No, not compared to soots. And consider, before the reset I was literally stuck on the rep ceiling. Now, by way of, most soots members who remain active are triple my score or better. And then a few of us formed a social group to much more slowly but surely respond to the effort, if only to keep a handful of non soots within line of sight.
The mainstream is the main church Christians, while many here do not fit that description. I'm glad you are happy here
Four times a total that is a bit inflated itself now? Sure, seems apt.
That's just not true, Tam. Like I said, I broke the rep machine and did it without any cadre pumping my numbers, without being a part of any effort to manipulate the number. I simply made a lot of posts that people, left and right, Christian and heathen, found amusing or interesting or liked for whatever reason.
Really. I don't think he's liked at all outside the hard right. I never read much being said about him that's positive, so I'm guessing his CP page would look like another soots fest, for the most part. Certainly I never had any difficulty in catching and passing him without the manipulation and he'd been here years longer. Now look at him. It's a TOL miracle.
I'd bet my supper money on it. :chew: And I don't give up supper without a fight.
That's factual, not flaunt...ual.
I didn't chase it, didn't play for it, it just happened because when this place is at its best you can do that, with or without an insider's portion.
Four times a total that is a bit inflated itself now? Sure, seems apt.
Rep as a measure of popularity
That's just not true, Tam. Like I said, I broke the rep machine and did it without any cadre pumping my numbers, without being a part of any effort to manipulate the number. I simply made a lot of posts that people, left and right, Christian and heathen, found amusing or interesting or liked for whatever reason.
In those days I found that gratifying and because there was always an attempt to manipulate the system going on (mostly involving lengthening or shortening rep cycles) I kept a record for a few years to keep from running into a "can't rep yet" notice. The record had two columns. The first was who gave me rep and the second was a list of people I gave rep to.
I remember when a mod was suspicious early on because I was catching and passing people pretty quickly (as in a year or two after I'd been here) and I invited him to take a look at who was repping me (I think he wondered if my rise was owed to a cadre, there being one or two, but I knew it wasn't because I'd already said no to that sort of thing) and what he found was a mix from Knight to red77.
And for years that's the way it stayed. Sadly, a lot of my right wing friends fell by the wayside and I don't see them around much or at all. MaryContrary, chickenman, etc. I'm probably not nearly as popular as I once was, but you get a sense of things over the years. My reps received has been fairly constant, even if the harder right and left remaining are a little more inclined to keep coloring within their own borders these days.
Really. I don't think he's liked at all outside the hard right. I never read much being said about him that's positive, so I'm guessing his CP page would look like another soots fest, for the most part. Certainly I never had any difficulty in catching and passing him without the manipulation and he'd been here years longer. Now look at him. It's a TOL miracle.
It's not a point of pride for me now, only a point in rebuttal to the notion that the system has to be something else and always was.
The point was the fair and square, not the who. I'm the guy who'd just as soon hide the number and let those who want it have it. But that's not an option.
Meshak, please. You rarely know anything that's going on.
But.... but....