:( Who else is unhappy that XP comments are now showing up in the post?

[BryonD]

If you want to reply in public, you can already do it. You just reply.
I think having two distinct tools is better than two very similar tools.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Well, let's see how it goes for a while. Might work, might not. Time will tell.

I demand you return your hairstyle to its former configuration!!111!@#!@~

 

[renau1g]

I don't disagree, but IMHO "silly" is not a bad thing, and it's better than XP being treated as something of value. Down that road lies needless drama.

Cheers, -- N

Yeah end of the day there's nothing to be gained by having the highest xp (well unless Morrus isn't telling us something and the first level 30 out there gets something cool ) except maybe a small ego boost that people on the interwebs find value in what you have to say regarding a game.

I agree with Nifft that if someone is asking for xp (I jokingly did in the first thread, hope it was construed for serious) than the mods should be able to hit them with some neg rep as a warning then take more serious actions. End of the day you can't "win" in Enworld any more than you can "win" in D&D.

 

[Obryn]

I am NOT a fan.

-I have made XP comments I do not want read
-I think others have done the same
Just take this thread, I don't think half of these need or should be seen

All XP is already public, so this isn't really a concern to me. The only difference is that it brings rep front and center, and you don't need to click to another page anymore.

Even before the inline comments, I'd occasionally check someone's profile after they made a trollish post, and see if anyone repped them for it.

-O

 

[BryonD]

All XP is already public, so this isn't really a concern to me. -O

You are correct that it can be accessed, therefore it is "public".
However, under the old system you had to go specifically looking for it PLUS there was no reason to know it was there.
If I gave TerraDave XP for a post, nothing would let you know that it had happened, far less anything I had specifically said. If you wanted to find my comments, you would need to search other posters completely at random. It is a very big difference.

 

[Nifft]

You are correct that it can be accessed, therefore it is "public".
However, under the old system you had to go specifically looking for it PLUS there was no reason to know it was there.

All creepy internet stalkers had total access to all of your movements.

If I gave TerraDave XP for a post, nothing would let you know that it had happened

Anyone stalking either you or TerraDave would know immediately.

Basically, the only people who would use such information against you already had it. Nobody else cares enough to "retaliate", nor do they care enough to stalk you.

Personally, I'm happier in a world where the general public knows exactly as much as the creepy stalker, rather than the latter having some kind of information advantage. I'm a fan of transparency in all its glory.

Now, TerraDave is currently enjoying a cup of black tea (with milk and one packet of "Sugar in the Raw"), but when he gets back, I'm sure he'll agree how creepy internet stalkers can be!

"Not that I'm watching or anything", -- N

 

[Piratecat]

In the past we've occasionally had people using XP comments to be jackasses, thinking for some reason that it was okay to be insulting if it was in a comment. These are now highly visible, making it much easier for the Moderators to address the problem*.

* with a short sharp kick in the NADs.

 

[BryonD]

Basically, the only people who would use such information against you already had it. Nobody else cares enough to "retaliate", nor do they care enough to stalk you.

I never said anything about anyone using it against me.

Personally, I'm happier in a world where the general public knows exactly as much as the creepy stalker, rather than the latter having some kind of information advantage. I'm a fan of transparency in all its glory.

This has nothing to do with my point.

"Creepy stalker" is a *WILD* straw man argument here.

There is merit in being able to readily make a simple comment that isn't automatically broadcast, whether it is locked in a private box or not.
There is merit to having two different tools that do two different things.
There is merit to reducing things that lend themselves to derailing threads, a problem we already have enough of and this will only bolster.

 

[BryonD]

In the past we've occasionally had people using XP comments to be jackasses, thinking for some reason that it was okay to be insulting if it was in a comment. These are now highly visible, making it much easier for the Moderators to address the problem*.

* with a short sharp kick in the NADs.

Can they be made automatically visible to Mods without being pushed into the threads?

 

[Seonaid]

Morrus, I would be tempted to give you a large sum of money to keep this in effect (perhaps within a box) for a year. I like it *that much*. I bet people would get over it by then.