Posted on Feb 16, 2020
Why the arbitrary “level” an RP member must attain to be allowed to downvote a comment? That is ignorant.
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I tried to downvote a member that posted a meme regarding POTUS. The meme said “Elected by Russia, Impeached by America”. Not only is this inflammatory, it is inaccurate. Yet because I don’t have some arbitrary status set by RP admins, I was not allowed to downvote that particularly disrespectful comment. Why?
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That prevents brand new members from coming onto the boards and throwing out downvotes until they have had enough time on the site to understand the norms of participation on RP.
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COL Joel Weeks
Ok but I wouldn’t call myself a brand new member. I’ve been on and off RP for several years.
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LTC Kevin B.
COL Joel Weeks - True, but the influence score measures activity as a RP member, more so than time as a RP member. If someone joins and has their account sitting relatively idle, they're still considered a new member until they get sufficient activity on the boards. New is measured by activity, not by time.
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SGM Erik Marquez
COL Joel Weeks - New in time? No Sir, new in activity? perhaps, or perhaps not. Its possible you have read every post made since the day you joined, but felt you only had useful contributions to a few....If so, thank you. That is better then 200 "Good share Bro" responses
The system has to use some metric to determine "new" Would you disagree that contributions and peer accolades is not the better metric then join date?
The system has to use some metric to determine "new" Would you disagree that contributions and peer accolades is not the better metric then join date?
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Since you are new, Sir, if you have any Member of rally point say something derogatory to you, get a hold of SFC James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" or SSG Carlos Madden and those people online who were offensive to you can be censured or kicked out of rally point. I had some extremest person who said to me 'how in the heck did you ever become a commissioned officer?' The Insolent individual was a retired Major who could not handle honest differences of opinion or did not play well with others.That's just food for thought CMSgt (Join to see) PO3 Phyllis Maynard SPC Ryan D. SGM Erik Marquez CPL Douglas Chrysler CPL Douglas Chrysler CW5 Jack Cardwell CSM Charles Hayden SGM Steve Wettstein
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LTC (Join to see)
CPL Douglas Chrysler - I think he did not last long after JP4 gave him a Rally Point Field Grade Article 15 LOL.
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MAJ Bryan Zeski
LTC (Join to see) Wait... we can tattle on people and get them tossed? I've been doing it wrong this whole time! lol
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LTC (Join to see)
MAJ Bryan Zeski Bryan, I'm not talking about you and me having Differences of opinion because we keep it civil and we both hold the moral high ground. It's when others say real mean crap to you that is not in line and it's more like a deranged person trying to change the argument by attacking you instead of attacking the topic.
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MSG Stan Hutchison
LTC (Join to see) - " trying to change the argument by attacking you instead of attacking the topic."
Boy, that must keep you very busy.
Boy, that must keep you very busy.
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It’s setup this way to prevent “troll farms” and undue influence from brand new accounts. PR firms and other companies out there actually hire people to post and vote online to push their specific agenda. They have scripts to follow for posting comments and to counter people adverse to their agenda. This is why the majority of comments you see on YouTube, Facebook, and media sites are from paid posters and completely fake. It’s the only way to prevent companies pushing agendas from creating a ton of new accounts to immediately affect opinion by downvoting.
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