planky1... I can't believe I read all of that... I usually avoid the long ones like the plague, you should be honoured!! :lol:
Me too An*gel, but Planky1 very kindly put lots of spacing and paragraphs in to make it easier to read... :hug: I like it when people do that !!
Regarding what you said Planky1 I know where you are coming from and so glad you are still hanging about here !
Back in the day when I was a newbie, we had negative rep points as well as the good kind
I posted a glib little post that I thought was soooo funny but someone did not, and lo and behold I got a negative rep :o
It certainly made me sit back and read and reread all my posts before I hit the send button !! That said after a while most people on here got to know me and my style of posting and me and my neg repper got on famously after I saw the error of my ways !!
I think that is the difference now, there are so many members that no one is really getting the time to read through someones posts and pick up on their style and personality and are seeing judgements and insults where there are none!!
I am so glad thet negative rep got done away with as it did cause more problems than it solved, but giving reputation points is still a great way of everyone showing appreciation without clogging up the threads with all the gushy stuff :green: