Yo' osz, you asked a most valid question which yielded excellent advice & opinions along with some solid tips!
In turn, some-1 gave you a neg rating for whatever reason good,bad or ugly.
Though personally I feel "Rep-Ratings" are basically useless, many enjoy this feature here @ HR.Com which allows members to post a verbal "thumbs up/down" review according to the quality of a particular post/thread submitted by another.
Oh yeah dude, there are the "haters" who will submit neg comments for just simply mentioning a product they dislike, don't like your BBS moniker or the city, state or country you reside in, your avatar, or how you dot your "I's" or cross your "T's". These "peeps" will NEVER identify themselves when issuing thier
neg comments preferring anonymity. This FLAW will be ending!
HR.COM owner, David "Dragon" Fiedler will be informed shortly and kindly asked to eliminate "anonymous rep rtg/comments" some of which were of the insensitive, inflammatory & hateful kind. HR.COM is more than just some BBS in some cyber-space internet portal with a buncha' faceless,keybrd-tapping,audio know-it-alls, wannabe rec engineers, home-recordists & musicians hiding behind a pc. This site is 1 of the very few recording sites on the web that holds an annual "HR.COM JAM/RECORDING/BBQ/BEER FEST" for the past 5 (now going on 6) years that gives fellow members the oppty to meet,greet,jam,chill,learn and have fun with other members of this site!!!
Disagreeing with a person's statement(s) while remitting rebuttal's, counterpoints and constructive criticism are warranted but issuing useless neg drivel & doing it anonymously is straight-up punk-@ss!
Peace
Q.rM