serioulsy guys cant we get the rep thing behind us and langurmonkey you dont have to condemn everyone for the actions of a selected few

as for the monkey taking sunglasses, as far as i know monkey see monkey do, get another sunglass form somewhere if you can , show the monkey you are thowing it and if lucky he will throw the one he has, case closed

I believe it's better to be sure the recipient can handle it if you choose to take the harsh approach. Harshness can be effective, but it can also be harmful.

If langurmonkey has history of drama over inconsequential issues (I haven't been around longer enough to know), then perhaps a harsh response is appropriate, but because he has a legitimate concern, starting with the harsh approach is out of place.

I don't know you, man, and I don't downrep anyone here unless they curse a lot...

so don't be scared to express your point of view, you can always ignore those who want to argue and/or the whole rep thing - it's just a number.

It's not about his opinions or the downrepping, it's about his reaction to it. I don't even know who he is and never noticed him before, I just know the original post in this thread is sad.

I guess you and I are gonna have a fucking problem. ;)

I don't think it's an active community. People who downrep are usually people who don't have anything interesting to say.

I don't know how they see it in their heads "he said that downrepping is bullying, so I will downrep every post he made, no matter what he said to show him he's wrong" ? How does that make any sense whatsoever?

People who think downrepping is a valid way of expressing their opinions have to be very sad in their lives.

Don't worry OP, I decided I will uprep every downrepped post I will ever see except for spam posts.

As you've said , the rep counter is not the important factor here - it's the "low rated" and hiding posts functionality that really is similar to bullying. Lately, if you say one thing that people disagree with, you will see every post of yours in the same thread downrepped. Feels like ostracism for me.

And since it takes 3 negative votes to hide someone's post, I believe it's a small grup of people, who want to feel better about themselves by burying other people's posts.

I turned off the hide posts functionality in forums long ago, because hidden posts are usually the ones worth reading.

:D nice try...

Shit.

So, how do you see if your own posts are downrepped or uprepped?

At the time of his posting, every single one of his posts on page 6 was down repped. Take a look and tell me whether you think he has reason to be concerned:

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/repeated_downreping_lousy_behaviour/page6

Agreed, what's with the drama queens lately that feel they have to call attention to themselves in a whole thread about that they are leaving the forums.

Well, I uprep your every downrepped post for a long time now, because some people think "it's cool to hate Roman5", which I find pretty childish. Like in primary school, when a group of kids pick one to bully.

I don't care whether he has a reason to be concerned, I am simply mocking the drama queen way he is dealing with the situation. And it's not worth my time debating with you about it, honestly, not to sound snippy.