holy hell! rep has disappeared (1 Viewer)

[Diddles]

I feel partly responsible for this, and in a way I'll miss repping, but in another way i won't miss having malicious reps sent to me anonymously. When used well, repping could be fun, but it created a hierarchy in the forum and it could lead to a lot of nastiness. It could be used - and was frequently used - for bullying and being at the receiving end of it was not fun.
However, it was easier than sending PMs if you wanted to send a note to someone. Maybe a similar system could be started up but it didn't involved adding up the rep or making negative comments etc?

Where is everyone getting this hierarchy thing from? Is everyone so sensitive? I never used rep as some kind of soundness barometer and and I can't imagine anyone else did either. Also, If I was on the receiving end of bullying on this board, I'd be starting threads naming and shaming these people and I'd fucking haunt them.

 

[egg_]

I will-ill-ish-ed I li-li-ived in mol-ol-onkey land

Is that a real song? Sounds like the sorta thing I would dig ... if it's not let me know and I'll write it

 

[Stan Bowles]

you coul dhave some annoying 'boost my post count' threads. post count is the new rep

Way to give them ideas. You're such a dick.

 

[CitySickness]

Where is everyone getting this hierarchy thing from? Is everyone so sensitive? I never used rep as some kind of soundness barometer and and I can't imagine anyone else did either. Also, If I was on the receiving end of bullying on this board, I'd be starting threads naming and shaming these people and I'd fucking haunt them.

I think the hierarchy thing is just a consequence of having a number (ie high score) attached to it.

The original reason for rep/karma/points systems came from high-volume forums like Slashdot, where threads could reach 20 pages in a manner of minutes - you could choose to filter out posts that came from low-rep members, so (in theory) you'd get a better signal-to-noise ratio.

Thumped doesn't really move as fast as all that, so there's little practical purpose for rep here. I used it plenty myself, but I won't miss it in the slightest. Good riddance.

 

[Diddles]

Is that a real song? Sounds like the sorta thing I would dig ... if it's not let me know and I'll write it

Yes it is. when you sings it it's supposed to sound like a barrel organ like you'd have at a funfair. I don't know any more of the words though, unfortunately.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Is that a real song? Sounds like the sorta thing I would dig ... if it's not let me know and I'll write it

I think the next line goes

'the pla-la-lace where I yi I was Bo-a-orn'

or something.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Ok, asked my girlfriend, so far we remember this much:

I willa lish I lilalived in mololonkey lalaland
the lalaland where Ilalai was bollolorn.
where mololonkey tolalook me olalon his kneelalee
and salalang this solalong to melalee.

but I think there's about 20 more verses

 

[Dr Winston Umbogo]

The end of all those fucking annoying rep threads and people here sucking each other off for rep points, for once I applaud you Brady.

you must spread rep around before giving it to whatshisface again.

 

[pete]

Never liked the way "rep" just turned into "punk points" when you moved to eirecore anyway good riddance to the whole lot, cheers pete.

that was a joke.

 

[Pat Pockets]

that was a joke.

I got the joke, just thought it was misleading to someone new to eirecore seein someone who mainly posts in say, lifestyle post something randomly in eirecore looking like they post there all the time and go by the name of King Punk

 

[classic seanc]

Where is everyone getting this hierarchy thing from?

Those people are taking it all far too seriously. They take the bored ramblings of strangers on the internet as some sort of affront to their intelligence. They're smarter than that like. Now they feel the need to post on this thread to show everyone that they're smarter than everyone else. Everyone else is not as smart as them.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Just read stuff properly now.
shutting up

 

[Diddles]

Those people are taking it all far too seriously. They take the bored ramblings of strangers on the internet as some sort of affront to their intelligence. They're smarter than that like. Now they feel the need to post on this thread to show everyone that they're smarter than everyone else. Everyone else is not as smart as them.

I salute you, sir. Or I would if I was smart enough to know where my hands were.

 

[nofriendo]

Way to give them ideas. You're such a dick.

i am derepping you in my mind! oh sleazy

 

[Pat Pockets]

Those people are taking it all far too seriously. They take the bored ramblings of strangers on the internet as some sort of affront to their intelligence.

Well put, seein people totallt fly off the handle at a totally tongue in cheek late night post is just laughable really.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

is everybody ready to move on now? look - the bus to the future is about to depart:

 

[The Schnapper]

Janer, how about you start acting your age instead of your height, which I estimate to be about 5 and a half.

Edit: Oh, and that tag team derepping thing you had going with politapill was just charming!

Excuse me, I was involved in no tag team repping/de-repping.

 

[classic seanc]

What the jaysus are you on about? Who are these people?

Well, maybe I'm wrong, but it's the only thing I can figure out. Thumped is mostly a "How smart are you?" competition isn't it? (I think that's a great thing about it btw.)

I'm just totally and utterly shocked that people get this angry at people using an internet toy, for harmless fun like. I said that earlier. That's why I compared it to Tetris.
Y'all actually think that it's a "circle jerk"? A lot of mutual backslapping and "hey, you're great man" type BS happens on Thumped, to my eyes at least. But through rep? With funny pictures and quotes from movies and puns? From strangers to strangers? To increase a number? On the internet? If any of yee actually seriously think that.......I dunno.
It was shit when it was used for abuse and all, but 99.99999% of the time it was boredom fuelled messing around. I can't believe anyone could ever think anything else.

 

[Lili Marlene]

re: seanc (see edit above)

 

[The Schnapper]

Oh and I couldnt care either way really.

Barely used to rep anyone but did enjoy the private abuse I got when tryin to wind someone up.