
Originally Posted by
Blackflagged
1. 343/14239 DangerousBastard thats impressive. More than Skid Mark mind you hes probably band. Still it`s only 1 neg to every 41.5 positive...
No, no, no. As I said above, the two figures are not related. 343 is the total number of red reps. 14239 is his rep point "score", not the total number of reps received.

Originally Posted by
AllanB
Good point! How much do you need to get banned?
I prefer to dish out the green. It's like a KB hug.
People aren't banned on the basis of rep, it's a completely meaningless statistic which is easily manipulated for positive or negative.
And yes, most people dish out mainly green, to posts that they feel deserve it.

Originally Posted by
BoristheBiter
green = good
red = bad
yellow = infraction
so what is blue?
Infractions are separate from the rep system.
If you get a blue / grey rep, it is from a newbie with no rep themselves, and therefore has zero point value.

Originally Posted by
scumdog
Wow, somebody with just over 600 posts total has waaay more green bling/post ratio than me
Does anybody ever NOT agree with this person or what????
One of the mysteries of the (KB) world this reputation thing!

The rep system gives a major insight into human nature.
Indeed, many of those high on the rep ladder have low post counts. They are invariably part of "rep rings", groups of individuals who work together on a daily basis to boost each other's rep. Effectively they stand in circles, giving each other a "rep reach-around".
They will invariably deny the existence of such rings, but the individual rep stats and the associated rep comments speak for themselves.
What exactly they think they're awarding themselves is a mystery - it's a bit like giving each other Monopoly money from the box, and convincing themselves that they're "winning the game". It's all rather childish really.
The downside of such silliness is that many of those who collect rep with such avarice, will use their rep power to bully others with red rep. Many of those at the top of the red rep ladder have been put there by co-ordinated bullying by the rep rings.
Human nature, eh?

Originally Posted by
crazyhorse
here, here... I'm with you on that one - in more ways than one

I rest my case...
Can I believe the magic of your size... (The Shirelles)
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