But how would you know how many of the rude points being handed out are actually mentioned? Unless youāre the one handing them out of coarse 
Ok maybe I should say āhalf time I have clicked the rude button the person mentions/complains about their rude markā 
I also see many other times people speak up about rude marks when it wasnāt me, so I canāt be the only one!
On other forums Iām on there is no rude button but youāre not allowed to publicly discuss moderation/removed posts/bans, so that helps keep the threads free from āwhy did this get removed? ā¦ this is not fair ā¦ i did nothing wrong ā¦ who was itā kind of stuff.
Hi everyone,
I understand that itās frustrating when you get an apparently unjustified rudeness point. And the very fact that you care about your rudeness level is an excellent sign that you are indeed a respectful and friendly BLF member.
However, while there is always a small amount of ānoiseā and illegitimate hits on the Rude! button, it is surprisingly free of wide-scale abuse. For example, I have an admin page that shows me the name and rudeness score of all the users that currently have points. Hereās where it stands now (names not shown for obvious reasons):
So there are currently 4 users that got Rude! hits whose points havenāt expired yet. Of those, there is obviously one huge outlier that I already talked to via PM about the problem and will continue to watch to see if changes are made. Two other users in that list made posts that I would also consider to be genuinely rude. And another user in that list participated in a public argument, which always makes you a target for people getting offended. So the current set of Rude! button points is spot-on.
The button in question is labeled Rude!. I had to call it something. But I think people tend to forget that the post on how to use the Rude! button defines rudeness as more than just the typical grumpy, insulting, foul-mouthed post that almost everyone would consider to be rude. Specifically, this rule is often forgotten:
The main BLF Rules also reiterate the same thing very clearly:
So this is where a lot of the Rude! hits come from. Even if the post and/or user is friendly, it is against the rules and considered as rude when somebody participates in an escalating argument or responds to a rude post. So please make a concerted effort to not respond publicly to rude posts. Just drop it, give the grumpy-insulting-foul-obscene user the cold shoulder, and move on, or change the subject with kitten pictures.
Thanks a lot to the vast majority of our users here that really do care about getting along and who are usually friendly and helpful to everyone.
It did something to OP and to me enough that this thread exists.
I like puppies, not kittens!
Marked as Rude! 
I should have know I was opening a can of worms with that one. 
Not necessarily. If continue, then at least people know, and can make and form judgments.
ā¦or hit the Rude! button and let SB deal with it instead! 
Iāve found that everyone truly has different opinions about almost everything. And everyone approaches life differently. Therefore, everyone deals with conflict differently as well. The Rude! button is there for those who wish to use it. And according to SB, it is being effective and not too much abused. If youād rather talk it out in the open, Iād personally say go for it! One of the beautiful things about BLF is that we do have the privilege (and responsibility) to self-moderate. But donāt get caught up in arguments, because those are against the rules, as SB reminded us all just a few posts ago. ^ Remember that āself moderateā means that you must āmoderateā your āselfā not others.
Iām the one with 6 rude marks
Careful, Joshk. You might get a point just for asking thatā¦ O:)
I think the use of the ārudeā flag should require the individual to give a reason.
I win!
Photoshop?
Hah no, I press F12 and edit the html/css
I do know how to photoshop though, itās just a lot more effort and not as genuine as editing the web page itself.
Anyway, thanks for the laugh I have no idea how to do that html/css thingy.
PS - I am now extremely curious about who has 48 pointsā¦
Is that maybe a ātotalā or something?
Maybe itās someone in another thread that I just havenāt been reading?
I have no idea who got 48. At least Iām not the top guy. lol!
I never knew how any of that worked until I started teaching myself html/css.
Fun stuff to trick people with
I donāt think Iāve ever even posted 48 times in 24 hours - ever! So, either the person is being both Spammy AND Rude! or lots of people are marking the same post(s) (indicating that the posts are VERY Rude!).