Families are giant pyramid schemes.

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thread starter smartguy11 Jul 14 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_scheme Which is why you should start a family in MS instead of joining one.

ranger2962 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Lolz. I dont know how far reputation gain goes down, but if it reallys goes down AS MUCH as a pyramid scheme. Korwyn Must have too much rep to use. O.o

lampard9 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

That's what I thought too when I saw the family thingy. =p

sleepyxdude 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ranger2962 said: "Lolz. I dont know how far reputation gain goes down, but if it reallys goes down AS MUCH as a pyramid scheme. Korwyn Must have too much rep to use. O.o" Nah, you only gain rep as far as your Jr's jr. I'm in Korwyn's family and I have more total rep than him

TimelessMoments 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

ok..........

invadingxyou Jul 14 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

uhm, darling; have you ever heard of NOT using wikipedia. wikipedia can be edited by anyone thats a user of that site creating false information, but whatever. and you gain rep. from your Jr. it doesnt go down.

Durnon Jul 14 2009 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

invadingxyou said: "uhm, darling; have you ever heard of NOT using wikipedia. wikipedia can be edited by anyone thats a user of that site creating false information, but whatever. and you gain rep. from your Jr. it doesnt go down." Wow, are you a total idiot? Wikipedia only accepts edits that are grammatical or have scholarly citations. Any vandalism is corrected automatically.

H8yurguts 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Durnon said: " Wow, are you a total idiot? Wikipedia only accepts edits that are grammatical or have scholarly citations. Any vandalism is corrected automatically." Owch?

MagicSheepz 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Durnon said: " Wow, are you a total idiot? Wikipedia only accepts edits that are grammatical or have scholarly citations. Any vandalism is corrected automatically." Epic fail, a computer doesn't know what's true/false, thats why people EDIT it. so YOU sir are the "total idiot"

gravedigge15 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Durnon said: " Wow, are you a total idiot? Wikipedia only accepts edits that are grammatical or have scholarly citations. Any vandalism is corrected automatically." Lol, use that excuse in school. I dare you.

lumster45 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

MagicSheepz said: " Epic fail, a computer doesn't know what's true/false, thats why people EDIT it. so YOU sir are the "total idiot"" He didn't say a computer did it....I don't think the creators of wikipedia are dumb enough to let an entire site be run by patrons. There has to be some sort of moderator or something patrolling the info.

sleepyxdude 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

MagicSheepz said: " Epic fail, a computer doesn't know what's true/false, thats why people EDIT it. so YOU sir are the "total idiot"" That's why they also have people who watch and monitor everything that gets edited. There may be some things that slip past them and could be false info for a while, but it normally does get corrected within a reasonable amount of time.

Bountyan 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

What difference would it make creating your own family instead of joining one?

XHerculonX 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

invadingxyou said: "uhm, darling; have you ever heard of NOT using wikipedia. wikipedia can be edited by anyone thats a user of that site creating false information, but whatever. and you gain rep. from your Jr. it doesnt go down." lol. How old are you? Once you get to college, you won't be saying that sheit anymore.

roflsaur 07/14/09 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Is this a topic on wikipedia or families ? :o I thought they were pyramid schemes too when I first heard, when you learn the details it really isn't though. Maybe a tiny pyramid scheme :P Your rep only goes to your Sr & his Sr, it doesn't keep going up. For it to be a real pyramid scheme Korwyn would be getting reps from 4.5k+ people, instead of a max of 2 + 4 at 1/2 rate