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Rude replies

Told a user to look else where for help

Told a user they don't need what they are looking for, or offering to the community

Information they supplied didn't work

Flaming X10

It appeared user replied just to hear themselves type

Thought the user worked for X10

Out of shear frustration

The Post appeared to be spam

A mistake (a slip of the fingers)

Just disagreed with the reply

The person obviously didn't spend the time to read the OP and all the replies so far!

Answer was way of the mark (didn't apply)

Answer was to go search for the answer

They didn't solve your problem first time around

They picked apart the question instead of answering it

User emphasized the posters dumb mistake!

Wanted to see the RANTS it started.

I Was a eBay user and/or unfamiliar with this rating system

Confused users name fore someone else

Received a PM stating they dinged me so I dinged back

Told user to start a new thread instead of replying to an old one

[JeffVolp]

I believe part of the problem is due to the way they X10 implemented the rating system.  People familiar with eBay click on the rating number to access the underlying feedback.  I actually incremented an unhelpful myself before I found out this system just increments the number.  That unhelpful was on X10's "Deal News", and I wanted to find out why anyone would have a problem with special offers.

The bottom line is I believe the many of the "unhelpful" counts come from eBay users unfamiliar with this rating system.  They mean nothing.

Jeff

[Dan Lawrence]

My biggest gripe is I've got 41 negatives and never a PM as to why.  How can the be reset to zero?

[Walt2]

How can the be reset to zero?

Walt -> Walt2   

[MichaelC]

My biggest gripe is I've got 41 negatives and never a PM as to why.  How can the be reset to zero?

An administrator can reset the number, as can some of the other permission levels. I don't imagine that there's anyone left at X10 who has the access, knows how, or cares at this point. Almost makes me wish I had set this account as admin before I left...

[KDR]

They can be reset by admin and they can also be identified as to who gave them. Admin very seldom will share this info and I agree with that policy.

Maybe what needs to be done is reset everyones counts and we all start from zero again.

^{----------------KDR}

[Tuicemen]

I don't imagine that there's anyone left at X10 who has the access, knows how, or cares at this point.

As soon as we get someone that takes an interest in the forums from X10 they all of a sudden stop working for X10!

Almost makes me wish I had set this account as admin before I left...

I wish you had too!

They can be reset by admin and they can also be identified as to who gave them. Admin very seldom will share this info and I agree with that policy.

Maybe what needs to be done is reset everyones counts and we all start from zero again.

Resetting does no good just ask Dan!
The Karma plug-in could be valuable but not in its current state! 
I wish the X10 Brass could see that!

[jtykal]

Anyone who has spent ANY time at all on this forum knows who the HELPFUL users are and who the self-important nitwits are -- you don't need numbers to tell you that. I, for one, have learned to completely ignore the ramblings of certain users -- especially those with authoritative sounding user names. 
Personally, I'd like to see the negative numbers go away and just keep the positives.

[Walt2]

I think the numbers should be "per post", and not "per user".

IMHO, the numbers should be an indication of whether an answer (or many times a simple educated guess) helped or not. 

Many times, if one uses the search function, you will find several replies/answers.  It would be nice to know which ones ended up working, and which ones didn't.

[Tuicemen]

Tuiceman Calm down way ARE you worrying about you -17, how come no one worries about my -79 (guess estimation after this post)

Actually I don't Give a dam about the negatives!
This post was started for members like your self that get dinged without any apparent cause, and you have no Idea why!
Create to explain some of the reasons why! And an attempt to generate some user involvement!
Unfortunately this thread has gone off topic and users have stopped posting Why they give\gave Unhelpfuls!
Hopefully it gets back on track!
I'll edit my original post to reflect the reasons users have/do post!

[zach1234]

Thanks Tuiceman, some people do it out Of spite too. I recommend only posting what your sure works not was x10 says.

[Tuicemen]

I've received a few PMs on this subject and I've decided a Poll may help those with high unhelpful counts see where they are coming from!
Here's your chance to be unanimous (again) and say WHY without drawing attention to yourself!
If you have another reason Post or PM me and I'll see about adding it!

Reviewing your old posts and editing offending material/bad addvice won't reset your unhelpful but may stop the number from climbing! I've suggested this to a number of users in PMs of which only one has actually did anything! So watch the poll  and the results!

[Knightrider]

Sorry to take so long to get on this one, but I've been very busy.  Yes, Tuicemen, I have read this and talked to you, but not posted.
To answer the burning question, here are my reasons for dinging:
1) Advice from those who know nothing about the subject (B.S.)
2) People just spitting back info from the wiki without quoting it as such (M.S.) [more of the same]
3) Posters who just like to tell us they have no problems in the same situation without offering any help at all. (P.h.D)
                                                                                                                                                   [piled higher and deeper]
        (They're just wasting space on the forums, or trying to increase a post count)