"On this LEO forum they have what's called a "reputation system, and it consists of ten boxes. This is what it says, "Generally, a member with a green bar is over all well liked by most members, while someone with a red rep bar is generally disliked or disagreed with often." WTH? You get a negative reputation because people don't agree with what you've posted? Then it goes on to say this--which sounds like it's right out of a freaking video game rules list: "Generally, a reputation is given to someone not just when you agree or disagree with their post (although that is what the rep box itself states), but when when someone posts something extraordinarily good, or extremely stupid."
{"Extremely stupid"? By whose standards?}
"To see who has rep'd you, click on User CP (User Control Panel). You will see which user has rep'd you, if it was a positive or negative rep, and the comment, if any, that they provided. Here's how everything else works: Default Reputation What reputation level shall new users receive upon registration? 10 Register Date Factor For every X number of days, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power. 30 Post Count Factor For every X number of posts, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power. 5 Reputation Point Factor For every X points of reputation, users gain 1 point of reputation-altering power. 10 Minimum Post Count How many posts must a user have before his reputation hits count on others? 50 Until a member reaches 50 posts, their reputation will be sent to another member as a bluish-grey color, whether they agree or disagree with the post. During this time the member also cannot influence the other member's reputation level until they've reached 50 posts. Minimum Reputation Count How much reputation must a user have before his reputation hits count on others? 10 Daily Reputation Clicks Limit...." Further down it says if you link to the site, you get 1000 reputation points or if you refer someone you get 500 points. Unless I can freaking turn these points in for candy or prizes, forget it. I find this whole rating people's reputations on whether you usually agree or disagree with them pretty funny considering THIS statement: "Unlike most L.E. websites, the staff at blahblahForums.com values your right to "free speech. We are not here to babysit you, moderate you, or treat you like children" Really? Cuz it sure as hell sounds like it. They value "free speech"? I guess, as long as it's not "extremely stupid".
Judging someone's posts where everyone can see is unfair, IMHO, because some people are going to be influenced by that, instead of forming their own opinions.
Thank you Goddess

 

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To Tina in Akron
I say Semper Fi to your husband the Navy Corpsman, but to you I say get your head out of your ass. Not every one is stupid although there are plenty, we should not live such a negative life as the one you have portrayed. You as a military dependant have special rights and so do the rest of the citizens.
Some may know where the war is some may not care, but its not up to you to call everyone stupid and act as if your too special because your husband is serving.
It seems to me you think the world owes "YOU" for your husbands service, sorry but no one owes you squat and we would respect you more if you stopped your whining and realizes that people are different all over our Great Nation.
If you want a discount go to the PX, if its to far, don't get pissed because the locals stores, mostly chain stores anyway, won't give you a military discount.
Shut up, support your husband, after all he's the one who is paying a price and he knew it when he joined. You are owed nothing, but can expect as much Respect as you give.
A Cranmore
USMC Ret.

 

Hi ..
I live in Denver, Colorado, and I'm older than your mother.. Now, if you want to read on, or if my age alone is a huge turnoff for you, just delete this.  :-(
I love motorcycles; but currently I only have a 150cc motor scooter, and ride it almost every day, weather permitting. It's fun and it saves me a lot of $$ on gasoline. It's a little goofy looking, as scooters go. :) But I have been shopping, browsing, looking for a 250 cc motorcycle or scooter. I always wish I could give somebody a ride ..
In general, I notice that 99% of people I meet are mainstream conformists, and are absolutely NOT interested in Europe, Argentina, Brazil, or in foreign languages.  I am enthusiastic about foreign languages.. They look at me like I'm a Martian or something..  Do you know what I mean?  I wonder if you already deleted this just because of my  age.. :-?
My native language is English; French was my 2nd language, then German, then Dutch.
I spent a decade living in western Europe on my own, long ago.  Years later I learned Spanish, and later still, Brazilian Portuguese. .
I watch COPS on TV , I love cats and tolerate dogs. . I used to love poetry by Pablo Neruda, in Spanish, with a translation in English or some other language.. 
Now I hope you will reply and tell me about yourself.  .
I have worked as interpreter/translator for about 20 years, and I enjoy it, but I get tired of mostly Spanish and mostly of Mexicans... So I diversify a bit..
Once in a while, I am interpreter in Portuguese for Brazilians. Or for a few French-speaking refugees from Africa..
OK, I am a part-time interpreter in local courts on a free lance basis. As translator / interpreter, I deal with Workers' Comp, legal depositions, pharmaceuticals, insurance investigations, physical therapy, and a lot of medical terminology.
I translate only into English from Spanish & Portuguese.  When I'm not needed for interpreting, I spend most of my time compiling bio medical glossaries and dictionaries.   My main biomedical terminology database now contains about 26,262 detailed key words and medical phrases in seven languages, in Excel format.
But enough about me, and what I do..
Now I hope to hear back from you, if you want to tell me about yourself. I'm many years older than you.. is that a problem?  And I don't live in Iowa... 
If you were interested,  I would tell you about my multilingual biomedical web portal and bio medical dictionaries web site. My medical resources web portal now offers 2,035 links to medical and biomedical sites & glossaries in 23 languages . . . about 840 in English, 292 in Spanish, 129 in Portuguese, 222 in French, 115 in Dutch, 133 in German, 22 in Italian, 8 in Russian, 6 in Greek, and 135 in other languages or multilingual.  This is a free service I offer to translators , students, interpreters, and medical professional people in English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish & German. There are even medical dictionaries in Russian, Japanese & Chinese.  The site is FREE, of course.
SAMPLE DICTIONARY: in order to give you an idea of exactly what my big biomedical dictionary /thesaurus is all about, I posted a subset of it online. This page is a large & detailed sample of my dictionary/thesaurus, in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French ONLY. About 2,440 entries; e.g. 12% of the total number of my dictionary entries, but without the Dutch, German and Swedish entries.....
There is also a newer four-language sample (subset) online - This is a NEWER subset in Excel format with 2,440 complete entries in four languages, taken from the January 2006 version (in English, Spanish, Portuguese & French).
Thank you, for your consideration. :-) I hope you will reply in spite of our huge age difference.. Please do reply..