Reputation Retaliation Wars

[Ann Onymous]

Reporting to the moderator did not change a thing --- is that how it works too?

Just because you do not receive a personal response from a mod does NOT mean nothing was done...sometimes they may poke their head into a thread and issue a somewhat subtle warning to the masses that is hinting at the conduct of a particular person or two.  Sometimes the offender might be the subject of a PM to that effect. 

[espo]

How did Tekla end up with zero smites ?   LOL 

[tekla]

Because when the changed the system they wiped them all off.  I had a huge dog pile of them.  Reading the smites and the reasons (then the post which pissed them off) was the most humorous part of Susan's.

[cynthialee]

Tekla;
Not all your smites were for being edgy and on point.
You got a number of them from failing to use empathy and harshing on some very volatile people.

[espo]

Because when the changed the system they wiped them all off.  I had a huge dog pile of them.  Reading the smites and the reasons (then the post which pissed them off) was the most humorous part of Susan's.

Those were earned just like your reps, so if you start a petition for them to be returned to you I would sign it.

[tekla]

I'm never edgy - never said I was, nor on point (which is just gobbledygook for foolish minds anyway, it's all on point in the end anyway) because real conversations never are on point, but trail off through the ether, hither, dither and yon and sometimes even come back to where they were.

[espo]

I'm never edgy - never said I was, nor on point (which is just gobbledygook for foolish minds anyway, it's all on point in the end anyway) because real conversations never are on point, but trail off through the ether, hither, dither and yon and sometimes even come back to where they were.

Wobbley veer-ers are good convesationalists. Not everyone gets it.

[tekla]

Not everyone gets it

Well, not everyone - particularly in here - has basic social skills and real-world training.

[Amazon D]

try dividing the number of positive pluses into the number of post and you will see a persons true percentage.. yepper its percentages that counts ..        


actually i have never seen anyone say something worth a negative rating

Ok well maybe i have but i don't think i rated them that way..

i am just too nice and wouldn't want that done to me

you know do unto others as you would have them do unto you but always turn the other cheek if they do you wrong and forgive them because well they are human and not perfect

[tekla]

depends, most of those posts were playing song title games or other list stuff (what are you reading, listening to, eating etc.) , or replying to the news stories that were posted just as a way of saying that someone was reading them.

[BunnyBee]

I'm never edgy - never said I was, nor on point (which is just gobbledygook for foolish minds anyway, it's all on point in the end anyway) because real conversations never are on point, but trail off through the ether, hither, dither and yon and sometimes even come back to where they were.

I wish more people thought like this.

Acknowledging dissenting views is an important component of any important decision.  I heard a program on NPR a while ago which essentially said that after a lengthy investigation, it had been determined that the reason for the Challenger Shuttle tragedy was that the group running the mission did not actively encourage the expression of dissenting views.

I feel like I sound like a broken record on this, but the minute you stop giving consideration to ideas you don't agree with is the minute you stop being intellectually honest.  It starts you down a bad path toward polarity, which our society has been on ever since it became easier to make factions of information dissemination.  First cable news, then political blogs, which target a specific kind of opinion and don't let any other voice through.  You see this polarization affect clearly seeping into the mainstream when you consider the progression from Fox News to MSNBC to The Tea Party to today's American Congress even.  Honest debate comes to a screeching halt and all you have is a bunch of red-faced yelling people that think anybody that disagrees with them is an "idiot."

With all of that said, causing offense is not an essential component of saying something worthwhile.  You can say something worthwhile with or without offending somebody, just as you can say something idiotic or useless that also offends people.  And it doesn't take a genius to be offensive.  Quite the opposite.

[annette]

Tekla, what ever the ratings or smites were, I did always love your posts.
Maybe sometimes I don't agree but it is always sharp and to the point and it was keeping me thinking about it.
Many times I had to laugh because of your sharp sense of humor.
Maybe you don't want to hear it but for me you are some kind of stand up comedian.
Apperently you are able to find the words I like to hear.
i love it.

Keep on writing girl, and even if you have a sharp comment on this post, I still like your style.
So, make the best of it.

hug
Annette

[Devlyn]

Of course, this IS Susans, and good manners and respect go miles. Maybe if the combatants apologized to each other and sent messages to Susan saying they wished to desmite there could be a happy ending. Just a thought, hugs, Tracey

[AbraCadabra]

Thanks hon,
nothing but reading one of your uplifting comments for breakfast. *)

Yet something is telling me you seem to have given up on that smitey achievement?
Always enjoyed to be in good company :-)

Axelle
PS: *) One slice of brown bread toast, Cape Gooseberry jam and soft boild egg, plus Teka, hehe.

[Devlyn]

Be careful Axelle, my posts have been known to "uplift" a nice breakfast!

[AbraCadabra]

Sorry, that post was directed at Tekla's.

Not into uplifted breakfasts.

Ex Air-Force NCO, so better watch your own, eh.
Still can kick arse, no sweat.

Axelle
PS: take note of posts's PS:...