Well then I better start contributing more instead of just reading

(09-08-2015 07:45 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 07:44 PM)ErkSaidIWasTrueBlue Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 09:04 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 08:26 PM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 08:18 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  what McCleansville doesn't realize is there is a secret moderator plot to change his post count back to 350 once he gets to 499.

That was discussed some months ago wen a GaSo fan crossed into the promised land of the glorious 500 Club. So far I am hoping to fly under the radar just enough to sneak right in. However I don't think I have heard from the Eagle fan again.

Hmmmm.

Oh he's still here...just biding his time, waiting for the right chance to strike...

What happens at 500 posts?

You get an autographed photo of Cat Mom.

Hell, that is motivation.

(09-08-2015 07:34 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 10:45 AM)AppinVA Wrote:  I'm closing in on 1,000. I figure that means I can give +3/-3 points. Though I've never given negative feedback.

No one gives a ton of feedback.

The rules on reputation exist because of (like every other crazy rule here) The Memphis Board, they went through a thing about 2 years ago where they were giving every Memphis fan positive rep, and every non Memphis fan negative rep. At one point, half the regulars on that board had crazy high reputation levels of plus 350 or more, including posters with like 50 posts total.

We changed the rules, so you must have 500 posts to give reputation, and you can only give one positive and one negative rep to an individual poster in a month. You also can't give more than X number of Rep points in a 12 hour period if I remember.

The point of the whole reputation system is to be able to give users a guide of how well thought of a particular poster is. A person with a high negative rep mark would likely be a known troll, the idea being that it makes them more likely to put a person on ignore if it's clear they are here to just troll everyone.

Blame Memphis for your plight.

I think the threshold could be a bit lower but I did not know of the history until now. Hearing that now makes sense and seems reasonable all the way around. Maybe 335 should be the target.

On the Yosef Cabin board we had the up/down vote at first when we moved off the Delphi Forums we had been on for over a decade (before I was involved.) As soon as we had the up/down vote we had a problem with a few posters (our own Mountaineer family) getting hit with a lot of neg votes. Maybe they deserved it, but in some cases it was a few years of built up frustration that came to bear as soon as the neg votes could be cast, or so it seemed to me that this was the case. It was decided fairly quickly to keep the up votes and not even have down votes. I am sure it saved a few hurt feelings. And we were stickin' it to one of our own.

As much as I joke about casting out neg votes to the GaSo fans I find most of their posts, and in fact, most all the posts on here reasonable enough and those that are not I just ignore in most cases.

The whole 500 post thing is just something for me to go on about. (I lead a pitiful life I guess.)

(09-08-2015 07:44 PM)ErkSaidIWasTrueBlue Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 09:04 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 08:26 PM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 08:18 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  what McCleansville doesn't realize is there is a secret moderator plot to change his post count back to 350 once he gets to 499.

That was discussed some months ago wen a GaSo fan crossed into the promised land of the glorious 500 Club. So far I am hoping to fly under the radar just enough to sneak right in. However I don't think I have heard from the Eagle fan again.

Hmmmm.

Oh he's still here...just biding his time, waiting for the right chance to strike...

What happens at 500 posts?

Magic powers

(1 step closer now, thx)

(09-08-2015 08:19 PM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 07:34 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 10:45 AM)AppinVA Wrote:  I'm closing in on 1,000. I figure that means I can give +3/-3 points. Though I've never given negative feedback.

No one gives a ton of feedback.

The rules on reputation exist because of (like every other crazy rule here) The Memphis Board, they went through a thing about 2 years ago where they were giving every Memphis fan positive rep, and every non Memphis fan negative rep. At one point, half the regulars on that board had crazy high reputation levels of plus 350 or more, including posters with like 50 posts total.

We changed the rules, so you must have 500 posts to give reputation, and you can only give one positive and one negative rep to an individual poster in a month. You also can't give more than X number of Rep points in a 12 hour period if I remember.

The point of the whole reputation system is to be able to give users a guide of how well thought of a particular poster is. A person with a high negative rep mark would likely be a known troll, the idea being that it makes them more likely to put a person on ignore if it's clear they are here to just troll everyone.

Blame Memphis for your plight.

I think the threshold could be a bit lower but I did not know of the history until now. Hearing that now makes sense and seems reasonable all the way around. Maybe 335 should be the target.

On the Yosef Cabin board we had the up/down vote at first when we moved off the Delphi Forums we had been on for over a decade (before I was involved.) As soon as we had the up/down vote we had a problem with a few posters (our own Mountaineer family) getting hit with a lot of neg votes. Maybe they deserved it, but in some cases it was a few years of built up frustration that came to bear as soon as the neg votes could be cast, or so it seemed to me that this was the case. It was decided fairly quickly to keep the up votes and not even have down votes. I am sure it saved a few hurt feelings. And we were stickin' it to one of our own.

As much as I joke about casting out neg votes to the GaSo fans I find most of their posts, and in fact, most all the posts on here reasonable enough and those that are not I just ignore in most cases.

The whole 500 post thing is just something for me to go on about. (I lead a pitiful life I guess.)

It is one "feature" I have never instituted on my board in 19 years, because of the potential for abuse. In an odd way, I view posting inane comments like this one ironic and somewhat abusive in its own right, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

There have been a few times I have really wanted to give out some + feedback and almost never any negative feedback.

If you want to give someone rep, just say so. Generally speaking, someone will do it for you.

(09-08-2015 08:26 PM)Eagle22 Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 08:19 PM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 07:34 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 10:45 AM)AppinVA Wrote:  I'm closing in on 1,000. I figure that means I can give +3/-3 points. Though I've never given negative feedback.

No one gives a ton of feedback.

The rules on reputation exist because of (like every other crazy rule here) The Memphis Board, they went through a thing about 2 years ago where they were giving every Memphis fan positive rep, and every non Memphis fan negative rep. At one point, half the regulars on that board had crazy high reputation levels of plus 350 or more, including posters with like 50 posts total.

We changed the rules, so you must have 500 posts to give reputation, and you can only give one positive and one negative rep to an individual poster in a month. You also can't give more than X number of Rep points in a 12 hour period if I remember.

The point of the whole reputation system is to be able to give users a guide of how well thought of a particular poster is. A person with a high negative rep mark would likely be a known troll, the idea being that it makes them more likely to put a person on ignore if it's clear they are here to just troll everyone.

Blame Memphis for your plight.

I think the threshold could be a bit lower but I did not know of the history until now. Hearing that now makes sense and seems reasonable all the way around. Maybe 335 should be the target.

On the Yosef Cabin board we had the up/down vote at first when we moved off the Delphi Forums we had been on for over a decade (before I was involved.) As soon as we had the up/down vote we had a problem with a few posters (our own Mountaineer family) getting hit with a lot of neg votes. Maybe they deserved it, but in some cases it was a few years of built up frustration that came to bear as soon as the neg votes could be cast, or so it seemed to me that this was the case. It was decided fairly quickly to keep the up votes and not even have down votes. I am sure it saved a few hurt feelings. And we were stickin' it to one of our own.

As much as I joke about casting out neg votes to the GaSo fans I find most of their posts, and in fact, most all the posts on here reasonable enough and those that are not I just ignore in most cases.

The whole 500 post thing is just something for me to go on about. (I lead a pitiful life I guess.)

It is one "feature" I have never instituted on my board in 19 years, because of the potential for abuse. In an odd way, I view posting inane comments like this one ironic and somewhat abusive in its own right, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

There have been a few times I have really wanted to give out some + feedback and almost never any negative feedback.

In the end no one is being forced to read these inane comments. So there is that and I did give fair warning in the subject line so I don't feel to guilty. I'll be honest I did not think I wold add 10 more posts due to this thread, yet here I am-posting away and milking it.

Most of the posts have been light-hearted enough that I got a chuckle or two so there is that, and I learned a bit of history about the board as well.

(09-08-2015 07:45 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 07:44 PM)ErkSaidIWasTrueBlue Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 09:04 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 08:26 PM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 08:18 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  what McCleansville doesn't realize is there is a secret moderator plot to change his post count back to 350 once he gets to 499.

That was discussed some months ago wen a GaSo fan crossed into the promised land of the glorious 500 Club. So far I am hoping to fly under the radar just enough to sneak right in. However I don't think I have heard from the Eagle fan again.

Hmmmm.

Oh he's still here...just biding his time, waiting for the right chance to strike...

What happens at 500 posts?

You get an autographed photo of Cat Mom.

This is at my discretion.

(09-08-2015 08:31 PM)bullitt_60 Wrote:  If you want to give someone rep, just say so. Generally speaking, someone will do it for you.

That can't be as fun as doing it oneself. But thanks for the note.

(09-08-2015 08:47 PM)CatMom Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 07:45 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 07:44 PM)ErkSaidIWasTrueBlue Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 09:04 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 08:26 PM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  That was discussed some months ago wen a GaSo fan crossed into the promised land of the glorious 500 Club. So far I am hoping to fly under the radar just enough to sneak right in. However I don't think I have heard from the Eagle fan again.

Hmmmm.

Oh he's still here...just biding his time, waiting for the right chance to strike...

What happens at 500 posts?

You get an autographed photo of Cat Mom.

This is at my discretion.

If I am not on the nice list, what will it take? I am ok with groveling if need be.

(09-08-2015 07:34 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 10:45 AM)AppinVA Wrote:  I'm closing in on 1,000. I figure that means I can give +3/-3 points. Though I've never given negative feedback.

No one gives a ton of feedback.

The rules on reputation exist because of (like every other crazy rule here) The Memphis Board, they went through a thing about 2 years ago where they were giving every Memphis fan positive rep, and every non Memphis fan negative rep. At one point, half the regulars on that board had crazy high reputation levels of plus 350 or more, including posters with like 50 posts total.

We changed the rules, so you must have 500 posts to give reputation, and you can only give one positive and one negative rep to an individual poster in a month. You also can't give more than X number of Rep points in a 12 hour period if I remember.

The point of the whole reputation system is to be able to give users a guide of how well thought of a particular poster is. A person with a high negative rep mark would likely be a known troll, the idea being that it makes them more likely to put a person on ignore if it's clear they are here to just troll everyone.

Blame Memphis for your plight.

Meh. Never gave it enough thought to have a plight, I guess. But from what I've seen of many Memphis posters on these boards, I can't say I'm surprised.

(09-08-2015 08:19 PM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 07:34 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 10:45 AM)AppinVA Wrote:  I'm closing in on 1,000. I figure that means I can give +3/-3 points. Though I've never given negative feedback.

No one gives a ton of feedback.

The rules on reputation exist because of (like every other crazy rule here) The Memphis Board, they went through a thing about 2 years ago where they were giving every Memphis fan positive rep, and every non Memphis fan negative rep. At one point, half the regulars on that board had crazy high reputation levels of plus 350 or more, including posters with like 50 posts total.

We changed the rules, so you must have 500 posts to give reputation, and you can only give one positive and one negative rep to an individual poster in a month. You also can't give more than X number of Rep points in a 12 hour period if I remember.

The point of the whole reputation system is to be able to give users a guide of how well thought of a particular poster is. A person with a high negative rep mark would likely be a known troll, the idea being that it makes them more likely to put a person on ignore if it's clear they are here to just troll everyone.

Blame Memphis for your plight.

I think the threshold could be a bit lower but I did not know of the history until now. Hearing that now makes sense and seems reasonable all the way around. Maybe 335 should be the target.

On the Yosef Cabin board we had the up/down vote at first when we moved off the Delphi Forums we had been on for over a decade (before I was involved.) As soon as we had the up/down vote we had a problem with a few posters (our own Mountaineer family) getting hit with a lot of neg votes. Maybe they deserved it, but in some cases it was a few years of built up frustration that came to bear as soon as the neg votes could be cast, or so it seemed to me that this was the case. It was decided fairly quickly to keep the up votes and not even have down votes. I am sure it saved a few hurt feelings. And we were stickin' it to one of our own.

As much as I joke about casting out neg votes to the GaSo fans I find most of their posts, and in fact, most all the posts on here reasonable enough and those that are not I just ignore in most cases.

The whole 500 post thing is just something for me to go on about. (I lead a pitiful life I guess.)

Well, I know some on the MMB who would be in a negative hole the size western carolina's football record had the negative rep had remained. I'd probably be at zero, or slightly below, myself.

(09-08-2015 09:15 PM)AppinVA Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 08:19 PM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 07:34 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 10:45 AM)AppinVA Wrote:  I'm closing in on 1,000. I figure that means I can give +3/-3 points. Though I've never given negative feedback.

No one gives a ton of feedback.

The rules on reputation exist because of (like every other crazy rule here) The Memphis Board, they went through a thing about 2 years ago where they were giving every Memphis fan positive rep, and every non Memphis fan negative rep. At one point, half the regulars on that board had crazy high reputation levels of plus 350 or more, including posters with like 50 posts total.

We changed the rules, so you must have 500 posts to give reputation, and you can only give one positive and one negative rep to an individual poster in a month. You also can't give more than X number of Rep points in a 12 hour period if I remember.

The point of the whole reputation system is to be able to give users a guide of how well thought of a particular poster is. A person with a high negative rep mark would likely be a known troll, the idea being that it makes them more likely to put a person on ignore if it's clear they are here to just troll everyone.

Blame Memphis for your plight.

I think the threshold could be a bit lower but I did not know of the history until now. Hearing that now makes sense and seems reasonable all the way around. Maybe 335 should be the target.

On the Yosef Cabin board we had the up/down vote at first when we moved off the Delphi Forums we had been on for over a decade (before I was involved.) As soon as we had the up/down vote we had a problem with a few posters (our own Mountaineer family) getting hit with a lot of neg votes. Maybe they deserved it, but in some cases it was a few years of built up frustration that came to bear as soon as the neg votes could be cast, or so it seemed to me that this was the case. It was decided fairly quickly to keep the up votes and not even have down votes. I am sure it saved a few hurt feelings. And we were stickin' it to one of our own.

As much as I joke about casting out neg votes to the GaSo fans I find most of their posts, and in fact, most all the posts on here reasonable enough and those that are not I just ignore in most cases.

The whole 500 post thing is just something for me to go on about. (I lead a pitiful life I guess.)

Well, I know some on the MMB who would be in a negative hole the size western carolina's football record had the negative rep had remained. I'd probably be at zero, or slightly below, myself.

If it makes you feel any better, I once got neg repped for "abusing moderator power" when I joked about resetting your post count before you got to 500.

So someone at least feels for you.

(09-08-2015 09:25 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 09:15 PM)AppinVA Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 08:19 PM)McLeansvilleAppFan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 07:34 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 10:45 AM)AppinVA Wrote:  I'm closing in on 1,000. I figure that means I can give +3/-3 points. Though I've never given negative feedback.

No one gives a ton of feedback.

The rules on reputation exist because of (like every other crazy rule here) The Memphis Board, they went through a thing about 2 years ago where they were giving every Memphis fan positive rep, and every non Memphis fan negative rep. At one point, half the regulars on that board had crazy high reputation levels of plus 350 or more, including posters with like 50 posts total.

We changed the rules, so you must have 500 posts to give reputation, and you can only give one positive and one negative rep to an individual poster in a month. You also can't give more than X number of Rep points in a 12 hour period if I remember.

The point of the whole reputation system is to be able to give users a guide of how well thought of a particular poster is. A person with a high negative rep mark would likely be a known troll, the idea being that it makes them more likely to put a person on ignore if it's clear they are here to just troll everyone.

Blame Memphis for your plight.

I think the threshold could be a bit lower but I did not know of the history until now. Hearing that now makes sense and seems reasonable all the way around. Maybe 335 should be the target.

On the Yosef Cabin board we had the up/down vote at first when we moved off the Delphi Forums we had been on for over a decade (before I was involved.) As soon as we had the up/down vote we had a problem with a few posters (our own Mountaineer family) getting hit with a lot of neg votes. Maybe they deserved it, but in some cases it was a few years of built up frustration that came to bear as soon as the neg votes could be cast, or so it seemed to me that this was the case. It was decided fairly quickly to keep the up votes and not even have down votes. I am sure it saved a few hurt feelings. And we were stickin' it to one of our own.

As much as I joke about casting out neg votes to the GaSo fans I find most of their posts, and in fact, most all the posts on here reasonable enough and those that are not I just ignore in most cases.

The whole 500 post thing is just something for me to go on about. (I lead a pitiful life I guess.)

Well, I know some on the MMB who would be in a negative hole the size western carolina's football record had the negative rep had remained. I'd probably be at zero, or slightly below, myself.

If it makes you feel any better, I once got neg repped for "abusing moderator power" when I joked about resetting your post count before you got to 500.

So someone at least feels for you.

That's funny stuff. I took your joke as just that and hell if you did reset my count it would give me something to carry on about. You might be doing me a favor.

We have a politics folder on YC/MMB, which I join at times even when I know I should not - often over Liberty. In that folder, besides a lot of bruised feelings, there are not up nor down votes. I am the resident extreme leftist on the MMB so I know where I would be if neg points were available.

It's been said that we on the MMB have a tendency to eat our young. I took it as a compliment.

Yikes

(09-08-2015 10:06 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Yikes

Welcome to the discussion, do you feel that I should reset McLeansville's post count when he nears 500 so he never gets to the promised land of being able to assign rep points?

I'm seeking opinions from outsiders...

(09-09-2015 12:44 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 10:06 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Yikes

Welcome to the discussion, do you feel that I should reset McLeansville's post count when he nears 500 so he never gets to the promised land of being able to assign rep points?

I'm seeking opinions from outsiders...

Let me know how the vote goes. I am a bit curious. At the rate I am going it will be a few months before I get there. Plenty of time to sway the vote one way or the other (like add some posts counts so I get there earlier.)

(09-09-2015 12:44 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 10:06 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Yikes

Welcome to the discussion, do you feel that I should reset McLeansville's post count when he nears 500 so he never gets to the promised land of being able to assign rep points?

I'm seeking opinions from outsiders...

Haha I do that on a site I run

(09-09-2015 12:44 AM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-08-2015 10:06 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Yikes

Welcome to the discussion, do you feel that I should reset McLeansville's post count when he nears 500 so he never gets to the promised land of being able to assign rep points?

I'm seeking opinions from outsiders...

I was lazy so instead of being productive around the house I watched and joined in on some chat during the later games Saturday. I added some legit post counts. I am closing in on 400 now.