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Originally Posted by alltherage
This is a democracy in one sense: If people dont like it here, they leave. If people leave, this site is no longer making money. That isn't to say that i, the member, have ultimate power or that any other member does, as it's in the hands of the mods. The mods do whats in the best interest of the board, and that is to keep members happy. If I am one unhappy member among 50, so be it, and my opinion will be disregarded. I can live with that.
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That people can leave doesn't make it a democracy, it just means they can leave. And I don't think the driving purpose of the site is to make money, if it was we wouldn't make any attempt at all to influence the quality of posts.
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As far as skill is concerned, I think the system is flawed. I've received multiple negative skill points for the same one post.
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That's a flaw in the forum software and unfortunately there's not a lot we can do about it, and in one way that's even desired (a truely horrid post should draw more negative skill than a minorly bad post). EDIT: And that said, the number of posts that get multiple negatives, is quite low percentage wise.
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I've received negative skill points even after fixing my posts (for language) and apologizing to people.
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The display isn't real time you realize; someone can get the page, come back some time later and post a skill rating while in the interim you edited the post. It's impossible to do anything about that.
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Maybe thats why I hate my blue square so much, because i take it as public humiliation in a weird way. Nothing's perfect, and I understand that, but this skill system could be better for sure.
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The intent isn't public humiliation, the intent is to provide feedback on the kinds of things that we want and don't want to see. It's done by humans so its subjective and opinons will vary a bit between one skill giver and another.
And if you have a suggestion as to how the skill system could be better, make it.
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Maybe the skill system should be something that posters vote on, or that is something anyone can give to anyone. I know I've recomended posetive skill before and its gone unnoticed.
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Those were things that were discussed at great length publically on the forum, and they have positives and negatives. And the one time you recommended a positive skill it did not go unnoticed.