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Originally Posted by Kitanna
And for some reason the internet flatout refuses to let me open the rep box to make comments. There have many many, many posts I've wanted to rep, but couldn't.
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Have you already tried right-clicking the rep-button? I mean that changed during the last major update of the site. So you need to right-click and then open it to a new window to rep anyone. You should try it with someone who's been the most helpful...
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Originally Posted by Alatar
Did you ever, overtly or covertly, ask someone to post on one of your threads (or one of your favorites)
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I quess I have done that once or twice - not knowing it's a sin or politics though.
Repping others just to pressure them to do the same sounds a lot more sinful. Like in any human communication giving a rep to someone seems to basically say not only "Hi there, I approve what you do" but also "I approve that you are here with me". And from the latter meaning we get the pressures. If you have made the post of your life you feel different receiving a rep from it than when you need to wonder why on earth someone would rep me from that piece of nothingness.
Even if I think there is some quite "groundless repping" which might have some intentions behind them speculated in Alatar's post I wouldn't like to discourage anyone to rep others either.
I mean some people just are nice and they know that receiving a rep feels good even if it's not such big a deal. It's like casually saying to someone you meet "Hi, I like you" which can only feel good. So why not do it every once in a while? There's not too much good will in this world in any case.
PS. The last sentence should be read literally as it is - that there is not too much good will - how could there be too much good will? There's always room for some more. So I'm not saying that this world is a cruel and evil place because it isn't...