I know a lot of you go by rep on here but I see it only valuable when referring to trades.

As for judging someone based on their personality, those rep points go up and down at the drop of a dime and for silly reasons.

I just had a reality check - I got a mail from a board that I only visit once a month with a new profile rating - it was negative and I was wondering 'What did I do?"

When I went to investigate it was no one I knew, just someone new who signed up and was screwing with everyone's head. XD

It's kind of a shame because if I were single I'd probably use a medium like this to meet someone but it does go to reinforce and remind to not get your feelings all bent out of wack over a social board because not many take it seriiously and seeing how easy it is to lure and trick people through social boards - it's probably a good thing that not many take it seriously.

My internet rep is all I have.

:(

Rep is worth something?

I guess it kinda is. It's the only way we have to give someone a pat in the back (between shoulder blades, not the rump) for doing something good. It's also the only way we can grey out threads that are mostly flame bait and such. But like any other system it can be abused.

I don't mind other people's rep, unless it's in the negatives and even then I'd be suspicious that someone has been trolling the guy up. The most I can gather from rep though is that the person posts a lot or is helpful to the community, so no wonder it can be used by others to measure the level of trust you can have on someone for a trade, but even then, it's not a foolproof system.

I take rep very seriously : I downrep myself to remain under the radar of US gov because I don't want to have CIA agents under my bed ...there are enough monsters there as it is (mostly undead pizza chunks).

Back on topic, I perceive (is dat a wurd?) 'rep' here as how a guy is involved with the community (giveaway and posting builds most of it) and it won't tell more than that.

Is it usefull? I dunno.

Personnaly I don't give a lot of attention to it, I just remember some names I often see when gathering info avbout the state of the world ... but I don't feel influenced by it to categorize good/bad guys. Rep system on public spaces are democratic, it's the tyranny of the quantity.

The only good guy I would vouch here is mondo84 because he's my friend but ..... I ........... don't ......why ... is it all in my head ...? ...blup .....

I wouldn't want to have a negative rep here, because most people wouldn't like me.

Oh, wait...

Sometimes, when I'm like really tired and should be sleeping already, I take forums seriously.

I think rep is useful in the sense that you can talk about rep if you've run out of other topics.

This

Do people actually go by rep here? The only time I look at rep is when deciding if spam is spam. Also I mostly just lurk these days so my brilliant non-existent posts aren't gathering rep for me.

Did we ever find out what the secret was for getting four stars or whatever the condition was? I always have to ask during a rep discussion.

Have you seen the Ace Attorney (live action) movie? Is it any good?

It's okay. The fan subs I watched it with may not have been the best subs ever, but they did convey most of the jokes pretty well. The movie is incredibly rushed, as it tries to cover the entire first game while leaving a lot of things out. That concept didn't necessarily bother me, but it seemed like kind of a broken movie, certainly confusing for someone who hasn't played the first game.

I wouldn't watch it unless you're a serious Phoenix Wright fan - similar to the musicals that I had bansama order me last year.

Forums are a part of life, the world and human interactions. I don't see why they should be treated any more or less seriously than other areas.
In fact - I dislike the attitude of treating the Internet and things associated with it as something inferior, silly, meaningless... Unless, of course, this is accompanied by general remarks on how everything else in life is equally of no consequence. I am also irked by people who fail to notice the parallels between social conventions, reputation, impoliteness and all the other phenomena pertaining to human interactions of both "worlds" - the digital and the analog one.

Oh I see. I wanted to watch this to see what's all the fuss about that franchise.

btw. if you like movies directed by Mike, please try Sukiyaki Western Django :D It's brilliant :D

Then here's +1 to you.

I have 171 internets. That's higher than my bank statement. This is all I have!!!!

I agree.

The dismissive attitude of a lot of people online (the "it's the internet, don't take it seriously" argument) is not only ridiculous and demeaning, it encourages bullying — even from otherwise reasonably decent people. Hell, I fell prey to that mindset (briefly, until I realised what the hell I was doing) when I was younger and stupider. The distinction we make between the "real world" and the internet doesn't help, either — where are we but the real world? The internet is a method of communication, not freaking Skyrim.