If ratings don’t matter, why can’t I negrate every post I see?

There’s nothing stopping you from doing it actually. Just don’t do it too fast or people will think you’re using a spambot.
You actually can't do that. Several users I am aware of who have done that have had their reaction privileges taken. A user who was giving :winner: still had it removed from them. Maybe they were using a script, they didn't specify.
 
You actually can't do that. Several users I am aware of who have done that have had their reaction privileges taken. A user who was giving :winner: still had it removed from them. Maybe they were using a script, they didn't specify.
But that's because the admin changed that setting, it's an indirect cause of giving the stickers in such a way. If no one cared, or they didn't do it as fast, maybe they would still be fine.

As for direct causes that could impact your ability to give reactions, I'd have to test it on Xenforo, if no one here has done so already.
 
If you do you'll awaken The Sticker Autists. They could be anyone and they have the incredible power to be really fucking annoying and gay. Once you awaken them nothing will stop them from bugging null until he gives yet another pissy sticker rant.
 
It's generally easy to tell when you've posted something that's controversial or generally agreed with, you're usually gonna have a majority positive or negative stickers with a more mixed reception being rare (in my experience), but whenever I post something that gets enough attention with like 20+ positive reactions and then someone rates it dumb without posting in the thread I am always tempted to ask them to explain their perception on it.

Now I know it's actually just someone neg-rating every post they see so I can rest assured my views are flawless and universally agreed upon and any niggling push-back is random and without purpose or merit. Thank you for enlightening me that I need not seek to waste the mental energy to understand the random dredge as my thoughts and opinions are clearly always right.
 
I have maintained a large positive reserve sticker pool so that every controversial or mean thing I feel like saying has no substantial effect on my poz rating whatsoever
 
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