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Originally Posted by Hebdomad
As "a bad poster" is defined as someone who is disliked by the regulars - those who have amassed enough positive reputation to hate effectively - you're unfortunately wrong.
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The whole "point" is two-fold: to ward off outsiders by giving a clear indication that "they are not wanted", and to reinforce who the community leaders are by giving them more power to punish those whom they do not agree with.
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Yeah, except this is bollocks really. For reference, here are the last 5 'non-IRC clique' posts that I've neg repped; which ones do you think are defensible?
http://pirate.planetarion.com/showth...44#post3091444
http://pirate.planetarion.com/showth...48#post3092148
http://pirate.planetarion.com/showth...15#post3096815
http://pirate.planetarion.com/showth...62#post3094562
http://pirate.planetarion.com/showth...35#post3093535 (read this one in context)