First post on points. Sorry

Submitted by MichMike86 on
As the day began yesterday I was excited to log on and read some content from my fellow MGoBlog users. As I read through the posts I happened along one and posted a somewhat lame response calling someone out. After that transpired I began to lose points. I have no problem with being negged for certain posts, mind you, but it soon became clear that that is not what was transpiring. Someone went back through all of my previous posts and negged me bc I called them out. I started the day with 234 points and by the end of the day I had 14. For someone to be that immature and vindictive it has somewhat turned me off to posting. If I, or anyone, makes a post with which people deem it necessary to neg then by all means. This is something much more. I am not that concerned for points but this is something totally different. I come here to read and post the occasional drivel but this display of playground-like behavior is ridiculous. So, I ask the MGoCommunity, what should I do?
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bouje

October 12th, 2009 at 9:28 AM ^

But talking about it while making you feel better will only make things first (been there done that) In sum: You are committing the first rule of MGoPoints: Don't talk about MGopoints! You're committing MGoPoint-I-Cide step away from the ledge!

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bouje

October 12th, 2009 at 9:53 AM ^

or I'll get negged. I should just completely remove the word points/mgopoints from my dictionary. ***EDIT*** See what I mean (literally laughed out loud) ***EDIT 2*** You just committed the second rule of MGoPoints: "If you value your points never respond to a post that bouje has that has the word 'point/s' in it because vengeance will be brought upon you!"

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formerlyanonymous

October 12th, 2009 at 9:38 AM ^

I just looked through his points. Someone spent 5pm through 8pm going through his posts, negging him about once every other minute. That's mind-boggling. Who cares that much or has that much time on their hands?

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bouje

October 12th, 2009 at 9:50 AM ^

Which is what spouted off my "Bouje gone wild 2.0". The point system isn't perfect but it's the best system that we have. If someone really wants to waste their time going through someone's posts like that they are obviously pathetic (and IME) more pathetic than people complaining about meaningless points. ***EDIT*** for reference go back to this post http://mgoblog.com/content/kind-ot-has-anyone-else-been-getting-complet… I do not want this post to become that post because you will commit MGo-Suicide and I already brought up this exact point many many moons ago and the community didn't buy into it/thought I was joking. As others have said just don't talk about it if you wake up and you get negged by some loser go beat up a kitten or something (It's a joke relax)

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bouje

October 12th, 2009 at 10:12 AM ^

community... Even if it is more for my follies and mis-steps than actual content added (see Shredder and his art-work, steve sharik for his analysis, etc) people know the name bouje and think "idiot". Someone has to be the village idiot, might as well be me.

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Njia

October 12th, 2009 at 11:37 AM ^

After reading that old post again, I laughed so hard that I completely forgot what a crappy weekend I had, all the way around, (UM loss, fight with my wife, ...). It wasn't your comments, mind you, just the responses you got. HOF material, for sure. It was priceless. Thanks.

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octal9

October 12th, 2009 at 11:36 AM ^

Main Entry: pa·thet·ic Pronunciation: \pə-ˈthe-tik\ Function: adjective Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French pathetique, from Late Latin patheticus, from Greek pathētikos capable of feeling, pathetic, from paschein (aor. pathein) to experience, suffer — more at pathos Date: 1598 1 : having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity 2 : marked by sorrow or melancholy : sad 3 : pitifully inferior or inadequate <the restaurant's pathetic service> 4 : absurd, laughable <a pathetic costume> 5 : getting upset at a BBS poster, tracking down every one of their posts, and down-voting them

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octal9

October 12th, 2009 at 12:16 PM ^

edit: that is correct; I was unaware. Thanks for the clarification. double edit: actually, test inconclusive. Somebody came along and negged other posts while I was experimenting. Boo to that person. triple edit: the culprit was FA, so boo to him. Anyway, test ran again and concluded: negging others does not subtract from you. Myth? Busted

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Magnus

October 12th, 2009 at 9:48 AM ^

Points mean nothing. I originally took offense to getting negged. Then I realized that was stupid. I still pos/neg people for various reasons, but when it comes down to it, the content of what you post is more important than the +/- sign by your name. I get negged all the time, but I also have people say they value what I have to say. chitownblue2 gets negged all the time, but he's one of the more intelligent posters on the board. So...whatever.

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bouje

October 12th, 2009 at 9:51 AM ^

If you get negged or pos-banged at least people are reading your posts and you are invoking emotion in them. AAAHHH YOU ARE IDIOT NEG AND NEG ALL OF YOUR POSTS!!!! RAR or LOL That was funny/intelligent I enjoyed your post *circle jerks you*

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blueblueblue

October 12th, 2009 at 9:57 AM ^

I think when you have a large open community you are likely to see normal variation in neg and pos points on a post. If this were more of a smaller, somewhat closed community the smaller variations in points would be more meaningful. Thus now a -2 or -3 on a post is pretty meaningless, whereas in the past it would have mean something. I pretty much expect to get negged when I express any opinion that is not fluffy and completely sycophantic of our team or this blog. It is when you get into the -10 range, beyond the normal variation seen in a large community like this, that you know you have posted something people actually don't like. But systematic negging like what happened to the OP should not be tolerated. The offender should be temporarily banned.

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MaizeAndBlueWahoo

October 12th, 2009 at 10:00 AM ^

You know, if we're going to have point minimums for posting threads and diaries (which I am 100% on board with) then we should lay off just a little on the Fight Club rules about points. It's a perfectly legitimate complaint if people are doing what FA mentioned. Of course, if I'm right about which post MichMike is referring to....
As I read through the posts I happened along one and posted a somewhat lame response calling someone out.
....then he's no innocent party and crossed the lines of civil behavior himself. IME. However, there's no need to reflexively break out the "quit whining" button when points have an actual effect on your MGoBoard experiences. Someone with 2000 points complaining about getting a neg or two? Be quiet. Complaining about another regular user taking it upon himself to remove someone's posting privilege because he was butthurt about someone calling him a name on the intertubez? Legit, IME.

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Njia

October 12th, 2009 at 10:03 AM ^

Is a skill possessed by a chosen few; a group set apart. It requires an innate talent, keen eye, and the brush strokes of a true artist. This puts you in rarefied company along with just a handful of others on this site. If it helps any, think of it this way: you got some fool to waste three hours feeding the beast in the pit of his/her black heart. It probably kept him from a killing spree.

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