I think it's a guide for who pays the most to GOG for the mods to determine who should be banned in a dispute.

Thank you for bringing that up, I wasn't aware of this fact. Perhaps I could do something to circumvent those restrictions to people who have installed this extension.

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Anyone thinking it's actual people doing this is naive. Every single post in the targeted threads gets low rated within minutes (3-4 to be exact), making it quite clear it's just some psycho's or group's pet bot farm, where he/they just mark the threads for downvoting and that's it.

An interesting experiment would be to test just how many bot accounts are in this downvote bot farm. Try to selectively upvote some posts in a marked thread (like this one obviously is) and see just how many it would take to bring a post to neutral. I remember a thread that was targeted once and the bots were struggling for a while to keep the low rated on every post. Some occasionally got back to neutral or even high rated. But then the "owner" just added more bots to the farm and eventually, after a large struggle, managed to secure a "win" for their fragile ego.

I also wonder if talking like this will eventually make me one of the "marked" users. If all my posts suddenly start receiving low rated everywhere, be sure that the "owner" is reading this thread.

Exactly and this is why it shouldn't be taken personally.

Besides GOG (they'd arguably have legitimate interests in downvoting topics they don't approve of), I think anyone else engaging in such automated downvoting endeavors is wasting their time and it is a sad statement about a possible dead-end direction the human condition can take.

Go create an open-source project or contribute to an existing one instead. Make the world better and take some credit for your work while you're at it instead of anonymously engaging in this pointless silliness. The wasted energy in this makes me sad a little.

There should be a forum law that whenever someone expresses that sentiment they forfeit their rep to whoever claims it first. :P

p.s If people are genuinely annoyed by this or scared they are being cyberstalked then there's anti harassment laws in various European countries you could poke gog with.

17:30

Wouldn't it be more effective to write a script that automatically upvotes everone? ,)

You can't...
That is something on the server.

Btw, the Rep system is directly bound to the reporting system.
You want to report, you need to downvote.
You block the ability of downvoting, you lock yourself out from reporting. And if you somehow handle reporting with your script, it simply means you downvote automatically in advance.

And this seems to be the reason GoG does not touch it.
It might need some bigger rework of the forum to change the reporting system.

The Forum Software is a mess anyway. I never have seen a real time chat system used as a not real time "PN"-system anywhere but here.

Ah, and btw.
Don't mix up people taking a look at your script (maybe to find out if you want to scam them with a bad script) with "people being with you in your movement".
Just the word movement...

17:49

That sounds like a better idea.

21:35

Here's a no frills version -- add any of these to your uBlock filters:

! Score
www.gog.com##.xywka
! Stars
www.gog.com##.t_u_stars_p
! Rating menu
www.gog.com##.rate_this_post_h_EN
! High rated
www.gog.com##.post_rate_green
! Low rated
www.gog.com##.post_rate_red

No protest signature, no userscript, just filters.

Out of sight, out of mind. If everyone could easily & equally ignore everything there would be less mental health issues.


If someone doesn't like you, everyone here would rather them just stay out of your way, rather than piss & moan about you every other day.

Honestly, as handy as forums are sometimes, Epic Games Store looking rather simple and just having games without the community and mass overrated reviews.. is rather nice too see... i have 30 games on it and i didn't buy one of em (hell i havn't even played em) but it is tempting to move over too it, as i don't need to ignore the bullshit as it just isn't there.

The first rule of rep club...

Hi TheDcoder,

First of all, thank you for this effort!

Maybe it's me, but the response here so far is negative...
To me that's the biggest problem here: This community is broken.
No, not the infrastructure, not the software, but the people.
And not only the "users" portion of the community but also the moderators and GOG staff.

There is much needed to change the statu quo.
First of all, starting for convincing people. But many love it:
-Some their high rep value "naturally ignoring" the problem from their pedestal
-Some the way they can abuse it
-Some just play the disdain role (Starting for the ones in charge)
-Some just and plain: do not give a sh*t about it
-Etc
-Add to the mix things like incompetence, phobias, traumas, agenda, social misfit, education level, generation, fanboyisms, dogmas etc.
-And finally, apply all the permutations possible

Anyway, one of the permutations is taking you own personal solution
(reason(s) & quality do not matter)
I had the fortune to be advised here
gog.com/forum/general/users_using_blacklisting_scripts_on_this_site_gog_wont_lift_a_finger/post27
by toma85, darktjm & Darvond.
The original instructions are in German by TheHexer_pcg
gog.com/forum/general_de/make_this_forum_great_again_verbesserung_der_personlichen_nutzererfahrung_auf_gogcom/ post1

And as already mentioned, hiding the rep numbers and buttons have implications and does not solve the root cause of the problem.

To me the most disturbing is:
gog.com/forum/mysettings
"Hide posts:with negative rating"

Which renders the -naturally ignore the rep- some spit as ,,avant garde,, argument total-miserably-stupid.
I know, some others know... moderators know... GOG staff know (and declare it without any shame!)
And don't give a sh*t.

But I am not asking you trust me, spend time here and elaborate your own conclusions...
Not only about the blues, but also about individuals, groups, threads, topics, collaboration, synergy, ego volume.
You'll find quality people & ideas despite all the lazy-stupid-sabotages to destroy/censor/disappear.
Make your evaluation, take/offer accordingly, forecast to where this goes...
And/or honestly: build somewhere else -There are more prosperous forums/sites out there, no kidding-
The castle of cards is already falling apart and denial in the middle of misery is a trendy thing here. Just listen.

Meanwhile, you have done more than many jokers here.

I already adopted the symbol on my -Forum "title"-. Awareness.
Thanks again

P.S: I second the -upvote everyone script- request. :)
But be careful and keep it personal, ironically a fierceful witch hunting would come from those that don't give a sh*t to lift a finger to solve the problem... **Plop!**
Curious, isn't it?

How can one even be concerned about one's reputation, when it's based upon being known as an escort nonpareil in Bora Bora.((;--))

I don't even need a script, I just added, "www.gog.com##.post_rate_red" to the filter list of Ublock O.

Sometimes though I wish GOG's forum was a bit more like SA's, with a public rap sheet, thread ratings, and a "best of/hall of fame"/"worst of/shame hall" of threads. And better archives.

And automatic spam patrols.

Basically I'm saying that a website running a hilariously outdated version of vBulletin (Version 2.2.9) (SAVB-v2.2.72) is managing to outdo this forum software.