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Posted at 2024-12-24 18:31:36(18Hrs ago) Report Permalink URL

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I can't help but notice how many members there are with thousands upon thousands of "reputation points" that are being generated by "reviews" like - happy holidays, I like your cat pics, thanks for the recipe, here's 5 to buy a sweater, thanks for logging in today, thanks for being my friend, etc. etc. etc.

Really? How are these reviews? These are "comments" that belong on comment boards.
Just my humble opinion.

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Posted at 2024-12-24 19:28:18(17Hrs ago) Report Permalink URL

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Never been a fan of the whole review points system, but then again i'm not really bothered by the way people go about reviewing each other, in most cases they are all like Ferengi's scrambling for latinum.

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Posted at 2024-12-24 20:00:03(17Hrs ago) Report Permalink URL

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Soup wrote:
in most cases they are all like Ferengi's scrambling for latinum.

And now in plain English... Not in trekky terms....

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Posted at 2024-12-24 20:05:53(16Hrs ago) Report Permalink URL

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Mafketel wrote:
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in most cases they are all like Ferengi's scrambling for latinum.
And now in plain English... Not in trekky terms....

Why do the Ferengi still use latinum as currency?

The Ferengi are shown repeatedly to be a somewhat vain group, so the ability to physically display currency, to "flash your cash" if you will, would be very appealing. Having your money as just numbers would give less opportunity to boast.

In order for a fiat currency to work, you have to be able to trust the issuer. I could invent my own currency right now, and legally I could issue it and trade in it, but very few people would actually use my currency because they don't trust me (and as such my currency would be meaningless). The one thing you can say about almost every Ferengi, is that they are untrustworthy. As such, who do you trust to issue the currency? The Nagus cannot himself do that on top of his other duties, and any other Ferengi would abuse the position to consistently. With something like Latinum, you cannot arbitrarily make more, and you don't have to worry about your holdings being suddenly devalued to nothing because the Fiat Issuer of Ferenginar suddenly decided to give himself, and his 100 closest associates, a massive one time issuance of currency.

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Posted at 2024-12-24 20:11:34(16Hrs ago) Report Permalink URL

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vtwin88cube wrote:
Mafketel wrote:
Soup wrote:
in most cases they are all like Ferengi's scrambling for latinum.
And now in plain English... Not in trekky terms....
Why do the Ferengi still use latinum as currency?

The Ferengi are shown repeatedly to be a somewhat vain group, so the ability to physically display currency, to "flash your cash" if you will, would be very appealing. Having your money as just numbers would give less opportunity to boast.

In order for a fiat currency to work, you have to be able to trust the issuer. I could invent my own currency right now, and legally I could issue it and trade in it, but very few people would actually use my currency because they don't trust me (and as such my currency would be meaningless). The one thing you can say about almost every Ferengi, is that they are untrustworthy. As such, who do you trust to issue the currency? The Nagus cannot himself do that on top of his other duties, and any other Ferengi would abuse the position to consistently. With something like Latinum, you cannot arbitrarily make more, and you don't have to worry about your holdings being suddenly devalued to nothing because the Fiat Issuer of Ferenginar suddenly decided to give himself, and his 100 closest associates, a massive one time issuance of currency.

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Posted at 2024-12-24 20:20:30(16Hrs ago) Report Permalink URL

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You seem to get those weird reviews as well....

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Posted at 2024-12-24 20:31:36(16Hrs ago) Report Permalink URL

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Mafketel wrote:
You seem to get those weird reviews as well....

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I know, it's a shame I had to start a thread just to get some latinum (oops), I mean reputation points :_:-)

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Posted at 2024-12-24 20:34:22(16Hrs ago) Report Permalink URL

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vtwin88cube wrote:
Mafketel wrote:
You seem to get those weird reviews as well....

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I know, it's a shame I had to start a thread just to get some latinum (oops), I mean reputation points

It works... So nice going... 🤣 🤣 🤣

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Posted at 2024-12-24 21:08:53(15Hrs ago) Report Permalink URL

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I Woke 2day Like I Do Everyday n Found Myself Dead. :_B)

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Here's a 5er For U All, For Well, Not Being Here 4 Me. :_facepalm

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n Do Take -10 Rep Points Off My Profile N C How Your Soul Feels Over The Holidayz. :_:)

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Posted at 2024-12-24 21:18:19(15Hrs ago) Report Permalink URL

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On H33T Freedom, circa 2010 (R.I.P.), staff would periodically award uploaders "Gold Cups" called "Hot Picks" that were equivalent to "Staff Picks" here on TGx. Rumor has it, they were pure latinum (oops, I did it again (Britney Spears)), I mean pure gold. As you can see in the pics, I received one for Green Day - Greatest Hits 2CD (2008) & another legendary uploader that went by the name of peaSoup received a "Gold Cup" for his magnificent contribution of 'Rainbow - Difficult To Cure (1981)' Ah, those were the days my friends :_pirate

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