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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.
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I have reported your post for reasons I cannot share because ahhh... Other reasons I cannot share
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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...
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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.
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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Agree ...
... but am still cautious, because 'once bitten, twice shy'.
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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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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
OriginalGriff wrote: Have an up to compensate! Thanks!
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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...
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I up-voted it even though I use your initials all the time for a StreamReader object, sorry.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I might have to copyright my initials
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Griff is right. I just voted it 5 and it didn't move that score much.
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I can't even see the vote bar
With all the upvotes it's been getting the -16 are more than compensated for though
Thanks!
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Size of the skin is usually proportional to the brain cell count, that is my observation
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Get over it. What is a few reputation points anyway?
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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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?
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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.
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
modified 5-Jul-15 9:42am.
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It's not that I'm bothered by the -16 points, but rather I'm amazed that I'm somehow downvoted when the downvote button is disabled.
Of course if 'abuse' is the same as 'downvote' that would explain it.
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Sander Rossel wrote: Of course if 'abuse' is the same as 'downvote' that would explain it.
16 points for one abuse vote means you have a high ranking stalker.
Well, abuse vs. down vote is not exactly the same. If you accumulate enough abuse votes in a specified period of time you account will be blocked.
This will actually be a blessing in disguise because you will be reinstated and the abusive abuse voter will be reprimanded by management, provided you posts were not abusive.
A win-win situation.
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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Chris already has the abusive abuse-voter in sight
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Perhaps its your ex girlfriend taking revenge?
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Thanks, after years of therapy I finally managed to get over her...
Until you brought her up...
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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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Here - have a lolly.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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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
modified 5-Jul-15 13:11pm.
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That gets my vote (metaphorically at least). Keep up the good work!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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