I've seen this quite a few times, once someone gets a few negs they quite often get cought in a 'neg trap' it doesn't help the attitude of the member with the negs so sometimes the member (not saying this about you shine166) starts to 'play up' as there's nothing to lose and more negs get piled on.

Perhaps the best way out is to start over by re-registering on the site thats what Lesbianwednesdays ended up doing (ex Tom Hills) and now look at him!

In the meantime I'll + you shine, and good luck with your art degree show.

Don't insult other people with Dyslexia who work hard to overcome their disability.

Hiding behind it as an excuse for your own f*****g laziness demeans the problems of other sufferers, especially when you as a student are most probably receiving taxpayers money and technological assistance to help overcome it.

There has been a spell check option for everything you have ever posted and choosing not to use it is because YOU are LAZY! not Dyslexic.

Crabby Arse!

My beef is exactly what it says on the tin.

A lot of kids with genuine difficulties don't get taken as seriously as they should be, because others hide (poorly) their own laziness behind the disorder.

It took along time to get this issue to where it should be in educational circles today, many people struggling with or eschewing education because they suffered without diagnosis.

There has been too much bad press regarding this disorder recently, calling people shirkers etc, unfortunately this gent puts himself forward as a prime candidate to allow others to be tarred with the same brush.

As you may have noticed, it makes me a touch crabby hmm may have to be an early start at the pub today ;D

I think I got into a slanging match with another member and it descended into daily negging each other....possibly.

If it wasn't that then i dunno but to be honest, i like it like this.

Makes me feel "special"

'negging' really should only be used for being genuinely out of order, rude and offensive behaviour. Using because someone says they don't like a piece of art or a particular artist is ridiculous, surely art of all things is about a difference of opinion I think the forum needs have a drive on 'neg' awareness and how to use it....

if someone is using it because you're spelling is bad..that's pretty much insane

if you're trying to get a point across quickly I'm sure spelling isn't that important and i really don't see how calling someone lazy helps anyone

the only reason i mentioned it is because a few people have had personal digs at me over the last few days and artforartsake seems to have got pissed since i haggled on a swap
the comment was something like " i hope your arts better than your english". I finish my degree in 2 days time and im gonna start completely fresh on here ill be posting pics of my work
and going under my real name Carl Cashman so speak 2u all soon ;D

I definately agree with you Carlito. I think it's far too easy to just neg someone if you disagree with what they're saying. It seems a lot of people care strongly what level they have and in some respects it does matter because if someone has a lot of negatives it looks badly on themm, even if they haven't really done anything apart from express their opinion.

WooHoo 50th post and by far my most serious.

The Karma system needs fine tuning. At the moment respect points are too often eroded by obsessive snipers. People are given too much ammunition to damage a reputation. I would prefer it if everyone was given one respect point a WEEK to add and one to minus. Then the respect system would not be manipulated by the odd nutter and instead would reflect more truly the feelings off all forum users.

Hey ell,

I was diagnosed with dyslexia at an early age. However I'm not sure whether that label is helpful. No one can actually describe what dyslexia is and the British education authorities no longer use the terminology because of this precise reason. I personally don't find it helpful to be labeled in that way. The current use of the word dyslexia is often used as an umbrella term for a group of symptoms. We know however, these related symptoms can be dramatically overcome through hard work and perseverance. Its not like being disabled, when there is nothing you can do apart from make the best of a very difficult situation. Far from it.

I think you might find, like I did, that if you consider your self as just being currently very poor at spelling and/or reading and writing, you might find your self overcoming the problem quicker.

Also one other tip.. don't smoke marijuana. For most people smoking it on a moderate basis will not dramatically effect their ability to live a normal life. However for someone thats trying to overcome reading and writing problems it really is the worst thing you can do.

If you want to chat feel free to PM.

I think this respect system holds people back from saying what they really think sometimes......which could be a good thing I suppose.

My spelling is crap and my sentences get muddled, but I do smoke shit loads of weed.

I get the original reason for setting up the respect system, I think it's just gotten lost on either friendly banter or not so friendly banter.
Problem is, I'm definitely more hesitant when I'm purchasing from someone with a lot of neg points. That said, with the infrastructure of who knows what and who, it's never been a problem to figure out why someone has any neg points and it's usually been something silly.

ell, please read more carefully what I've said. I'm not having a go at shine166s spelling (despite his somewhat misunderstood 'quotes' which actually had nothing to do with his spelling).

I'm upset at someone using the disorder as an excuse for laziness.

This rubbish's other peoples hard efforts to overcome their problems. As finsburyparkranger says, it's a problem that can be countered by hard work and perseverance, training your brain by doing crosswords and using stuff like 'spell check' allows sufferers to spot feck ups more easily as they happen. It's almost the equivalent of muscle memory in physical sport.

There is also a fascinating 'new' approach to the subject which actually reinforces the principle of 'training the brain' to overcome these disorders:

www.dore.co.uk

In short, effort equals results with most (but not all) and that's why I get upset when someone uses Dyslexia as an excuse, with blatently no effort.

Best wishes
Rich

Good point. I like the idea of one negative a week to stop the people on a power trip. Personally I think I've only ever given one negative in my time on here (what a saint! ).

However, IMO one positive a week might be a bit extreme. I tend to find that I give quite a few positives a week due to the fact that I think there's so much good advice on here. It also makes it difficult if someone has started a thread with a question and been given answers/opinions from quite a few people (Thwaites and Notitle's recent holiday questions/suggestions might be a good example of this). To spend 5 weeks rewarding 5 people for their advice might get a bit much.

It's a good starting idea though finsburyparkranger. Have a + from me! ;D