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<blockquote data-quote="Libramarian" data-source="post: 5848547" data-attributes="member: 6688858"><p>This is a very silly attitude.</p><p></p><p>You know how when people in real life making a longish speech look their audience in the eye to see if they're paying attention and nodding and smiling?</p><p></p><p>That's what XP is. It's a natural thing that people do. If someone takes the time to organize their thoughts and make a longish post, you give them a little +1 to show that you were nodding while you read it. Instead of just invisibly lurking until you disagree with something enough to argue about it. A desire for feedback other than constant arguing is not indicative of deep psychological insecurity. It's normal.</p><p></p><p>I think it has a subtle but powerful effect with regard to the overall "atmosphere" of a forum. Skimming through a thread it just gives you a more positive sense. Feels more conversational.</p><p></p><p>I am thinking it's good, so more XP flying around would be even better, so I want it to be unregulated. But I am unfamiliar with cases where this kind of system has actually gotten out of hand and shown to have a dark side.</p><p></p><p>If that is a theoretical postulate then I think it is overcautious and meddling. But if it is a real thing then I probably would agree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Libramarian, post: 5848547, member: 6688858"] This is a very silly attitude. You know how when people in real life making a longish speech look their audience in the eye to see if they're paying attention and nodding and smiling? That's what XP is. It's a natural thing that people do. If someone takes the time to organize their thoughts and make a longish post, you give them a little +1 to show that you were nodding while you read it. Instead of just invisibly lurking until you disagree with something enough to argue about it. A desire for feedback other than constant arguing is not indicative of deep psychological insecurity. It's normal. I think it has a subtle but powerful effect with regard to the overall "atmosphere" of a forum. Skimming through a thread it just gives you a more positive sense. Feels more conversational. I am thinking it's good, so more XP flying around would be even better, so I want it to be unregulated. But I am unfamiliar with cases where this kind of system has actually gotten out of hand and shown to have a dark side. If that is a theoretical postulate then I think it is overcautious and meddling. But if it is a real thing then I probably would agree. [/QUOTE]
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