Kiwibiker site etiquette

[mattt]

Hi all,

Just a little rant. I love bikes. I've been a member here for 2 or 3 years sometimes signing in daily, sometimes signing in monthly. I've also met some great people and done some great rides!

After an absence of a month or so, I check my rep only to see repeated bad rep from one single member. Now I obviously wound him up in some way or another, but after 5months wouldn't you just let it go?

Thoughts please, I'll check them next month.

Till then

Mattt

ps - see attached rep chart.

[Warr]

Have come accross another site that has dropped Rep altogether ..
I'm sure if Spankme had support he'd consider it here too :)

[Zed]

Well, out in the open is one way to approach it Mattt...I know sometimes it's the only way! Feel for ya, had it done to me by at least 3 members before.

Site Admin needs to sort this out!

[SixPackBack]

Bull terriers can be tough to shake off Mattt:shutup:

[mattt]

Well, out in the open is one way to appraoch it Mattt...I know sometimes it's the only way! Feel for ya, had it done to me by at least 3 members before.

Hey Matt - Long time no see.
I think it's more a case, 6PB, of one of those little annoying handbagfag dogs - yapyapyapyapyapyap........... ah well, it's not like i lose sleep or anything.

[Joni]

My question is why have you not spoken to a Mod about it? We cant help you if you dont talk to us because we dont know.

However I can see why you posted it here.

[DMNTD]

Bull terriers can be tough to shake off Mattt:shutup:
But a shotgun sorts 'em good :yes:
Mattttttttttttttt.......don't let it get to ya man. It's only rep on an online forum!!
Sure,annoying I know but remember to do this one thing...get on ya bike and ride,after all we're supposed to be bikers right? :Punk:
PM if in need of some Norland style roads...:sunny:

[Zed]

Have come accross another site that has dropped Rep altogether ..
I'm sure if Spankme had support he'd consider it here too :)I have a sneaky suspicion i know which site you mean Warren, and i think it's great to start off with a clean slate, all having an equal reputation, that is, none...but to take it away from KB now that this site has evolved so much would be silly. I do believe the majority of frequent posters enjoy the rep system we have here...I may be wrong though?

[Warr]

I have a sneaky suspicion i know which site you mean Warren, and i think it's great to start off with a clean slate, all having an equal reputation, that is, none...but to take it away from KB now that this site has evolved so much would be silly. I do believe the majority of frequent posters enjoy the rep system we have here...I may be wrong though?
Good point... Seems to be something big posers .. I mean posters crave :)
But I think Joni is onto it :)

[oldrider]

Find that really surprising, sure there is not another side to it that you have conveniently left out?
Not accusing just asking, it doesn't add up to the impression I have gained since I have been on here.
Maybe you just catch him on night shift all the time.
Try sorting it out "with" him, send him a PM, you might end up friends. :dodge: Cheers John.

[Joni]

But I think Joni is onto it :)Affirmative captain :sunny:

[Zed]

Good point... Seems to be something big posers .. I mean posters crave :)ROTFL!! :lol: You may be right.

Note your new avatar, nice, seen that before somewhere...hmmm

[Warr]

ROTFL!! :lol: You may be right.

Note your new avatar, nice, seen that before somewhere...hmmm
:innocent: Err No I think that one is a reverse of mine :)

[McJim]

I'm new to the site but I've found the rep system a good way of showing my appreciation of an opinion/support in an argument/gratitude for a bit of good advice and I've been surpeised at the amount of positive rep I've received - I've never yet given red rep and I don't see that I'll feel the need - I think it's a last resort for people who aren't getting 'it' at home and are incapable of winning arguments with words and logic.

The green rep promotes the feeling of cameraderie and unity that should be bikers - even us ghey blokes on Hondas!

[Percy]

Good point... Seems to be something big posers .. I mean posters crave :)
But I think Joni is onto it :)
Maybe some big posters, I mean posers crave that, not all though.

I have over 19 500 posts on a MTB website (mostly crap, even though I had to behave a bit more when I was a mod on there! :Punk: ) and dont care a jot for any "rep" score, you cant please everyone, and its only the interweb after all!:innocent:

[Warr]

I'm new to the site but I've found the rep system a good way of showing my appreciation of an opinion/support in an argument/gratitude for a bit of good advice and I've been surpeised at the amount of positive rep I've received - I've never yet given red rep and I don't see that I'll feel the need - I think it's a last resort for people who aren't getting 'it' at home and are incapable of winning arguments with words and logic.

The green rep promotes the feeling of cameraderie and unity that should be bikers - even us ghey blokes on Hondas!
Was that you on the Kawhia ride the other weekend? Top marks with your efforts on the 250. Looked like you were having a great time :)

And agree with what you said too. ..... But what'u saying about Honda's :)

[mattt]

Find that really surprising, sure there is not another side to it that you have conveniently left out?

Dunno, probably I'm not perfect after all. - I put everything in my first post - I wound him up. I don't think he likes being called inlinefag, but that's not the point. There's nothing wrong with a difference of opinion, and some post-posting mudslinging, and some bad rep-ititus for a while.
But 5 months....? I mean grow up ffs. Get a life :yes:

[inlinefour]

Hi all,

Just a little rant. I love bikes. I've been a member here for 2 or 3 years sometimes signing in daily, sometimes signing in monthly. I've also met some great people and done some great rides!

After an absence of a month or so, I check my rep only to see repeated bad rep from one single member. Now I obviously wound him up in some way or another, but after 5months wouldn't you just let it go?

Thoughts please, I'll check them next month.

Till then

Mattt

ps - see attached rep chart.

There are allways two sides of the story, but I guess your only interested in yours eh. Yea I recieved the same thing from you for awhile. Big deal. Mods sort it out, why? I guess you needed to have a cry about it eh? :whocares: 20 days after the fact and your carrying on about it, go figure...

[ogr1]

Who really gives a fug about little red and green squares?
Tis not the end of the world is it and opinions are like...well, we all know that one.
Either way, no matter how you contribute your 2 penny to a topic, you will undoubtably please or piss someone off.
So.....All you sympathisers = Congrats!
....... All you Doubters = Feck Orf!! :motu:

[Firefight]

yeah it seems a bit silly Matt,

there is another site started up which is trying to improve on the crap that we are seeing on Kb lately, They have stopped the silly rep thing and are also looking at maybe getting ride of this post count nonsense, and while a few of the plonkers from here have wandered over it seems to be going ok.. I still like KB for the reasons you mention in the start of your thread and will stick with it, don,t forget the ignore button I use it on both sites, and have found that it fucks people off more than any witty or sarcastic reply or rep that you can respond with.It seems people can;t get there head round the fact that they can be ignored.

have sent you pm, am on nights thursday night pop in if your on duty.


F/F

[Rashika]

There are allways two sides of the story, but I guess your only interested in yours eh. Yea I recieved the same thing from you for awhile. Big deal. Mods sort it out, why? I guess you needed to have a cry about it eh? :whocares: 20 days after the fact and your carrying on about it, go figure...

after reading Mattts posts in that original thread that started it all I can totally understand why Inlinefour would do what he has done...even feel like doing it myself (but then I get over it ;) ), pretty ridiculas shit there Mattt, but what would be the point in starting a war.
maybe you have both grown up a bit since then huh? :mellow:

[McJim]

Was that you on the Kawhia ride the other weekend? Top marks with your efforts on the 250. Looked like you were having a great time :)

And agree with what you said too. ..... But what'u saying about Honda's :)

Thanks but wasn't me on the run to Kawhia - I was on the Kaiaua run on Saturday..mind you I did have fun right enough.

As for hondas - I am so heterosexual and so comfortable with my sexuality that I don't suffer from homphobia at all. Therefore if someone says my bike is Ghey I assume their just complimenting me on how clean and tidy it is!:rofl:

[Quasievil]

Big deal. Mods sort it out, why?

Why should we? if a few of the members acted there age and showed a bit of respect towards each other we wouldnt need to do any moderating.
Wouldnt that be great!!:yes:

[Joni]

How I see it - I dont care what someone has done to piss you off there is no excuse to abuse the rep system, its here for people to express their views about others comments, be that agreement or not! People handing out tons and tons of the stuff to one person just defeats the object. It then makes the rep system worthless... what was set up to bring enjoyment has now once again been missused until it becomes something I dont see the value of.

This tit for tat stuff needs to stop... I reckon people need to grow up a little bit and realise not everyone will always get on with everyone else, thats life, no needs to abuse things - and this goes for everyone not just Inline as I have dealt with a few of these cases lately.

[Sniper]

Rep is to show appriciation or disagreement with a POST. Its not for abusing a member or to lay personal attacks. Because of that, rep is an intresting thing. Everyone gets really upset when recieving red rep because they subconciously think of it as a challenge.

Everyone loves green rep because it reminds them of apples and everyone likes apples

[mattt]

yeah it seems a bit silly Matt,

there is another site started up which is trying to improve on the crap that we are seeing on Kb lately, They have stopped the silly rep thing and are also looking at maybe getting ride of this post count nonsense, and while a few of the plonkers from here have wandered over it seems to be going ok.. I still like KB for the reasons you mention in the start of your thread and will stick with it, don,t forget the ignore button I use it on both sites, and have found that it fucks people off more than any witty or sarcastic reply or rep that you can respond with.It seems people can;t get there head round the fact that they can be ignored.

have sent you pm, am on nights thursday night pop in if your on duty.


F/F

Yeh nicely put Dave. It seems that the people most affected by hitting the ignore button are the ones that live their lives and dreams online, while the rest of us are out there in the real world making things happen. It's what has brought down the site to this level.
Maybe the real rep counter should be the odometer reading on our bikes - it might weed out a few of these so called 'opinion-experts'.
Anyway enough typing - there a very young evil asian thing locked up in my garage that likes to be cained....


... no inline4 - it's not a Thai boy, but my Suzuki gsxr600k4.

Out.

[The_Dover]

People who resort to that sort of shit need to grow some fucking balls and say what they need to in public.

Childish vendettas using red rep as your armoury make you look like a total fucktard.

I may be a total fucktard but I'd rather be upfront and open about it, not hide like a scared little bitch pinging red rep.

[Firefight]

People who resort to that sort of shit need to grow some fucking balls and say what they need to in public.

Childish vendettas using red rep as your armoury make you look like a total fucktard.

I may be a total fucktard but I'd rather be upfront and open about it, not hide like a scared little bitch pinging red rep.


But I have to agree with you, and sadly here is a greeny !


F/F

edit , seems I can,t give it to you atm, so will have to owe you.

[Finn]

I've just green rep'd IL4 cause I think it's funny.

[MSTRS]

People who resort to that sort of shit need to grow some fucking balls and say what they need to in public.

Childish vendettas using red rep as your armoury make you look like a total fucktard.

I may be a total fucktard but I'd rather be upfront and open about it, not hide like a scared little bitch pinging red rep.

Went through this shit with several members recently. Abusive PM's from them and real nasty comments with the reds. Those members were sinbinned, but as soon as they could were back at it. Getting it out in the open wasn't an option (eh Joni??). Apart from the obvious privacy issues (phone nos etc), if it can't be said in an open forum = don't say it.

[Joni]

Inline - Now that was a necessary responce, thanks for clearing that up.... :sick:

[Sniper]

Congrats on 2000 Joni

[The_Dover]

And Finn is a homosexual dwarf.

There. I said it.

[Finn]

And Finn is a homosexual dwarf.

There. I said it.

My old mate Aaron Slight told me that I had what it takes to become a NZ motorcycle racing legend. To achieve this all I had to do was break down my inhibitions. I think I misunderstood what he meant and now I labeled a homo. Great.

However, I am glad it was Dover that broke my cherry. He's was very gentle and even bought me a six pack afterwards.

[SixPackBack]

My old mate Aaron Slight told me that I had what it takes to become a NZ motorcycle racing legend. To achieve this all I had to do was break down my inhibitions. I think I misunderstood what he meant and now I labeled a homo. Great.

However, I am glad it was Dover that broke my cherry. He's was very gentle and even bought me a six pack afterwards.

Bullshit! I'm not for sale

[Drunken Monkey]

Am I the only one who thinks telling a forum mod to "sod off" is about as stupid an act as you can get on a web forum?

[_Gina_]

Am I the only one who thinks telling a forum mod to "sod off" is about as stupid an act as you can get on a web forum?
Potentially it is.

[Quasievil]

Am I the only one who thinks telling a forum mod to "sod off" is about as stupid an act as you can get on a web forum?


Stay tuned

[Finn]

Bullshit! I'm not for sale

Pitty, cause you're the right height.

[Squeak the Rat]

Stay tuned

:jerry: :jerry: :jerry:

[Sniper]

Now all we need is fisticuffs and life will be great.

[Hawkeye]

I didn't know about Rep until I read this thread. I just thought that the green squares related to the number of posts.
It turns out that having checked mine out, I find that I have some red rep for a couple of my thread posts. I know who they were from and it just highlighted the fact that we do not always 'read' what the poster intends.
It is very easy to read it one way when it was meant in a totally different context. However, at times, there are a number of people on this forum who resort to personal attacks rather than open discussion. Not a healthy situation as it just drags the forum down.
I sorted mine out by being big enough to realise that this is an open forum and that we are not all literary experts. Rather than getting into a war of posts, I accepted that others do have opinions which may not match mine.
So I backed off, forgot about it and opened another beer.
One day I might meet up with the guy on a ride, have a beer and end up leaving as mates - who knows. But I will not be losing any sleep over it.

[McJim]

Another thing is that this is online and therefore a 'Virtual' environment so some posters can seem like agressive nasty pieces of work with polarised opinions but quite often they're just trying to take the piss and are really decent people in real life.

A good example of this is that I seem really reasonable but am actually a psychopathic bottle and knife weilding Glaswegian that would slice your face off for "lookin' at me funny" (i.e. Begbie from Trainspotting).

My advice - if there's a serious disagreement - meet up on a KB ride and sort it all out in a pub carpark - that way we can all sink beers together as you kiss and make up.:apint: :niceone:

[Finn]

Another thing is that this is online and therefore a 'Virtual' environment so some posters can seem like agressive nasty pieces of work with polarised opinions but quite often they're just trying to take the piss and are really decent people in real life.

No, Dover's a real prick in real life too. His mother told him he could be anything he wanted to so he decided to be an arsehole.

The suggestion of sorting out our differences with violence must be the Scot in you. You're in NZ now, that's what our wives are for.

[McJim]

No, Dover's a real prick in real life too. His mother told him he could be anything he wanted to so he decided to be an arsehole.

The suggestion of sorting out our differences with violence must be the Scot in you. You're in NZ now, that's what our wives are for.

From what I've read Finn you've had more than a little "Scot" in you too. It was Dover popped your cherry wasn't it?

Tell me - did it make you violent?

I was suggesting they have a snog in the car park anyway because personally I hate violence....in fact I hate all fuckin' stringed instruments. Voilence, 'chellos, violas....

[Edbear]

Everyone gets really upset when recieving red rep because they subconciously think of it as a challenge.



I got a red one for posting in the wrong forum, once. Innocent mistake, but I only cried for a little while, then I cheered up 'cause I've got lots and lots of green rep...!:third:

[inlinefour]

Im told I'm banned until early next month, but I'm still here. This new sin bin is not as comfortable as the old one... :whocares: I feel blessed, I have 8 Infractions points and I'm straight there, cool, I'm not sure if I want to know what happens if I get 16. No worries, I did ask for this one, have apologised to those involved prior to the sin binning. Shit happens, get over it, I know I have :)

[oldrider]

When we were kids and we were in the shit, Mom made us read out loud two little plaques either side of the coal range mantelpiece.

The one on the left said:

"When two quarrel, both are in the wrong!"

After reading that out loud she beat the shit out of us with a wooden spoon!

Then we had to stand and read the other one which said:

"Cheer up the best is yet to come!"

What that actually meant was, if you don't behave yourselves you will do it all again when your father comes home.

We didn't volunteer for stage two too often, I can tell you.

So consider your selves having just read the plaques :spanking:

Now many happy returns to the forum and that the best is yet to come! :sunny: Cheers John.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I couldn't give a flying fuck whether I get green, red or no rep....but what pisses me off is that when some spineless twat reps you AND leaves a gay as remark....and you can't see who did that so as to be able to 'respond' to them....well....Pah!

I understood when I first 'joined in'....you could see who repped you after so many posts etc. Has this changed?
Bear in mind I'm totally comptuer illiterate.....

As you were.

[Ixion]

No, it's not changed. It is a combo of X days and Y number of posts. I can't remember the figures, but its about 200 posts and 4 months or so. You've got enough posts, just have to wait out the time.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Apart from being a know it all arsehole....I'm impatient too.

Thanks for the heads up....

[Zed]

I couldn't give a flying fuck whether I get green, red or no rep....but what pisses me off is that when some spineless twat reps you AND leaves a gay as remark....and you can't see who did that so as to be able to 'respond' to them....well....Pah!That's all part and parcel of the KB experience duuuude! Most respectable senior members know this and leave their initials after their comment so you'll know it was them. The ones who leave no name and a nasty comment are...well...nasty! :blah:

A most interesting phemonenom I witnessed on KB was that for the first few years no-one bothered using the rep system, then it just started up abruptly it seemed. I've watched the rep system grow from its beginnings and have followed the different members green (& red) "status" through the community, at first there were about 30 odd people whose green rep was rapidly soaring ahead, you could've sworn they had made a pact and were repping only themselves?? Then as many more members achieved a 'respectable' status, of course by participating (which is the key to the KB experience!) and being awarded for their posts...but it all turns to 'online bullpucky' when you meet the different members who you've been conversing with for months & years, that's for sure!