That's exactly how it should be, IMO. None of the skewed scales of the old rep systems.
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How is that a reply to anything I said in the post you quoted?
Downvotes are a big thing on IPB forums (even today). Creates a bunch of drama for no reason.
Yeah, too much drama and no real reason for it. Downvoting and negative rep just makes problems.
Yeah its a good way to make people fight and/or leave your forum and not come back.
Absolutely, and when people target others or "neg bomb" someone, it's just so much hassle for no reason whatsoever.
Highly doubt my account from then was very good much like how my OG account was on Wober. I probably posted dumb stuff and did dumb things.If you did remember you could have your accounts merged so you wouldn't look like a new member anymore.
You could have your posts deleted and merge accounts just to get the older Join-date. Just like we did here.
Seriously? That's just plain ridiculous. It's basically an equivalent of a high school popularity contest with a twist. If you're unpopular, you get kicked out of school.
That's exactly how it ends up working on a lot of forums, sadly. That's why it fails so badly.
It's all because of the traffic and ad revenue. Throwing one lamb to the wolves is acceptable since the wolves pack is going to continue to increase in size and generate that sweet, sweet revenue by clicking on ads. The fact it eventually comes back to bite the owners' asses doesn't concern anyone. They just milk the cow until she dries up. I guess that's capitalism at its finest. 
And that's how awful sites like 4chan, 8chan and Kiwi Farms come into existence.It's all because of the traffic and ad revenue. Throwing one lamb to the wolves is acceptable since the wolves pack is going to continue to increase in size and generate that sweet, sweet revenue by clicking on ads. The fact it eventually comes back to bite the owners' asses doesn't concern anyone. They just milk the cow until she dries up. I guess that's capitalism at its finest.
Yeah the early days of forums were like the Wild Wild West. People had all sorts of creative ways to manage a forum back then.
Yes, and the most popular solution was to pull rank at the first sign of disagreement and threaten with banishment if the unlike-minded individuals didn't comply, followed by a temp-ban, and eventually a permanent ban. Pathetic.
No, that was not the thing in my mind you'd do. xD
