PS: L. Coyote, I picked your post to reply to and to make my thought clear for general purpose for everybody to read. So I hope others read it as if it is replied to them and that you don't feel that you're the only one who I 'attack'... The next parts are to be read as a response to everybody (your post was simply usefull to be taken for the means of something to reply to)
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Originally posted by L. Coyote
Why didn't you just link to the Reputation System Guidelines in your first post, instead of the second third page of the thread? Instead of making this into Yet Another Pointless Rant thread, why not remind everyone to follow those guidelines? A reminder is more likely to reach people than a rant.
Because something needs to be done....
The rep system is not the thing which is/should be discussed here, it is our behaviour what is/should be discussed. But again, it is/was deviated towards the rep system...
Why do you think those 'rant' threads are made? Why do you think those 'rant' threads pop up more and more often? Not because we like to rant... on the contrary...
But maybe because it is time (heck, way past that time IMO) that something drastically needs to be done. And I'm not talking about an upgrade to a new version (which will NOT make things better, an upgrade isn't going to change people's behaviour), a restriction to the rep system or whatever other thing, but about changing how we behave, as a community, towards each other, towards new people...
It is time to start thinking instead of acting... or not acting and ignoring in this case as it is the
nth time that people complain and nothing is done about it afterwards (and I don't mean deleting those reps or whatever, but efforts to try and make the community act like a community again with decent and respectfull smart people instead of a bunch of smartass kids)...
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Originally posted by L. Coyote
Did anyone PM the member with the Forum Rules and gave him a pat on the back, telling not to worry about what others said? Did anyone try and explain why people gave him such comments?
Did anyone PM WDZ about the comments that broke the Guidelines, so that he removed the ones he thought were inappropriate?
Maybe, maybe not... dunno
But that is not the issue here... The issue here is how people (regulars!!!!!!!!!!!!) behave towards such new members in the FIRST place...
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Originally posted by L. Coyote
I'm tired of people who take the easy path and complain about the forum members, instead of doing things themselves. If you care so much, take the time to talk to new members!
excuse me?
You think complaining is easy? You think we like to complain and put our time in writing essays to make it clear that these things can't go any further?
Tbh, it is WAY easier and faster to just hit the report button and write 1 short sentence to the mods and be done with it (aka: ignoring it) than it is to put time and effort into trying to make it clear to people in public that such behaviour is as bad..sorry, worse, than a new member spamming.
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Originally posted by L. Coyote
The Reputation System doesn't need to change. People need to stop obsessing over it.
Extremely true too
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Originally posted by L. Coyote
But even that is just pointless, IMO.
Thinking it is pointless is _exactly_ why this forum is going downhill IMO.
It has been too long going on already (the ignoring part, and "its pointless anyway so why bother" thoughts, etc...)
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Originally posted by marc87
And wdz people can change and just because they have a bad rep does'nt mean they cant be trusted and should be banned
True. But people will only be banned when they break the rules again. Nobody was ever banned from the first time, even second time, and even third time... The mods give people a lot of chances actually...
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Originally posted by Sunshine
I took the risk of people hating me for "slapping them on the wrist".
Which is something I'm not going to be bother anymore with (as many might have noticed lately). I've done that in the past too long. IMHO, it is time to slam on that table, all this stupid behaviours are gone too far. I cba anymore to be "carefull".
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