i understand a little more of how these boards work, the background shit!
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it's okay to like a post, show appreciation, afterall, it's fair...and there's a few where it fattens their epeens.
sadly, it has the TOTAL opposite effect for me, it's one-sided, as in, you can't down-vote something, just like, or undo.
(disabled board correspondence from all else other than pms, didn't know i had that stack of shit tied to me til now.)
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i've been SCARRED twenty two times, and for what?
being witty? a twat? typing some words on a keyboard?
did i really earn so much as ONE like genuinely?
NO, no i didn't!
why?
simples:
everywhere else i'm at has a physical contribution system, uploads for example.
the threads have no such feature, to prevent the appearance of group-think.
hell, the places allow a downvote of uploads, just no interaction like that on text related items such as posts.
a reputation earned through effort is no issue, and a good thing, but twenty two 'thumbs up' for me here is absolutely barmy.
by rights, regardless of posts, i should have ZERO likes

and a million posts...because SD has no real user contribution system (apart from a few members that run the joint...and it's shenmue specific) and i'm not talking about donations either. (make that a point where i'm at, they refund and ban on account of trying to bribe privs instead of earn them)
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just typically human, on the net.
the irony is:
when some users actually goto the lengths of typing up a guide, or providing a useful item/artworks, the like, it gets pillaged, and ignored...parasites abound.
no thanks for help and contris, just for personality and wit, screw the help!
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to all concerned that thanked some shit of mine, please, NO MORE DISFIGURING SCARS, thanks.
it's only upload capable places where i consider them battle wounds, and respectful...through genuine effort.
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mumbles, rambles, shrug*****