@ixokai said in The Shame Game:
I really don't get why people care that this internet number goes up or down, or it their post's number goes up or down, but evidentially this internet number matters to people.
I don't think anyone actually cares about the upvote/downvote number as a whole, but if you get downvoted too far below 0, you stop being able to post as often, which can be a hindrance if you're say on a quick break at work and looking to respond in two different threads you're active in. Downvotes are punitive, not just indicative.
@Kanye-Qwest said in The Shame Game:
@Pandora I mean I think you were also telling people to kill themselves in that thread. Which, yes, could count as a differing opinion but let's not be DISINGENUOUS now.
I told someone to kill herself about a year or so ago outside of MSB and then stopped speaking to her entirely. She sent a half-assed apology note a year ago, I didn't accept her apology & then suddenly she was on here bitching about me like I'd done something to her in recent history. Yeah, telling her to kill herself was mean and bad and whatnot, but dredging up ancient history because you want pity from internet strangers is BS.
@deadculture said in The Shame Game:
It's funny she mentioned that, though, most of my reputation points are either from making puns at someone else's expense but more substantially from constructive statements I may have made about a topic or another.
Obviously constructive statements/comments are going to be upvoted for the most part, my point is that MSB in no way requires one to be constructive or meaningful, all it takes is being willing and able to say 'I agree!' a lot if you decide you care about upvotes.
Saying one doesn't care about upvotes/downvotes is disingenuous if you actually bother giving them, or if you happen to know offhand where yours have come from. That indicates some level of caring, even if somehow on the internet, 'caring' has become some pithy layman's sport that no one in their right mind would dare admit they participate in.
