the wrong way. Spamming to increase postcount, for example. ...

... It is not your IQ, dick length/cup size, value as a human being, or a score in a video game. It does not determine your worth as a Slashdot reader. It does not cure cancer or grant you a seat on the secret spaceship that will be traveling to Mars when the Krulls return to destroy the planet in 2012. ... Don't let it bother you. It's just a number in the database.

Rep here seems to be the same.

P.S. Appearently quotes don't count as part of the message length.

[koopa]

how does the number of green squares you get translate into the number shown on your CP? I've got +3 at the moment (yes, I have been naughty) and one little green square.

EDIT: and do you have to earn a certain amount of rep before you can give someone some more (it says "you must spread some more around") or how does that work?

[ZeldaLord]

You have to give reputation to 10 other people before you can give to the same person again.

why dont people like me, ive always wanted a green square thing but its red
give me positive rep pples! i deserve it!

- i even get negative rep from the people that i think are cool (goki)

It's got nothing to do with how "cool" someone is, if someone leaves you bad rep, it's because they think your post is insulting/immature/whatever.
Likewise, begging for positive rep probably won't get you any.

Just stop taking this so seriously.

[mrz84]

not that the rep matters to me, but thanks anyways...

[Sir_Johnamus]

Everyone that gave me a comment said it was them who did it. I like honest people. A point of this is:
#36-One who has no honesty, has no bravery, strength, or intellegence.-Abdenian honor code.

[DsS Game]

EDIT: Well I can't delete it so forget this post...