When you are in ban appeal the top bar says don't contribute to threads unless you have evidence to offer. I know the ratings mean nothing to just about anyone who REGULARLY uses the forum, but I do notice that anyone who appeals whether they are right or wrong gets a bunch of dumb ratings.
As someone who only started regularly playing on skial/posting on forums after an admin abused his power on me, and I appealed, I felt welcome to continue posting/continue playing on the servers based on the help I was provided. I am not sure if I would have stuck around if I got a bunch of troll/dumb ratings for simply defending myself as a completely new forum user.
I just don't see the value in it other than to potentially bait someone who is already upset into screwing up their appeal (if it's legitimate of course).
As someone who only started regularly playing on skial/posting on forums after an admin abused his power on me, and I appealed, I felt welcome to continue posting/continue playing on the servers based on the help I was provided. I am not sure if I would have stuck around if I got a bunch of troll/dumb ratings for simply defending myself as a completely new forum user.
I just don't see the value in it other than to potentially bait someone who is already upset into screwing up their appeal (if it's legitimate of course).