Quote Originally Posted by Greenbeanz View Post
Never understood the bad rep thing even the biggest twat has never got one from me, because it kinda puts you in the same category when you start dishing out negativity. Positive rep is great though. When you are a new poster the first reps you receive is very encouraging. It's a good way to thank people for posts that are more than run of the mill. If they have taken the time, care and thought to enlighten us, be frank , honest, uberweird, hilarious etc then why not use the rep system to recognise it? For particular awesomeness a coolclick, like and rep is a nice OCD bonus to give too.
I've gotten a few negative reps & private messages since i've been here, which sucks because everyone else doesn't see the shit talk on the main forum.