Incorrect Score for Good Answers?

there may have been a member that down graded one of you good answers.

Like a lot of members here GA may go up or down. GA weight or score. is not looked upon too seriously, but there have been a few members who had left CR4 because of the downgrading..... anyone remember case641....... because I can't..... think its case641.....

why is this even a thread? is the need for validation actually this intense?

I don't know fred.... but, I'm giving you a good answer for that...... I'm not going to click GA,....because that's just between you and me.... ok

I must really be missing something, it all seems less than trivial to me

I thought it really carried no weight at all. I myself responded just to clarify.

I thought it carried as much weight as the 'titles,' and for those who may not remember the thread on 'post-guru titles, I was the one who suggested (in various languages, so as to not give the joke away too quickly) weisenheimer, know-it-all know-nothing, and 'smart-a--" as people who were reaching a level beyond guru.

Since you can get a GA for an insightful answer to a perplexing problem, a funny response to a 'Caption this' thread, or for a particularly creative snark at AP#1 and his 'stupid question of the day,' the GA and titles are like that game show, Whose Line is it Anyway? "Where everything is made up and the points don't mater."

Not everyone can be 'The One"

Why does he look familiar? I should know, I WANT to know. Why, oh why, did I take the BLUE pill?

Didn't you know that at 100 GA's you get a year's free subscription to the site?

I'll try harder to be witty and clever from now on

I got a tee shirt for reaching 100 GA's,... unfortunately, on the post where I got to 100 GA's, I only got 2 GA's on that post..... so the tee shirt was a small...., and now one more GA I''ll be at 200, I was told I'll get a hat.

I just hope my next post be more that just 2 GA's this time. Otherwise, does this hat make my head look big to you?.

That hat fits your head like a demitasse.

I agree, I like it too.

just for its multiple uses.

You get soup with that?

yes, but only half a cup...... I'm on a diet you see.

Not so much your head, but the other end, yes.

I thought this forum was/is about sharing knowledge and opinion in an effort to help others out while increasing one's own knowledge base.

I learn something from this site every time I open it and read the posts.

got to agree..

while having a bunch of folk you don't really know other than via this forum, mark your answers and tell you "Yep your a clever boy!", is it really that big a deal?

I look at it as being a bit of fun, and a way of expressing, in your humble opinion, if you like or dislike that comment/answer to the question or point as so posted by the 'OP'.

In a comment, again I have to agree, if we were getting paid for a 'GA', then who would not be pissed if someone downgraded an answer.

I checked my answers, and found I got quite a few 'almost good'.... am I good with that.. Hell yeah!

This also goes back to a previous topic of if we should still have the grading, that is, guru etc, etc.

Who cares?.. this is a forum to get some clarity to ones understanding on a topic or subject from those who can share their thoughts and experience.

I agree completely.

Anyone here just for GAs is in the wrong place.......they should go elsewhere.....perhaps thats why someone took them off, to teach him a bit of "Humble Pie"....

I find actually almost find more "recognition" when one of the CR4 W****KERS" gives me an OT, as I then know that "I got up his nose!!" for some reason that only HE understands.....or I was replying to an unfriendly, bad mannered comment HE MADE!!

That REALLY makes me laugh!

As to GAs, I haven't a clue how many I have, as its nice to get, but its not the "be all to end all".

In fact, the CR4-ers I have respect for, all seem to be of a similar opinion.....

Andy....? Have you been messing with my GA's again? Shame on you! That is the only place in the world where I get some sort of affirmation that I am alive and kicking.

NOT! I totally agree with you on this one, shocker that this is. You know, for being such a disagreeable S.O.B., you really aren't a bad sort. Maybe someday you can invite me over to Frankfurt for beer, schnitzel, and a tour of the Eurofighter, or whatever you are working on. Not that I could really afford a trip to Germany on the pittance they pay me for sitting here and not working.

Your posts in the "Gasket ..." and "Vacuum CB .." threads are only rated "almost" good answers (with one vote), therefore do not add to your total GA score. As Phoenix said, they may have been GAs but were down-rated by another member or members.

I wouldn't loose any sleep over "Good Answer) counts. Here, Good Answers are worth about as much as "Attaboys"

If you are unfamiliar with attaboys, 100 attaboys=√(-1 O_Crap), yes, they are imaginary.

I don't know how many times I have composed a well thought out replay, just chock full of wisdom and knowledge, and have it completely ignored. Then received unanimous Good Answers for some stupid wise crack I submitted.

I confess, I have been stealing the good answers from others. I'm sorry...

We know, I found a bag of them at Goodwill, I suspected you all along.

Where is the STOP WHINING button?

Quit shouting. Will you never learn? And quit asking the same question that has been fully answered before. Will you never learn that either?

I see a lot of answers here like "who cares?", "it dosn't matter" and "it's not a big deal". Yes, I agree and dhayanandhan agrees too. He just asks why this happens. Admins should be able to give him an answer. If there is no bug in the system then a "down-grading" (negative votes) must have happened.

Personally, I never "down-graded" a GA even in the case that this answer is not good at all. I, also, accept the fact that I don't get a GA easily, no matter how much good an answer of mine actually is. It's a fact that some CR4 members gets a GA much easier than others. It's a fact that many funny (but otherwise useless) answers get a GA too. Also, if a member has already a lot of GAs, it's easier for him to get more GAs in the future (as everyone thinks that he must be a guru). So, yes, the amount of GAs doesn't correspond to the actual value of a member. So, keep on share your knowledge and experience with the others. This really matters.

I'm here for enlightenment AND validation.

But not for the numbers on my scorecard.

For sale. Low mileage used GAs. $100 each. Payment must be made in confederate dollars only. Contact Lynn -Door Ent. at www.lyn-doorscrewsU.com.

You should be asking anyone who gives a damn instead.

This thread is the poster child for incorrect scores for good answers.

I started reading from the top and all I could see were GAs for every single post and thought to myself, yeah got to get in of some of that action.

Of course it helps when an entire thread doesn't get deleted by admin, lost about 70 good quality posts. Lyn I know you know which recent thread I am talking about, I was the only positive one on it.

"I'm gaga for GA'S! Gaga for GA'S!"

More like gaga for gas....