LOL's WOW's and Wisdoms

Wolfetone

I know I'll probably be castigated/ridiculed but can I ask a few really (possibly) stupid questions?

I see references to people moaning about LoL's etc.

I always thought that you would award someone a 'Lol' because they'd said something genuinely humorous or funny. I am beginning to realise after all these four years that it's actually the opposite and that it's a mark of ridicule and shame?

I take it that frets = posts

That a wisdom = a wise answer

I also went onto my profile and see a number of badges and percentages. What do these mean?

Sorry for the newbie style post but I couldn't hold it in any longer...I yearn to know.

Can someone give me the run down once and for all?

Blaendulais

I LOL'd you but it wasn't disrespectful or being humorous.  It was me being a wanker.

mart

Lol could be genuine laughter or mocking laughter, that’s just how it goes.
Frets = #lols + #wisdoms + #wows - #facepalms.

JAYJO

If your funny you get a lol
If your not funny you can also get a lol
But if your thick a fck you wont get a wis but! 
you may very well get a Wow!.
Either way you cant lose.
What do points make?
Worse case scenario you get ignored!! Feels like a Tumble weed right in the kipper, Ive had plenty of experience of that I can tell you. Infact ive probably just killed your thread. soz.......

TTony

Wolfetone said:

I take it that frets = posts

No, frets is the total of your Lols, Wows & Wisd's awarded by other people.

Posts is the number of posts you've made.

Lols are sort of dual purpose nowadays, being both positive (ie funny) and negative (ie stupid).  In the old days, there was a 4th fret type - facepalms.  Those were (as the name might suggest) intended to be the "stupid" indicator.  Facepalms had a negative impact on your fret count, so 3 lols + 4 wows + 20 facepalms would give you a score of -13 (+3+4-20).

But some people couldn't handle that, and we had to remove the facepalm fret-type, hence Lols now being  dual purpose.

Wolfetone said:

I also went onto my profile and see a number of badges and percentages. What do these mean?

The badges are pretty pointless tbh, created by the forum software to show how many frets you've been awarded.  Get 50 lols, get your 50-lol-badge, etc.

The %s just show the split of your fretcount by the % awarded to each fret-type.

p90fool

They do serve a further purpose. If you find yourself near the top of the weekly frets chart (and you're not a valued technical contributor) you really need to have a rethink about what you're doing with your life. 
   

Wolfetone

Thanks for the explanation. I genuinely thought that Frets=posts.

vasselmeyer

Apparently, I'm more wise than funny. I'm in two minds about whether it should be the other way around.

Wolfetone

and I thought that @ICBM spent far too much time on the forum to get that post count....

stratman3142

p90fool said:

They do serve a further purpose. If you find yourself near the top of the weekly frets chart (and you're not a valued technical contributor) you really need to have a rethink about what you're doing with your life. 
   

Great. I like that perspective . Have a genuine Wis.

Fretwired

Lols are often used to ridicule someone .. I get loads on the Brexit thread .. a badge of honour .. :-)

RandallFlagg

p90fool said:

They do serve a further purpose. If you find yourself near the top of the weekly frets chart (and you're not a valued technical contributor) you really need to have a rethink about what you're doing with your life. 
   

I made it to the top of the charts once, after a tactical and deliberate assault on the forum to prove a point, but haven't darkened the doorway since. I feel ashamed and sickened by my actions and forum posts. I am a shallow idiot.

TTony

RandallFlagg said:

p90fool said:

They do serve a further purpose. If you find yourself near the top of the weekly frets chart (and you're not a valued technical contributor) you really need to have a rethink about what you're doing with your life. 
   

I made it to the top of the charts once, after a tactical and deliberate assault on the forum to prove a point, but haven't darkened the doorway since. I feel ashamed and sickened by my actions and forum posts. I am a shallow idiot.

And this ^^^ is called "fret-whoring".

Bridgehouse

RandallFlagg said:

p90fool said:

They do serve a further purpose. If you find yourself near the top of the weekly frets chart (and you're not a valued technical contributor) you really need to have a rethink about what you're doing with your life. 
   

I made it to the top of the charts once, after a tactical and deliberate assault on the forum to prove a point, but haven't darkened the doorway since. I feel ashamed and sickened by my actions and forum posts. I am a shallow idiot.

You don't need to launch a deliberate assault on the forum. Nor do you need a high post count to top the chart. You just need to post something genuinely funny or wise...

not_the_dj

I got 20+ frets for a joke in TTonys Kestrel thread.....am I very proud of myself today. 

m_c

Bridgehouse said:

RandallFlagg said:

p90fool said:

They do serve a further purpose. If you find yourself near the top of the weekly frets chart (and you're not a valued technical contributor) you really need to have a rethink about what you're doing with your life. 
   

I made it to the top of the charts once, after a tactical and deliberate assault on the forum to prove a point, but haven't darkened the doorway since. I feel ashamed and sickened by my actions and forum posts. I am a shallow idiot.

You don't need to launch a deliberate assault on the forum. Nor do you need a high post count to top the chart. You just need to post something genuinely funny or wise...

Neither of those explain your frets..

Bridgehouse

m_c said:

Bridgehouse said:

RandallFlagg said:

p90fool said:

They do serve a further purpose. If you find yourself near the top of the weekly frets chart (and you're not a valued technical contributor) you really need to have a rethink about what you're doing with your life. 
   

I made it to the top of the charts once, after a tactical and deliberate assault on the forum to prove a point, but haven't darkened the doorway since. I feel ashamed and sickened by my actions and forum posts. I am a shallow idiot.

You don't need to launch a deliberate assault on the forum. Nor do you need a high post count to top the chart. You just need to post something genuinely funny or wise...

Neither of those explain your frets..

True. 

But they do explain yours.

richardhomer

RandallFlagg said:
I made it to the top of the charts once, after a tactical and deliberate assault on the forum to prove a point, but haven't darkened the doorway since. I feel ashamed and sickened by my actions and forum posts. I am a shallow idiot.

Drivel

EricTheWeary

Wolfetone said:

Thanks for the explanation. I genuinely thought that Frets=posts.

IIRC on musicradar* it showed your post count. 



* for anyone who doesn’t know ( in brief) MR ran a forum and closed it and refugees from there started this forum. 

Dominic

People who use Lol to ridicule somebody's opinion are weasley,snipey twats ........if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all or post a contrary opinion of rational and explained reason
Lol means laugh out loud... not snear behind your hand like a schoolkid.....perhaps if we had a SBYH it wouldn't get used very much.

AlexC

Just go with the flow. LOLs or WIS’s are nothing to fret about anyway.