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Cornelius Henning5-Jul-15 1:51

Cornelius Henning

5-Jul-15 1:51

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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.

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when their violent passions are spent?
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Dr Gadgit5-Jul-15 3:50

Dr Gadgit

5-Jul-15 3:50

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

Daniel Pfeffer5-Jul-15 6:23

Daniel Pfeffer

5-Jul-15 6:23

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.

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Amarnath S4-Jul-15 23:30

Amarnath S

4-Jul-15 23:30

Same with me too last week, on an innocuous message. Unsure | :~

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.

Sander Rossel4-Jul-15 23:48

4-Jul-15 23:48

I have reported your post for reasons I cannot share because ahhh... Other reasons I cannot share Laugh | :laugh:

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OriginalGriff4-Jul-15 23:52

OriginalGriff

4-Jul-15 23:52

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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JimmyRopes5-Jul-15 0:04

5-Jul-15 0:04

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 | :sigh:

Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.

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Amarnath S5-Jul-15 18:11

Amarnath S

5-Jul-15 18:11

Agree ...

... but am still cautious, because 'once bitten, twice shy'.

OriginalGriff4-Jul-15 23:32

OriginalGriff

4-Jul-15 23:32

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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Sander Rossel4-Jul-15 23:47

4-Jul-15 23:47

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 | :WTF:

OriginalGriff wrote:
Have an up to compensate!

Thanks!

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OriginalGriff4-Jul-15 23:54

OriginalGriff

4-Jul-15 23:54

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 | :laugh:

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Forogar 5-Jul-15 4:38

Forogar

5-Jul-15 4:38

I up-voted it even though I use your initials all the time for a StreamReader object, sorry.

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Sander Rossel5-Jul-15 10:57

5-Jul-15 10:57

I might have to copyright my initials Laugh | :laugh:

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Pete O'Hanlon5-Jul-15 11:29

Pete O'Hanlon

5-Jul-15 11:29

Griff is right. I just voted it 5 and it didn't move that score much.

Sander Rossel5-Jul-15 20:34

5-Jul-15 20:34

I can't even see the vote bar OMG | :OMG:

With all the upvotes it's been getting the -16 are more than compensated for though Smile | :)

Thanks!

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Kenneth Haugland5-Jul-15 2:26

Kenneth Haugland

5-Jul-15 2:26

Size of the skin is usually proportional to the brain cell count, that is my observation Smile | :)

JimmyRopes5-Jul-15 0:10

5-Jul-15 0:10

Get over it. What is a few reputation points anyway? D'Oh! | :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

Jörgen Andersson5-Jul-15 2:39

Jörgen Andersson

5-Jul-15 2:39

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

JimmyRopes5-Jul-15 3:20

5-Jul-15 3:20

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. Big Grin | :-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

modified 5-Jul-15 9:42am.

Sander Rossel5-Jul-15 10:58

5-Jul-15 10:58

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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JimmyRopes5-Jul-15 11:52

5-Jul-15 11:52

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. Big Grin | :-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

Sander Rossel5-Jul-15 20:36

5-Jul-15 20:36

Chris already has the abusive abuse-voter in sight Big Grin | :-D

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Kenneth Haugland5-Jul-15 2:27

Kenneth Haugland

5-Jul-15 2:27

Perhaps its your ex girlfriend taking revenge? Laugh | :laugh:

Sander Rossel5-Jul-15 10:59

5-Jul-15 10:59

Thanks, after years of therapy I finally managed to get over her...
Until you brought her up... Sigh | :sigh:

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