Mr. H.
Diamond Member
Is there a thread explaining the uses of "thanks" and "reps"? I've read through the rules and guidelines and made a search, but can't find what I'm looking for.
Is it proper etiquette to return a "thanks" or a "rep"? I've been trying to figure out the appropriate uses for and responses to them, and have been using "thanks" as saying "I agree," but the rep thing is new to me so I forget it's even there. I'm trying to improve on remembering the rep thing.
I THINK a "thanks" is simply saying "thanks" and that's the end of it, and a "rep" gives points or whatever.
The expected response to them is what I'm looking for.
Thanks.
You may find that you will grow to know a group of many varied and diverse people and will often find what they write stimulating, and then feel free to POS rep them. You will probably get some back in return.
I don't look all that much at the thanks thing. A lot of people start throwing out thanks once they have burned through their reps for the day. But I think it's all about developing your own personal style.
I have repped Cons almost as much as I have repped Libs. Just depends on what I see.
And I get about half of my reps from Cons on some days, but not every day.
BTW, if you accidentally NEG rep someone, you have a certain amount of time to delete the NEG rep before it becomes part of the permanent record. I don't know how long a time you have, but it looks like a couple of minutes.
Hope that info helps at least a little bit.
best,
-Stat
You are hauntingly antiseptic.