The best way to handle something you don't like, is not to make a show about it, but rather to ignore it. This is the way the "real world" works best. The proper analogy is unhappiness in the work place. It's better to let things slide than to make a big deal about them. One should only post when he cares to post, and not worry about what he posts. That's a community.

Your protest has only raised the attention "XP" has. Seriously, I have never looked at anyone's node for XP checking purposes, only to see what cool stuff they put there. If XP showed up beside your name on every post, that might be significant, but really it's not significant at all. I don't know who you are, or the order of any rankings, only that some time, I need to make me a picture :)

Though I haven't been here as long as you, I believe XP main purpose is to keep new users from front-paging stupid things or becoming annoying. It's a good system of community moderation. Personally, I take note of people I agree with, and that help me with my problems. I remember their handles for making me think, that's all. That's all the personal XP I need, but if we have a moderation system that keeps nodes sorted and runs itself, assume. Cool use of automation. Let the folks that help folks get some credit, and let them become more involved -- that's what it does.

So, long story short, if you have a problem with XP, don't pay attention to yours. That's all you had to do.

Methinks thou protesteth too much. Really, this is the best language community on the net, bar none.

In reply to Re: Re: Can a Pontiff become an initiate in one night? by flyingmoose
in thread Can a Pontiff become an initiate in one night? by Anonymous Monk

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