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Author Topic: Et Tu, Sean Johnson?  (Read 5436 times)

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Re: Et Tu, Sean Johnson?
« Reply #35 on: June 10, 2018, 09:29:24 PM »
P.S. When someone is banned, I have a script now that goes through and deletes all the up/downvotes that person made. I'm not going to have ex-CathInfo members -- who for one reason or another turned out to be unsuitable -- deciding ANYTHING about what is good or bad here on CathInfo.

However, although the votes are removed from posts, at the moment the total Rep scores are not updated. Maybe I'll write a script for that someday...

BUT since the votes are actually removed, THAT is what's used for the calculation of limits. So if you have 100 actual, surviving downvotes, but your Rep score shows 200 total downvotes, each person can downvote you only 16. Because it's the actual vote database that's looked at, in real time, to calculate voting limits.

The Rep score (shown by your name) isn't used by the software at all. It's basically a piece of text. It's not used in any calculations at the moment.

Re: Et Tu, Sean Johnson?
« Reply #36 on: June 10, 2018, 10:37:46 PM »
I'm happy to say I have everyone beat.   Between the computer giving me one day to the next more than a double down votes over night, and dealing with the ego of johnson whose happy to give the button but doesn't like to take it, I would offer there is another reason of down votes.  There are some really immature people here who have good things to say and really stupid things to say.  So down votes mean nothing when they are attack measures because they're angry at everyone regardless if you say something nice or a provoking thought to stimulate ideas.

Lots of tempers here that's for sure.

Have an idea for the number folks.  Worry more what our Lord thinks than what man thinks.  Your speech should be edifying for both.


Re: Et Tu, Sean Johnson?
« Reply #37 on: June 10, 2018, 10:41:24 PM »
Opps, just saw yours Smedley Butler.  You win.