I am going to use the post quoted below as the most recent example but it is clear that certain members are 'targetting' their reputation votes and voting down specific members regardless of what they say ......

:annoyed: :annoyed: More Red dots, what the hell for this time?!! I only asked a question this time and 2 people see that worthy of a red dot, i didn't know if Sky had this as they have one half of the Old Firm live and i thought next week was Rangers' turn, i don't get why that is worthy of a red dot :annoyed:!!

Bottom line, its getting to the stage where we do one of three things .....

1. We remove the feature entirely (which I feel is unfair on users who are not abusing it).

2. We remove the facility to add any negative votes at all but still allow positive rep.

3. We remove the voting privilege from those individuals we feel are abusing the sytem.

There is also a fourth option, and one which I would hope we can try and do ..... use it in the way it was intended !!!! vote for posts you think make a valid point or where you agree with the opinion and vote for those posts where you disagree with the opinion expressed. Voting a post down when it is a simple question seems quite ludicrous

Mahonio, you screwed up and you took a pounding for it.....you're not the first, you won't be the last and you may even do it again....that's life.

Your rep is NOT what this thread is about....30+ people red dotting a post is not a problem with the system, it's an indication of the fact you made a twat of yourself.

The ongoing problem is of YOUR making......You can continue to bring it up and attract more red dots for your whining, cussing and being annoying about it or you can take it on the chin, stfu and move on having learned from it.

As someone who's posted a lot of unpopular opinion and some total twatage over the years....my advice is to go with the later....you might actually gain some respect for manning up and shrugging it off instead of crying like a baby at every opportunity.