why does my reputation get dropped 4 points magically?

[YogiTKE]

He has a point there. Most people forget about Positive Rep. Or are afraid to use it incase they are using it for the wrong reasons.

Well thank you very much.

A lot of the arguments I have made stir up controversy. It's not the popular opinion (like saying Scotty Cameron putters are not worth it). The problem is all these guys with 5,000,000 posts just start giving me negative rep (of course it doesn't show who). Then I get PM's from guys who agree with me but don't post it cause of those guys who keep sending negative rep.

[YogiTKE]

He has a point there. Most people forget about Positive Rep. Or are afraid to use it incase they are using it for the wrong reasons.

And here's a guy with almost 2,800 posts and rep of less than 50. That's sad. If I was able to give some rep, this guy would get all I could hand out.

[PEZGolf]

He has a point there. Most people forget about Positive Rep. Or are afraid to use it incase they are using it for the wrong reasons.

I never even knew about positive and negative reputation. You learn something NEW every day.

[BASHERBAKER69]

Ive found that having a negative reputation has improved my progress with the ladies. I say that i have negative reputation on a golf chat forum when i meet them in nightclubs and they can't wait to do te wild thing with me. I bolsters my image as the hard man of cyber space.

[Cody]

Well thank you very much.

Well, now I've read some of your posts and I agree with what you say a lot of the time(especially on Camerons) but its the way you go about speaking your mind which gives you that negative rep.

Some people get irked when their feelings get hurt or they are insulted which is perfectly understandable. If you submit an opposing fact in a mature nature theres no reason you should get negative rep.

[tjy355]

I here ya. People don't like our opinions and abuse their use of the reputation rating. Giving someone negative reputation because they make a comment you don't agree with is childish and stupid.

Where is the adult section of this forum anyway ?

[iacas]

And here's a guy with almost 2,800 posts and rep of less than 50. That's sad. If I was able to give some rep, this guy would get all I could hand out.

Again, once you're over 10, reputation is irrelevant. You get "everything." Heck, once you're 5 or higher you're fine. So less than 50? Who cares. Dent will be the first, too, to tell you that he's more of a "quantity" over "quality" kind of guy.

[Dent]

Again, once you're over 10, reputation is irrelevant. You get "everything." Heck, once you're 5 or higher you're fine. So less than 50? Who cares. Dent will be the first, too, to tell you that he's more of a "quantity" over "quality" kind of guy.

Although I do mix some quality in with my quantity from time to time

[extremeld]

not had time to read all this, but my rep recently went from 8 to 4, in a matter of minutes? dont know why this happened, it did prevent me selling something on this site i believe.

any chance i can get my 4 back?

[PEZGolf]

Ive found that having a negative reputation has improved my progress with the ladies. I say that i have negative reputation on a golf chat forum when i meet them in nightclubs and they can't wait to do te wild thing with me. I bolsters my image as the hard man of cyber space.

That may work for you, but my positive reputation and my willingness to give FREE golf lessons (I have won 17 golf tournaments, so I have a record to rely on) works WONDERS for me. That is MY STORY and I am sticking to it.

[SubPar]

I got a negative rep from someone for simply praising my 64 degree wedge and pointing out how it has improved my scoring. Apparently some douche bags give neg reps for anything they personally disagree with.

SubPar

[PEZGolf]

I got a negative rep from someone for simply praising my 64 degree wedge and pointing out how it has improved my scoring. Apparently some douche bags give neg reps for anything they personally disagree with.

THAT sound unfair to me, and should be allowed.

[JaY_B]

Some peoples use of the negative rep is childish, and yes if some one disagrees with your opinion you can fully expect some neg rep to come your way. However man up and put your name next to neg rep leads to you receiving a neg rep back in spite.

The rep system imo is good but is not used properly, how do you define what a good post is? I would say I have made a number of good informative posts that have gone unrewarded in terms of rep, and a few posts that people have disagreed with and have suffered a lot of neg rep.

At the end of the day my rep count on this forum does not directly effect me, but it is nice to be 'rewarded' for good posts, and not punished for a post with a differing opinion.

[PEZGolf]

Some peoples use of the negative rep is childish, and yes if some one disagrees with your opinion you can fully expect some neg rep to come your way. However man up and put your name next to neg rep leads to you receiving a neg rep back in spite.

My reputation points are remained at 15 for a long, long time. Either no one reads what I write or have NO reaction to the posts and threads. I am "stuck in a rut".

[JaY_B]

My reputation points are remained at 15 for a long, long time. Either no one reads what I write or have NO reaction to the posts and threads. I am "stuck in a rut".

I think some people actually have a jelousy issue when giving out positive rep, feeling like they will be falling behind in the rep count, giving out neg rep is in a way a power trip I guess.

[GaijinGolfer]

not had time to read all this, but my rep recently went from 8 to 4, in a matter of minutes? dont know why this happened, it did prevent me selling something on this site i believe.

If you click on, "user cp" on the top left of your screen, it will tell you if anyone has left you feedback.

Guys, about feedback, it really doesnt mean all that much. As long as you have 5 points of more, you arent limited as to what functions you have access to (with the exeption of moderator and admin powers). Ive gotten negative feedback before. Sometimes it was warranted (such as when I said Nike is a Japanese company) and other times it wasnt. In the instances where it wasnt warranted, I commented that I felt I didnt deserve a negative and it was removed. IMO, people put far too much stock in post count and reputation count. Our opinions all count the same, no matter if you have 1 post or 1,000,000 posts.

[iacas]

not had time to read all this, but my rep recently went from 8 to 4, in a matter of minutes? dont know why this happened, it did prevent me selling something on this site i believe.

No. Two things to read, the first of which is on

page one of this very thread . This thread: http://thesandtrap.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15143#7 Reason your rep dropped: http://thesandtrap.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15135 And again , negative rep for "disagreeing" is stupid. If you get bad rep, PM me and I'll take a look at it. Don't abuse PMing me, but if you feel you have a special case, go ahead. Also again, any rep over 5, who cares? So long as you have 5, what's it really matter? You can't give rep to other people? Okay, that happens at 9, I think, so if you have 9, what's it matter if you have 10 or 12 or 37?

[extremeld]

My reputation points are remained at 15 for a long, long time. Either no one reads what I write or have NO reaction to the posts and threads. I am "stuck in a rut".

negative rep on the way - want to get you out that rut! forward or backwards lol