Best way to deal with negative reputation?

I see no need for a "rep" system, so I ignore it. Spend enough time on the boards and you develop your own reputation and recognize others for their good/bad advice.

Ignoring any system of "reputation" tied to an anonymous internet audience would be my recommendation.

PS - I do, unlike some of the other responses, recommend doing what seems good to you without regard for the opinions of others. If someone disagrees, let them engage you in discussion on the issue. If they dont have the patience, stones, or mentality to do that, then their opinion is of no weight whatsoever.

Even if being a jackass seems good to you, go for it, but expect more people to express their displeasure or disagreement, and perhaps more forcefully, than otherwise. But don't expect civility, much less docility, to protect you from snide dings by the typical internet bully (swaggering tough online, douce as a convent schoolchild face to face).

Until/unless the forum restricts posting privileges based upon rep (yes, I've been to forums that don't let people with no/low rep post in or read some sections ), rep is worth exactly as much as you let it be worth to you.

Personally, I find it better to judge people based on what they say, rather than what somebody else says about them, so the system doesn't mean much to me.

I find it surprising that so many people give a crap about their reputation on a message board. For those who care, I do not think anyone is as concerned about your rating as you are.

I don't think that any person would be like, "you know... I bet that Bramphousian fellow is a tool. It would seem he currently has a negative reputation". Likewise, I doubt anyone would think, "That Bramphousian must be a swell guy. He has six reputation squares!"

I will probably never check to see what my reputation is at any given moment, and I'm not bothered enough by the system to disable it.

Thank you, Champion.

oh no internet people are calling me names someone help

i don't think i can take this much longer

it's turning me into a nervous wreck

not so much hurting your feelings as they are your brain.

I received negative reputation the other day...for talking about negative reputation.

I got negative reputation today for dissing farmers.

Woot!

Some negative reputation I take as a compliment. In the "negative reputation only means what you want it to" camp, that's a win, which is kind of an important point. Who is leaving you reputation is just as important or more than what your reputation is.

I'm not too keen on the reputation idea. Doesn't do anything, and if it did I'd be pretty vocal about it. Since it doesn't do anything, I just play with it. That and the tags. Going to see how long I can go adding ridiculous tags to everything before I get scolded by a mod.

Anyway, I don't give negative reputation. I just give positive reputation to posts that make me laugh. I think everyone needs a good sense of humor.

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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

I'm still looking for the way not to display anybody else's rep, either. I know what I think about you; what other people think about you doesn't matter much to me.

I do have one good use for the rep bar.

If I read a post and think to myself - damn - that poster is a jerk, then look at their rep and see it blaring red - then I am a bit relieved in that I am not the only one to see this. If it were green - it would give me a reason to at least re-consider my harsh opinion - as the fault might be mine. (I am working on being less judgmental )

By the way, here is an example:

Finally found a thread.


I do support the vote, if there is one, to be able to delete reputation. Now I'm fully aware people may not like what I say and I support fighting to the death for their right to say it. But this is just spelling disaster, trolls can say anything or spam you. That much I don't care for. A red marked comment with lol doesn't say much. Let alone people getting outraged by something one says, I mean if I say something that offends you then talk to me about it don't attack me out of ignorance.

This system is similar to what Bioware has for SWTOR and they've avoided the rep function for precisely this sort of thing. Because spam isn't necessary, luckily though visitors can't see it thankfully. But otherwise some solutions: Remove it, allow the user to delete said comments, and names should be tied to the comments so it's not anon.

The anon also saves the commentor/suspect because they can say whatever offensive material they like and can't be ignored/reported. This is going to be exploited by trolls.

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Originally Posted by Dispari I'm not too keen on the reputation idea. Doesn't do anything, and if it did I'd be pretty vocal about it. Since it doesn't do anything, I just play with it. That and the tags. Going to see how long I can go adding ridiculous tags to everything before I get scolded by a mod.

Meh I think it can do quite the contrary. At least right now it's set to private although there's a bar under your total posts indicating a color. If a troll manages to spam you with offensive and or meaningless material, you could goto a section where nobody knows you and you may have a red square (or multiple ones) and people will no doubt look at it. I think it's counter productive especially since the rep is anonymous.