Reputation abuse
 

Hi Dani,
Is it acceptable that people give negative rep with flithy abusive words?

Re: Reputation abuse
 

First of all you should report the post in consideration so that the entire mod team have a look at it and decide whether it violates the site rules or not. With a lot of these things going around lately, I am sure there would be something definite coming out of this.

Re: Reputation abuse
 

What I need to do is get around to adding the bad words censor to the reputation comments.

Re: Reputation abuse
 

Or start giving warnings to those who do it.

Re: Reputation abuse
 

IMHO this is the better plan. It should be considered unacceptable behavior to leave such messages, whether or not the words show up or the comment is rephrased.

Re: Reputation abuse
 

~s.o.s~...i totally agree, furthermore do you also think that something should be done about those who give out neg rep which was uneccesary?

Re: Reputation abuse
 

That is a matter of opinion, whether it is unnecessary, and I do not think that anything should be done about it. If someone wants to give negative rep they should not be barred from doing so.

Re: Reputation abuse
 

>do you also think that something should be done about
>those who give out neg rep which was uneccesary?
What do you suggest? Rep is subjective by nature, so how do you determine what is "unnecessary"? Not to mention that rep is intended as a fun little aside and not a realistic measure of a member's reputation in the community. Don't take it too seriously.

Re: Reputation abuse
 

> Don't take it too seriously.
Just because that comment becomes part of a green or a red dot doesn't mean you shouldn't take it seriously. Had the same comment being written as a post, wouldn't that have looked bad? Wouldn't that have been violation of one of the laws of Daniweb? Yes, that sure would have been.

And as far as applying the bad word filter is concerned don't you think "Dude, what the fu** is a ****** like you doing in this forum? Just eat some sh** and get the f*** off." is very much capable of conveying the message? Just because someone doesn't give a damn doesn't mean that all of Daniweb members should adopt a thick skinned attitude.

By allowing such things to pass by in the form of reputation comments, you leave a big gaping hole in the entire system of 'Keep it pleasant'.

Re: Reputation abuse
 

Well Narue...i understand that if you get a neg rep...it doesn't mean the end of your life...but some people here to take it more seriously than others. And jasimp...when i say a unnecessary rep..i mean for example a negative rep i got in the c++ forum for telling someone to post their code before helping them and that we don't provide answers for homeworks...was it really necesary to give me a neg rep for that?