So I guess someone dislikes me...
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Same with me too last week, on an innocuous message. :~ Makes me feel that it is better to be a silent witness to the Lounge, rather than actively contribute to it. Am slowly reducing these Lounge postings.
Avijnata wrote:
Makes me feel that it is better to be a silent witness to the Lounge, rather than actively contribute to it. Am slowly reducing these Lounge postings.
If you do that, then the narrow minded morons win. Do you want a lounge where you can laugh, think, and relax - or a lounge where the only jokes are the people who post? The only entertainment is the narrow set of "permitted ideas" that rigid mindsets can cope with? I know which I'd prefer. Yes, we have to have "standards" - but Chris has been pretty explicit as to what those are. And with the exception of spammers, and a couple of trolls I can't think of any posts this year which violated them (except some the UK election coverage)
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Oops, it was Weird and Wonderful[^], the downvote is disabled in that forum too though.
OriginalGriff wrote:
or a low brain cell count
Enough brain cells to somehow downvote :wtf:
OriginalGriff wrote:
Have an up to compensate!
Thanks! :D
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
That got an upvote as well, which shows it was a "heavy hitter" on the abuse vote - my up resulting in a mean of three. It doesn't take many brain cells to click a flag... :laugh:
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Avijnata wrote:
Makes me feel that it is better to be a silent witness to the Lounge, rather than actively contribute to it. Am slowly reducing these Lounge postings.
If you do that, then the narrow minded morons win. Do you want a lounge where you can laugh, think, and relax - or a lounge where the only jokes are the people who post? The only entertainment is the narrow set of "permitted ideas" that rigid mindsets can cope with? I know which I'd prefer. Yes, we have to have "standards" - but Chris has been pretty explicit as to what those are. And with the exception of spammers, and a couple of trolls I can't think of any posts this year which violated them (except some the UK election coverage)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
OriginalGriff wrote:
The only entertainment is the narrow set of "permitted ideas" that rigid mindsets can cope with?
Pretty much describes the evolution of the lounge from the vibrant place it was a few years ago to the stagnant place it is today. Although envisioned as a wild frontier the internet and subsequently the lounge has yielded to the ever intolerant forces of political correctness. :sigh:
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy. In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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I've been downvoted in the Lounge... :~
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
Get over it. What is a few reputation points anyway? :doh:
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy. In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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Sander Rossel wrote:
I've been downvoted in the Lounge
The same thing happened to me last week - twice, on totally innocuous messages. I didn't know that it was possible to downvote people in the lounge; the hamsters must really hate us. :sigh:
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
As far as I know, you get 5 points every time you vote "abuse" on a message. I wonder if someone is trying to accumulate points by voting "abuse" left and right on messages?
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need, when their violent passions are spent? - The Lost Horizon
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As far as I know, you get 5 points every time you vote "abuse" on a message. I wonder if someone is trying to accumulate points by voting "abuse" left and right on messages?
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need, when their violent passions are spent? - The Lost Horizon
That's possible, but I would expect that too-frequent voting by someone who is not a Protector / Administrator would trigger a flag. Especially if his vote is the only one.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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That's possible, but I would expect that too-frequent voting by someone who is not a Protector / Administrator would trigger a flag. Especially if his vote is the only one.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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but I would expect that too-frequent voting by someone who is not a Protector / Administrator would trigger a flag.
That would make sense, and such an abuse vote abuser should be banned as a troll.
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need, when their violent passions are spent? - The Lost Horizon
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Any particular message? Some people have really thins skins (or a low brain cell count, I'm not sure which sometimes) and abuse vote anything they even slightly disagree with. Have an up to compensate!
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Size of the skin is usually proportional to the brain cell count, that is my observation :)
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I've been downvoted in the Lounge... :~
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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Get over it. What is a few reputation points anyway? :doh:
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy. In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
Because if you get a downvote in the lounge it's coupled with an abuse vote. And when you have a couple of those you're gone, perhaps not forever, but you remember, right?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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I've been downvoted in the Lounge... :~
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
Welcome to CP
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.1 new web site. I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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Because if you get a downvote in the lounge it's coupled with an abuse vote. And when you have a couple of those you're gone, perhaps not forever, but you remember, right?
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Not to worry. You will be reinstated and the person giving you the abuse votes when you are not abusive will be told to cease and desist. It is really not a big deal especially when the person voting abuse is of low status whose down vote doesn't carry any weight against your reputation. I get them from time to time with no loss of reputation points, but even if I did lose points I really wouldn't care. Relax, be happy. :-D
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy. In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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I've been downvoted in the Lounge... :~
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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Sander Rossel wrote:
I've been downvoted in the Lounge
The same thing happened to me last week - twice, on totally innocuous messages. I didn't know that it was possible to downvote people in the lounge; the hamsters must really hate us. :sigh:
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
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I've been downvoted in the Lounge... :~
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
Send me a link to the message. I'm updating the reporting feature this week to remove some members' ability to report items. They can view, they can download, they can post, but they can't randomly slap people down anymore. Sick of it. [Edit: It's the same high-rep user who randomly reports items for no apparent reason. He's not at the level of "abuse", just annoying, seemingly whimsical, and not at all helpful. He's also my case study and Exhibit A as to why "don't put restrictions on members with rep greater than X" never works. High-rep members need checks and balances too.]
cheers Chris Maunder
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Oops, it was Weird and Wonderful[^], the downvote is disabled in that forum too though.
OriginalGriff wrote:
or a low brain cell count
Enough brain cells to somehow downvote :wtf:
OriginalGriff wrote:
Have an up to compensate!
Thanks! :D
Visit my blog at Sander's bits - Writing the code you need. Or read my articles at my CodeProject profile.
Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. — Edsger W. Dijkstra
Regards, Sander
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Send me a link to the message. I'm updating the reporting feature this week to remove some members' ability to report items. They can view, they can download, they can post, but they can't randomly slap people down anymore. Sick of it. [Edit: It's the same high-rep user who randomly reports items for no apparent reason. He's not at the level of "abuse", just annoying, seemingly whimsical, and not at all helpful. He's also my case study and Exhibit A as to why "don't put restrictions on members with rep greater than X" never works. High-rep members need checks and balances too.]
cheers Chris Maunder
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Send me a link to the message. I'm updating the reporting feature this week to remove some members' ability to report items. They can view, they can download, they can post, but they can't randomly slap people down anymore. Sick of it. [Edit: It's the same high-rep user who randomly reports items for no apparent reason. He's not at the level of "abuse", just annoying, seemingly whimsical, and not at all helpful. He's also my case study and Exhibit A as to why "don't put restrictions on members with rep greater than X" never works. High-rep members need checks and balances too.]
cheers Chris Maunder
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Send me a link to the message. I'm updating the reporting feature this week to remove some members' ability to report items. They can view, they can download, they can post, but they can't randomly slap people down anymore. Sick of it. [Edit: It's the same high-rep user who randomly reports items for no apparent reason. He's not at the level of "abuse", just annoying, seemingly whimsical, and not at all helpful. He's also my case study and Exhibit A as to why "don't put restrictions on members with rep greater than X" never works. High-rep members need checks and balances too.]
cheers Chris Maunder
He linked to it in his reply to me: http://www.codeproject.com/Feature/WeirdAndWonderful.aspx?msg=5086288#xx5086288xx[^]
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I was never into brown nose points systems, it does not control me in the least and you should not let it concern you. Truth can hurt
Dr Gadgit wrote:
I was never into brown nose points systems
I don't care how many rep. points I accumulate, either. However, the only way to be "downvoted" in the Lounge is to have posts marked as spam/abuse. Too many of those could lead to banning from the site.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
