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Do you care about your reputation in the forum community?

What sorts of things can give a person a bad rep?

Are you friends with anyone who is known for being a trouble maker on forums?

If you ran a forum, would you ban a member solely based on their history on other forums or would you wait to see if they cause trouble at your forum?
 
I don't ban people based on their previous history. Just because someone misbehaved somewhere else, that doesn't mean they are necessarily going to do it everywhere else. It wouldn't be fair to ban someone for not doing anything wrong (yet).
 
Nebulous said:
I don't ban people based on their previous history. Just because someone misbehaved somewhere else, that doesn't mean they are necessarily going to do it everywhere else. It wouldn't be fair to ban someone for not doing anything wrong (yet).

I feel the same way. Well said.
 
If someone wants to think of me in a negative way then they have all rights to do so. I can't change someone's opinion and I shall never try to. I am happy with the way I am and I don't really care about how other people think of me unless it is some sort of constructive criticism which can actually help me through life.
 
draco99 said:
If someone wants to think of me in a negative way then they have all rights to do so. I can't change someone's opinion and I shall never try to. I am happy with the way I am and I don't really care about how other people think of me unless it is some sort of constructive criticism which can actually help me through life.

You took the words right out of my mouth. That's the way that I see things too. People are going to think what they want to no matter what.
 
Do you care about your reputation in the forum community? I try to be relatively "nice" whenever I have the chance, but sometimes my irritations and erratic personality shines through. For example, whenever I talk about how I like a video-game, and somebody responds, "That game is sheeeiiit!" I will probably smart-off to him. "Well, thanks, guy that isn't capable of formulating much in the way of a coherent sentence, however, I don't actually see your evidence of this."

Yes, it's mean, but there is so many people in this world that won't listen to other people's observations, however, at the same time, there's a lot of people that don't use common sense or have an opinion that I take offense to. I wouldn't have had a problem if he would have said, "I didn't like that game," or something like that, but instead, what I like is SHEEEIIT!

"Gays are all going to Hell, the Bible says!" - Someone

"The Bible also glamorizes slavery and is filled with tons of misogynistic garbage!" - Me

Granted, I don't have a problem with religious beliefs, but can't stand when someone condemn others to Hell, or say hateful and mean-spirited garbage like that. Some might be offended by things like that, but I can also prove to them my statement, so it's not like I am being hateful for being hateful. I also have the mind-set that anybody who says something better have the means to back it up, I can't stand whenever somebody tells me, "Well, that's just how I see it," when they have given no information on their opinion, because it's a discussion board, and I want them to educate on WHY they feel that way. Maybe they'll make me look at things in a different light, maybe I'll do the same for them, or maybe we'll bicker night and day about it and get nowhere, but at least there was the thrill of a discussion.

So, yeah, I can be very strong in my beliefs and I can be a smart-ass, but I'd like to think at the end of the day, people will be able to see the honest principles that I have created for myself, I try to understand opinions (when they're sensible, not like, "Hey, let's go take over Eastern Europe," said Hitler) and I try to be "good" by at least some definitions of the word. If they don't like me, I can't really say that I care, at least, not at this point.
 
I got a bad rep.... but does it bother me?
Nope not really since I'm a very *Cough* positive guy :evilgrin:
 
True statement:

Nebulous got banned from another forum just because he knew me. He was guilty by association! :lol:

@Nebulous: Am I not telling the truth?
 
Jazzy said:
True statement:

Nebulous got banned from another forum just because he knew me. He was guilty by association! :lol:

@Nebulous: Am I not telling the truth?

That is true!
 
Jazzy said:
True statement:

Nebulous got banned from another forum just because he knew me. He was guilty by association! :lol:

@Nebulous: Am I not telling the truth?
LOL :lol: Nebulous got banned because he knew you.. You must have been a trouble maker?
 
2Easy4Mhe said:
Jazzy said:
True statement:

Nebulous got banned from another forum just because he knew me. He was guilty by association! :lol:

@Nebulous: Am I not telling the truth?
LOL :lol: Nebulous got banned because he knew you.. You must have been a trouble maker?

:ohmy: Does she seem like she would cause trouble anywhere? :whistle:
 
2Easy4Mhe said:
LOL :lol: Nebulous got banned because he knew you.. You must have been a trouble maker?
No, I was not a trouble maker. I and couple other members were being trolled by the moderators. I stuck up for myself and got banned. Anyone else that sided with me or befriended me all got banned too. I had over 100k posts on that forum and when the Admin found out I got banned, he asked me to come back. No way was I going back there since the moderators that were trolling me were still on the staff. They lost a lot of members and the forum has since closed.
 
I do my best to start off on the right foot, but some times I can't help it.. Certain people (members) bring out the worst in me! I act on formus like I would act in real life. Certain people just had it coming!
 
Karrit said:
I do my best to start off on the right foot, but some times I can't help it.. Certain people (members) bring out the worst in me! I act on formus like I would act in real life. Certain people just had it coming!

Have you gotten banned because of this?
 
I've actually never been banned before, but I've left on my own due to it! I had an entire staff team against me.. It's not worth it anymore at that point.
 
Karrit said:
I've actually never been banned before, but I've left on my own due to it! I had an entire staff team against me.. It's not worth it anymore at that point.

Same with me but before I could just leave on my own, they banned me. :mad:
 
Evil Teddy Bear of Doom said:
Oh dear, I should stay well away from this particular discussion. :halo:

What have you done on other forums to gain you a bad rep? :whistle:
 
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