What happened to the REP points? It is an attempt to equalize us all, LOL. Here comes the resurrection of Lenin, HAHAHA. While you're at it, how about removing the number of posts. Then we will all truly be equal here in DR1 LAND.
Robert, all dont remember the way it was stated but after one would give points in the old system, the reply "maybe you will receive in return" did not help. Posters guessed they should return the gester. I do not think it was trading points.
Anyway, it is gone and no need crying over spilled milk. lol:cheeky::cheeky:
I agree. You deserve a point, LOL!!
AE
I posted about this in the new forum thread.
http://www.dr1.com/forums/general-stuff/114200-new-forum-dr1-com.html
Some posters traded rep points in order to inflate their reputation.
This made the system useless and unreliable, for this reason it's been axed.
We have an alternative coming based on "Thanks". it's much more transparent and open.
It's much easier for those abusing it to be detected, not just by DR1, but other posters.
Personally, I say forget the whole points system. Those of us that started here more than 10 years ago helped others because we wanted to and most to this day are still here points or no points because we want to be here.
The original idea if memory serves was to let newbies know who was credible when giving advice but we soon found that it wasn't perfect and someone that wasn't liked got bombarded with bad rep points so we ended up with only good rep points.
I have to admit that I got more good rep points when posting silly useless things than when I was the evil mod and thought I was helping people.
Like I said doesn't matter to me I've been here since July 1999 and I will continue to help or be silly when the occasion presents itself.
That's why posters, especially noobs, have to pay attention. This is a Big Tent with a massive spread of posters from all over the world, many with diverse reasons for focusing on this bit of Caribbean paradise.There are people that can have thousands of posts and they ain't anymore reliable than the one who has 100 posts.
It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
"God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!"
The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, "Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me 'tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!"
The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a snake!"
The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
"What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain," quoth he;
" 'Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!"
The Fifth, who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: "E'en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!"
The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
"I see," quoth he, "the Elephant
Is very like a rope!"
And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
Moral:
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!