It really does get to me how someone who is "Freshmeat" and needs people to rate them up can see anyone who is a V.I.P. as fair game to rate at the lowest rating to bring them down.
If they really wnated our help at movinjg up; then they would let us know that.
I have been on here for just over 9 months, and never had a problem with anyone on here who wanted to move up, with one other exception; I rated the woman a 10, and she felt she should of had an 11, so she went back and re-rated me a 1 and then locked out her account so I could not retaliate.
I have come a long way since then, and have done pretty good under the circumstances (a month moving from Japan to San Diego, then four and a half months underway in San Diego). It has not been easy getting to where I am now; there are others on herer who are way past where I stand now in the ranks, who came onboard around the same time as I did.
As a community we have always taken care of are own, and invited like minded people to join our community. A few slip in who are not like us, and have a different attitude as to how people should be rated, and who should be rating who.
As a community, the majority of us do not beg for ratings; people rate us because they agree with our content, and see us as a potential friend who can help them to improve their status. The only ones who down grade us are the haters who think this community is trash (Anarcho as an example).
Too many people have worked very hard to get this community where it is now for it to be soiled by discontented people who do not agree with the way we do things. My example is real; they do not desire to go from freshmeat to a higher ranking; they see us (V.I.P.'s, and other older members) as a 1, and no more.
When will people ever learn, not to bite the hand that feeds you??
