A Reason to stop posting on Slickdeals...

[e-powersellers]

I really like the site, posted a lot, even made the front page a couple times, found some great deals, but...

Reputation points need to go...

>HUMOR< Free Dehy... 04-12-2004 08:09 PM STOP REPOSTING FOOL
>HUMOR< Free Dehy... 04-11-2004 07:00 PM youre stupid
Beyond Bodi Heat 04-12-2004 06:28 PM Hypocrite

I certainly won't be posting anymore in the Freebies as everytime I do I lose points and get these comments.

I don't need to do something nice and then get insulted for it.

Once reputation points go away things may change, but not now, it just makes people feel bad.

I am sure based on this post I will quickly drop from 23 points to -100 but so what.

[lowpro]

Sorry to hear that you had some points taken away. Here is 100 reputation points to get ya happy again. You as a user have the option of turning off your reputation points in your User Control Panel under edit options. Thats up to you if you want to leave that on or not. Oh btw....I was just kidding about the extra bonus points. :p

[e-powersellers]

Obviously I can't turn them off so I can't see them, but only so others can't see them... I am going to "assume" if they can't see them, they can't add or remove from them. If that is the case, then wonderful.

Sorry to hear that you had some points taken away. Here is 100 reputation points to get ya happy again. You as a user have the option of turning off your reputation points in your User Control Panel under edit options. Thats up to you if you want to leave that on or not. Oh btw....I was just kidding about the extra bonus points. :p

[slickdeals]

That option is currently broken. I'll try to fix it.

[Kristyn921]

Some a$$ called me a racist for posting a freebie for a USB storage device. WTF? Totally confused by that one.

I think I'm going to turn mine off too. Too many fools posting stupid $hit just to piss people off.

[Cycnus]

What I've run into is when I post in the forum, people search for your other posts that are in the tech or deals section and just take away your rep points there. One of my minuses was a post in a freebies thread e-powersellers started! I said thank you, and some a$$ clown gave me a negative point for that. wow.

[e-powersellers]

That is what they are doing, they give you a -point and then go to another topic and give you a -point and then the next day the do it again, and again.

I don't mind getting negative points, I don't like the words that people use when giving them to you. They get quite rude when they are anonymous.

What I've run into is when I post in the forum, people search for your other posts that are in the tech or deals section and just take away your rep points there. One of my minuses was a post in a freebies thread e-powersellers started! I said thank you, and some a$$ clown gave me a negative point for that. wow.

[GARYMIHARA]

It 's laughable to me that after one rude/crude post I dropped 7 reputation points. I posted it to entertain. It 's okay. I first was upset about it but now don 't care. People are always looking to knock others down. I admit it was in poor taste but what about positive reputation points for all the good postings? I mean really, I thought about quitting my posts because everyone seems eager to scold but never congratulate. My objective has never been to offend but rather educate and entertain. :vomit:

[Biggpappa]

Childish minds do childish things.
Why give someone neg points because you don't like or are unabel to figure out how to use software that they use.
My understanding of the idea behind rep points was a way to help with all the bickering about repost and to I guess you can sya honor those who consistantly find good deals.

But the kids have turned it into something else. What i don't understand is why allow anyone to rate anyone other then the thread starter?
And just to prove the point we should all give the Mods Neg rep points
Either way the rep thing is busted and should be dropped. what's the point, Being able to turn it off just defeats the purpose as much as the Idiots do.
Admit it was a bad idea and get rid of it.
Just my 2 1/2 cents :mad:

[e-powersellers]

Needs to be removed 100%

Childish minds do childish things.
Why give someone neg points because you don't like or are unabel to figure out how to use software that they use.
My understanding of the idea behind rep points was a way to help with all the bickering about repost and to I guess you can sya honor those who consistantly find good deals.

But the kids have turned it into something else. What i don't understand is why allow anyone to rate anyone other then the thread starter?
And just to prove the point we should all give the Mods Neg rep points
Either way the rep thing is busted and should be dropped. what's the point, Being able to turn it off just defeats the purpose as much as the Idiots do.
Admit it was a bad idea and get rid of it.
Just my 2 1/2 cents :mad:

[hunterr83]

I know exactly what each and every one who has posted prior to this post is talking about. I agree on just getting rid of reputation points altogether--or at least getting it fixed. *points to his own reputation rating* You'll be amazed at the comments I get, as I'm sure I would be at the comments many other people are getting. I hate kids! LoL!

Edit: Also, inevitably somebody will waltz in and say, "If you don't like reputation points, then just don't pay attention to them! Quit whining!" I would agree with this comment; however, I'm only human. I can't help it if I feel bad when I read the rude and offending comments left by other people. I know I could always choose not to even check the comments by not clicking on "User CP," but my curiosity is just too strong, okay? When I feel bad about rude comments left by childish members, it has the potential to: ruin the rest of my day; make me feel that I shouldn't bother posting any deals if I'm just going to get badmouthed by a handful of people; not offer my advice when it's asked or when I feel it would help some people out.

[tonie]

who gives a damn about reputation points, if i have a choice to turn it off i'll certainly do it.

[HeyLookItsMe]

OMG this is so funny that people care that much..... i have recieved about 8 neg rep points most of them were blank but hey oh well... its funny that when someone is complimenting people nobody pays any notice but as soon as someone says something negative people freak out and want it hidden.. the same thing happened at the last company i worked for when we introduced reputation skills for the game and people loved it until they found out they could loose points... its like the real world people not everything is all pretty

[Mavtech]

OMG this is so funny that people care that much..... i have recieved about 8 neg rep points most of them were blank but hey oh well... its funny that when someone is complimenting people nobody pays any notice but as soon as someone says something negative people freak out and want it hidden.. the same thing happened at the last company i worked for when we introduced reputation skills for the game and people loved it until they found out they could loose points... its like the real world people not everything is all pretty

Oh man. I tried to leave you a good rep point but can't in this forum. Oh well. It's the thought that counts right? :hug:

[e-powersellers]

Yes, but as of now, we cannot turn them off.

who gives a damn about reputation points, if i have a choice to turn it off i'll certainly do it.

[oni_forever]

Biggpappa

:mad: I have my eye on you :mad:

[Nukeler]

I think admins should just give up to 100 points for good deal posts. If your deal goes slick you should get 25rep points automaticly. And more if it super hot

[hunterr83]

OMG this is so funny that people care that much..... i have recieved about 8 neg rep points most of them were blank but hey oh well... its funny that when someone is complimenting people nobody pays any notice but as soon as someone says something negative people freak out and want it hidden.. the same thing happened at the last company i worked for when we introduced reputation skills for the game and people loved it until they found out they could loose points... its like the real world people not everything is all pretty
I think you're missing the point.

[bliss77]

e-,
Don't you dare even think of leaving! Who am I going to race when posting deals? =\ Not to mention - on days when I don't have the time or inclination to post - you post everything I would have anyhow! Plus - who gives a piss what other people do/say? It's all you at the end of the day and I certainly don't choose whose post I like to look at and what not by their rep points.. it's just silly. Get some thicker skin, man. I'll loan you some of mine if you like. :)

[e-powersellers]

Not a skin thick thing, just a fact I don't want to hear people calling me names all day, I have employees that will do that for me locally.

I would like to just turn it off... or have it go away. The crap they post in the rooms I care less, however look at what happens to people like Hunter with a total of 1 point.

I wonder how many people that come here that are new will look and make assumptions who can or cannot be trusted based on a "rep-point" system that was implemented site wide without any notification or input from the members of the forum.

e-,
Don't you dare even think of leaving! Who am I going to race when posting deals? =\ Not to mention - on days when I don't have the time or inclination to post - you post everything I would have anyhow! Plus - who gives a piss what other people do/say? It's all you at the end of the day and I certainly don't choose whose post I like to look at and what not by their rep points.. it's just silly. Get some thicker skin, man. I'll loan you some of mine if you like. :)

[Jeepers]

Anyone can take my reputation points, they are meaningless to me.

[yeswarchief]

I wonder how many people that come here that are new will look and make assumptions who can or cannot be trusted based on a "rep-point" system ...

How about making those assumptions based on the content of the post?

[e-powersellers]

Yes, you are correct, let them base it on the post itself and remove the Repuation points to not confuse them..

Thanks for the agreement.

How about making those assumptions based on the content of the post?

[Jeepers]

BFD, its just a number that has no true relation to the quality of your posts/findings.
Just keep it disabled, and your work here alone will build your reputation.
so far I know, for a fact, you post great deals, when i see your name as the thread starter I know its a good post.

So, who cares about the 11yr olds out there that mess around with your rep points.
disable it and enable the posting!!

[e-powersellers]

Would be fine if we could turn it off...

Would be fine if people did not post things like this:

Be samrter than that noob slickdealers and stop posting 2 year old offers. Be smarter than the offer.

BFD, its just a number that has no true relation to the quality of your posts/findings.
Just keep it disabled, and your work here alone will build your reputation.
so far I know, for a fact, you post great deals, when i see your name as the thread starter I know its a good post.

So, who cares about the 11yr olds out there that mess around with your rep points.
disable it and enable the posting!!

[yeswarchief]

Yes, you are correct, let them base it on the post itself and remove the Repuation points to not confuse them..

Thanks for the agreement.

e-powersellers, I intended to state that the more discerning members of the forums will make decisions based on the content of the post regardless of someone's reputation points - so you shouldn't have to worry about who "trusts" and who doesn't...

[e-powersellers]

Yes, but look what someone just posted in open forum and tell me if this is appropriate

(see the Tivo Thread)

Not a good deal, my 40 HR Series II cost $149.99 free shipping. I will be sending you negative reputation feedback for this post.



e-powersellers, I intended to state that the more discerning members of the forums will make decisions based on the content of the post regardless of someone's reputation points - so you shouldn't have to worry about who "trusts" and who doesn't...

[yeswarchief]

Truthfully, it made me chuckle ;)

As far as the functionality of reputation points, it is up to mr.slickdeals, the webmaster.
I guess you could call it a social experiment ;)

If you're interested on how other members view rep points, I suggest starting a poll to gauge their approval/disapproval or interest/disinterest.

[dalesd]

My rep is down and I don't know why. How can I tell who gave me feedback?

[edit] Nevermind, I found it. It was staring me in the face in my user CP and I just couldn't see it. :eek:

[bliss77]

Not a skin thick thing, just a fact I don't want to hear people calling me names all day, I have employees that will do that for me locally.

I would like to just turn it off... or have it go away. The crap they post in the rooms I care less, however look at what happens to people like Hunter with a total of 1 point.

I wonder how many people that come here that are new will look and make assumptions who can or cannot be trusted based on a "rep-point" system that was implemented site wide without any notification or input from the members of the forum.

e-,

I still say BAH. I'm going on close to twentyfour hours no sleep - and I still care. Why, I have no idea, but I do. So anyhow... back to the topic at hand - I do agree with your point that newcomers have and probably will use the rep points to choose which threads to look at however - I am essentially a newcomer (been here less than a month) and I didn't even realize there were rep points until last week or so. So again, who cares? It's all meaningless in the end - I mean, if I really felt like it, I could join with another login and give myself mad positive points - but I couldn't care more if you were paying me to do so. As a suggestion - I've seen other sites where the thread actually has a rating so to speak - where it's got a little bar graph thingy going positve or negative next to each post.. perhaps that's a more logical way to do the rating... at the end of the day, you're going to occasionally post things that people think are daft - but such is life. And on goes the world... DONT STOP POSTING YO! :)

bliss

p.s. sorry for the rambling - i am very very tired.

[Ph00ny]

as i said in the other thread, don't care much for the points but the childishy insults gotta stop

[Kristyn921]

I think if the comments weren't anonymous, the childish insults would stop. JMHO. Why should it be anonymous anyway, it just lends to this kind of B.S. Either put the name of the person making the comments or do away with it altogether. I'm turning mine off as long as it keeps being anonymous.

[keaaa]

Epowersellers, you brought it onto yourself. I just informed you it was a repost, then you gave me negative reputation. I wasn't the first to do it, it was you! So don't go around looking for pity.

[hunterr83]

Epowersellers, you brought it onto yourself. I just informed you it was a repost, then you gave me negative reputation. I wasn't the first to do it, it was you! So don't go around looking for pity.

I'm curious as to how you concluded it was epowersellers who gave you a negative rating on your posting that his post was a repost. Did he provide his name with the negative rating?

[Mavtech]

Why do people even say it's a repost? Information about deals is good even if you post it 10 times. It happened to me the other day on another site. I posted a good deal. Someone dug like 5 pages back and found a similar post and gave me a smartass remark about it being a repost. It pissed me off that the person dug just to tell me that. I know enough not to repost on this site because I am on here every single day. But, for someone that isn't on here as much, I wouldn't expect them to dig through every single page just so they don't repeat information.

Take for instance the post about the Entertainment Book. It's good to get reminded about it. If I didn't already have 2 of them, I would have bought one thanks to the "Repost".

[The Raddish]

I say do away with the rep points. I personally don't care about them one way or the other as they pertain to me, but I do care about the effect they have on people who post deals or feedback.

For example, if someone gives feedback on an item that was posted, and someone esle doesn't like the feedback and gives neg rep, then the original feedback poster may not give feedback in the future. I want to see feedback on posts regardless of whether it is good or bad. I don't want to see the rep points destroy this system. I don't want to end up buying something because there was no negative feedback, just to learn that someone had a bad experience but didn't post becasue he had been burned by neg rep points on a previous thread for offering negative feedback.

Further, I don't want folks to stop posting deals due to the fear of negative rep points. Deals are the entire point of this site. What good can possibly come if even one deal was missed because someone didn't post it due to fear or negative rep points?

I say do away with them. They are a point of contention for too many people, and it has been my experience that good folks are getting blasted with neg rep points, and that causes them to either not post a good deal or not post feedback on a deal.

As for yeswarchief's comment that judgement should be made based on teh content of the post, I agree 100%. However, e-powersellers said it right, that lets leave that to be the only thing, and not confuse the issue with reputation points that may or may not have any meaning.

For example, lets say that I have a rep score of -3 or some such as retaliation from my views in a political thread. I post a response in a deal thread that is technical in nature, or something that I have experience with. A new user sees my neg rep points, and decides to ignore my post, and then they end up getting burned on a deal.

What good comes of this? None. I can't see a good reason to keep them around, and I have a high reputation. I would like to think that my opinion wouldn't change about this regardless of my reputation.

[keaaa]

I'm curious as to how you concluded it was epowersellers who gave you a negative rating on your posting that his post was a repost. Did he provide his name with the negative rating?

"DO NOT MOCK EPOWERSELLERS! foo"

Mock? :confused:

If I mocked, I didn't mean too...

[backspace]

Some people are too serious about these points. May be you can only add points but not deduct points. I think craiglists let people flag posts but let the mod decided if the post is offensive.

[Gorgar]

Reputation points need to go...


negative reputation for u . . . :lol: :lmao:

:look:

[e-powersellers]

What planet are you from?

You don't have to post in the subject thread to leave -points. What an assumtion...

HOWEVER based on your post, it is obvious you did leave me a negative because of the "brought it upon yourself" comment. So how do you feel now knowing you gave someone a - for no reason.

Epowersellers, you brought it onto yourself. I just informed you it was a repost, then you gave me negative reputation. I wasn't the first to do it, it was you! So don't go around looking for pity.

[e-powersellers]

Obviously we sent him a negative point via registered mail, so he had to sign and return a receipt so he would know it was from us.. :lmao:

I went from 24 points to 15 points in an hour after something I posted in the staples-sucks thread, then back to 24 then down to 20, now at 23 again and after this post, should be right next to Hunter with 3.

On a side note.. he needs to remember to put in the dash.. it is e-Powersellers (as our website) not epower....

I'm curious as to how you concluded it was epowersellers who gave you a negative rating on your posting that his post was a repost. Did he provide his name with the negative rating?

[dalesd]

Is feedback always anonymous?

I have 3 feedbacks, one negative (for posting some facts about PETA in a freebie thread) and two neutral. (How did I get neutral feedback?) My overall rep is a 9. One negative and I'm down a whole point?

Maybe if feedback wasn't anonymous, people wouldn't give negative feedback so easily. Remember the end of Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back? :D

[e-powersellers]

Sure, why not... everyone else does!

:rolleyes:

negative reputation for u . . . :lol: :lmao:

:look:

[Snordolio]

WAHH!! I got negative points!!! I'm going to go in the corner and my bawl little eyes out!! Why can't the world be fair?!?! Why do people leave nasty remarks?! I got called a "moron" just for posting my opinion! WAH!!!

sheesh.

[e-powersellers]

Ahhh, yes, another person missing the point thinking the post is about personal feelings.. The issue is about the fact that it will harm the site in the long run as it has a direct effect on the posts, those that do post, those that now wont and how those posts are received.

A lot of people will just jump ship and run to FW or DealC (dotcoms) and join their communities. This could turn into a lurkers only location.

WAHH!! I got negative points!!! I'm going to go in the corner and my bawl little eyes out!! Why can't the world be fair?!?! Why do people leave nasty remarks?! I got called a "moron" just for posting my opinion! WAH!!!

sheesh.

[Gorgar]

:lmao: :lmao:

[hunterr83]

e-Powersellers is here only to promote his website.

No spam or self promotion please

...I really hope you're joking. With all the praises you have and your long reputation here, I really thought you were a smarter guy. :(

[e-powersellers]

Yea, great marketing move, the TV, Radio, Newspapers, Plasma Screens at the shopping mall was not doing it, so I figured I would chat on a deals site and make a million.

Brilliant!


e-Powersellers is here only to promote his website.

No spam or self promotion please

[twskls]

:lmao: :lmao:

I can't quit laughing at this thread. Would someone please leave me negative reputation points and a sassy message so I can see if it really hurts that bad? You people kill me. Don't get me wrong, I know no one likes to be called a moron. No one wants to be told that they should "be smarter than the offer" (I found that one amusing), but it's really not the end of the world.

[slickdeals]

The reputation system will probably change into a post rating system once I get done with it.

[backspace]

still like to know what am I can I do with these points. I am not a member of FW but I heard they have Fat Cash. Not really sure what it is. Anyway I don't need another credit card. Or maybe Fall Wallet are prohibited words here. :eek:

:) I hope I didn't get in trouble saying it. :OMG: :OMG:

[Corbitt]

still like to know what am I can I do with these points. I am not a member of FW but I heard they have Fat Cash. Not really sure what it is. Anyway I don't need another credit card. Or maybe Fall Wallet are prohibited words here. :eek:

:) I hope I didn't get in trouble saying it. :OMG: :OMG:

you FOOL...you'll now spend eternal damnation in the burning pits of Hades

[a MuNkY]

LMAO...I got negative points from someone because they thought nvidia cards were better than ati...omg...this rep thing needs to go, too many retards abusing it.

[e-powersellers]

Wow... how could you!

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:


LMAO...I got negative points from someone because they thought nvidia cards were better than ati...omg...this rep thing needs to go, too many retards abusing it.

[MasGaster]

Yeesh, I just got a neg point for this (http://www.slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?p=222861#post222861) thread that wasn't controversial and didn't have a single bad comment on it. :( At least the neg comment cleared it all up. :nod: Here it is:

"%$@#$%"
:rolleyes: :confused:

Hmmm.... my guess is that this was from someone who gets really offended at USB PCI cards, doesn't like commander keen, or likes commander keen but doesn't like VortiNinja's because they were the hardest enemy in the game. I guess I don't care that much about rep points, but it sure is rude to the deal posters on slickdeals. Can't wait till the better system comes out. :sleepy:

[backspace]

yea I got neg point for asking for a cheat sheet in a survey. I guess that for a dumb question.

[the_kryo]

They are now gone. Some of the ego's could come down to earth now. :lol:

[Gorgar]

They are now gone. Some of the ego's could come down to earth now. :lol:

This is a sad day for SlickDeals.net :(

[e-powersellers]

Thank You

When they can be implemented as slickdeals wanted as a quality of post / offer / deal / find system then it may be a good thing.

At this point it was only hurting other users and the ability for people in the forum to need to or want to post.

They did the right thing

:wave:

[xero69]

Thank you Mr Slickdeals for removing the pointless reputation points system!!! Let's rate the POSTS/DEALS and not the individual users, because we're all here to find and share deals not berate one another. Rep points were a waste of server resources and bandwidth. Although I did get a few chuckles reading the negative ones from retards who can't spell or use proper grammar.