Cosmos and Antipoints

Could you all do me one huge favour and stop giving out antipoints in Cosmos? Thanks!

Many people don't agree with people getting negged for just stating their opinion. Many people don't agree with people getting heaps of antipoints for non-security related posts.

The original idea of Cosmos was to make it a private (invite-only) forum, but that has never been implemented. I myself don't like the idea of having it that way, but keep on negging and giving out positives, and one day you'll find Cosmos to be invite-only.

Let's grow up, keep on the same discussions we've always had on Cosmos... but without the antipoints (and yes, that means this thread included :p )

I'm totally agree with you. All the neg points I have were done in Cosmos because I'm french. I never gives antipoints in Cosmos because in political (like in religion) there is not one truth. Hope everybody hear you.

It's funny but Ghostdog got positive antipoints in the post right after Neg asks people to not give points in this forum. On top of that Ghostdog is antipoint bitching and he got positive points. Hmm.

That's quite amusing.

You have completely reason KorpDeath. In reaction that asked Negative and that I said some thought "to correct an injustice". I have not reacts to have points since the message of Negative was of not to attribute points to this forum, but I do not have the capacity to control people :).

Hmmm...Looks to me that anti-points are still flying around in Cosmos. There is a bunch more being dished out to negative in another thread. How will the moderator go about enforcing this anyway?:what:

As since most people who come here in cosmos still give antipoints, even after the moderator asked NOT to, I think these people are or , minus 6 years old, or just ignorant.

So my suggestion to Negative is to ask JM to block the AP-system for this forum ( If it's possible of course)....

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Let's grow up, keep on the same discussions we've always had on Cosmos... but without the antipoints

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Well, this has to go through peoples own free cooperation... It can't be done otherwise as being discussed a thousenth times... If this forum is locked people will throw the crap somewere else... The antipoint system is just an anonymous flaming zone, so it get's used like that.

If people think a mod asking isn't enough it won't happen and this forum night go private... like Negative said...

Well I gotta go with Shrekkie, remove the antipoints on this forum.

You can neg people on other post but it is still a bariere to be taken.
I posted some on this a litte bit and as I have understood this items is on the board from a long time.

Well i just got here so perhaps my opinion doesn't count, but I think antipoints should be used anywhere but always wit discresion. Like said earlier, you shouldn't get neged for your oppinion but maybe for expressing it with too much vulgarity and direct insults on someone elses beliefs. Just a thought.

good idea negative, you should take it to our new owners if you havnt already, that is if you cant disable antipoints in this forum yourself since you mod it

i hope im right that cosmo's is to do with religion and philosophical discussions?

people really dont like to see what they believe in religiously or philisophically negged to death or disagreed with as it can tend to be a touchy subject, i myself dont post in cosmos much myself as im afraid of offending someone and being negged to death, i suppose the AP's in cosmos does ave a good point thought now that i mention that, it makes people think twice about what they are saying...

Well... it looks like things have gotten a lot better lately. Thanks :D

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How will the moderator go about enforcing this anyway?

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I won't... if things get worse again, I'm going to have to request to make Cosmos invite-only.

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So my suggestion to Negative is to ask JM to block the AP-system for this forum ( If it's possible of course)....

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I'm not sure if it's possible, and as pointed out by neel, there are always circumventing possibilities for people to assign negs.

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i hope im right that cosmo's is to do with religion and philosophical discussions?

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Religion, philosophy, politics, science,... yups.

I just think it'd be nice if people could vent their opinions without having to fear to be negged.

The funniest thing is that I received a neg with this thread . I think that some need to have english/reading lesson :)

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Originally posted here by Ghostdog
I think that some need to have english/reading lesson :)

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Please don't take offense to this, cause I don't mean any, but that's a fairly humorous remark coming from you, ghostdog. ;)

But I do agree that some members need to read more....

On to the topic:
How about a banner or splash screen when entering Cosmos to "remind" people , eh? Is that doable or what?
:D

Or, we could all just control ourselves when we don't agree with a posting.

:-)

Yeah, you're living in dream world, aren't you gold eagle??? hehehe

People at AO control themselves? I've got some beach front property in Arizona just for you...

beach front in Az? Man, I'll take it. Maybe I am living in a dream world though, ...I
wondered why everyone else was asleep.

I think that people should refrain from assigning antipoints based on personal opinions (i.e.., he disagreed with my point of view, so I'm going to neg him) but still dish them out to exceptional posts at either end of the scale - either a well-put argument (regardless of whether you agree with it or not) or just plain stupid posts (to prevent people from abusing the "no antipoints here" rule to post crap in the Cosmos forum).

i think that the whole idea of antipoints in cosmos is wrong.
the cosmos forum is for the exchange of ideas and concepts, not the judgement ot it.
i cannot say my ideas are better or worst then anyother so let's take out the idea of antipoints in cosmos.

If it cannot be implemented for tech reasons, here is another simple idea on how to go around it:
whenever someone assigns +/- antipoints, he get the same amounts negatively for doing it in cosmos. in this case both will get penalized and will think twice before giving antipoints.

Ok now that we can see who has neged us in cosmos d o we call them out? I am willing to bet the negs I got from cosmos came from the same people who neged otehrs. I am willing to let them have overall anonmyaty if they stop...if not I say the list gets posted as a wall of shame type of thing.

good idea. we do need someway to stop this, ive gotten 7 so far in cosmos, ok, 1 i deserved because it was a personal attack, but the others were valid points. a an ao wall of shame would be nice.

Bahh you are not truly discuessing politics unless you level some personal attacks (hey it works for the polititions) , besides this is a message board what fun would it be with out the occasional falme war :)

lol true, but some comments are uncalled for.

I don't think a wall of shame is a solution. Now you know who give negs in Cosmos so do what you want but I think we are all adults. If you make a wall of shame I think you are not better than those who puts negs point while we say not to do it.

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Originally posted here by bballad
Bahh you are not truly discuessing politics unless you level some personal attacks (hey it works for the polititions) , besides this is a message board what fun would it be with out the occasional falme war :)

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Flame wars and personal attacks are okay, so long as they stay on topic (although that is difficult to do I suppose in the heat of an argument!), and aren't too personal.

However, antipoints should be a no-no, expect for those idiots who post loads of spam/nonsense (by that I mean stuff that isn't related to Cosmos, or is just plain stupid). No-one should be penalised for expressing their opinion, no matter how weird/unpopular it may be.

im just ignorant... LOL

Nightfalls_Girl

I must concur with not giving out APs in Cosmos. Espicallaly after I was neged from the individual to whom I gave positive AP's. I disagreed with the individual, but believed that the post was thoughtful nonethless, and deserving of some positive APs. Well that won't happen again.

I'm starting to like this Wall of Shame concept. Especially for some of the anal-retentive negs people hand out.

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The mentally disturbed are persecuted here in America, and I say rightfully so!
These people are NUTS!

I LOVE COSMOS!!! I don't want it to be invite only. If it is I may stop using AO entirely. I never hand out AP's in CosMos anyway. It is based on opinion. But what about when someone brings some information and posts it on CosMos. Perhaps some sort of recommendation system would work better? Example: one must send in an E-mail asking to assign another some AP's for good info. (This would only be in CosMos of course.) That way people would not give out a punch of negs or positive points since it would not be anonymous and it would be kind of a hassle. That would limit the AP's to a bare minimum but still allow them to exist.

excellent, neg.....keep cosmos cool, uncensored, open minded....anti points should not be used here...only retorts and rebuttals

basically cosmos is just an opinion about whats going on in the world i agree how it gets annoying with negative points but if its not "cosmos material" then they should

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Cosmos: A forum dealing with philosophy, ethics, morals, laws, logical & methematical problems, etc.

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That pretty much covers everything.... :D

If I wanted to talk about by pet Banded Coral Shrimp it could fall unter "etc." or could turn into an argument on the philisophical or moral implications of keeping reef animals in captivity. Then touch on export laws from ocean areas etc. That what is cool about Cosmos. No one should ever be negged, just the name Cosmos inspires a concept of free speech and open thinking. One can always ignore comments they don't agree with or find offensive.

For the record: my prize Banded Coral Shrimp is tank raised by a research organization. :thumbsup:

dried at 450 degrees and then pulverized they can be smoked! ;-)

Or you could just leave em the way the are and put them on kabobs...

whah? You talking about my shirmp? lol. Smoke? Now that is interesting.

sorry roadclosed i should have quoted you post [my bad] make no sense on a page by itself.

kabobs work if you don't have a 'shrimp clip'

Why would you want to smoke or eat something with a name. He is known as "Jacque". lol. "shrimp clip"

I don’t even know what to think