[Dgrif12]

Are you talking about -1 staff apps or -1 on the forum?

The kind of staff app I mentioned (Specifically: http://www.dinklebergsgmod.com/site/thread-1548.html where Burrito Bowl said: 
Don't really see you active in forums, I see you playing sometimes, but I never see you doing reports. A little more time would help rather than just 4 days.
-1) and any other on the forum, so yes (Basically any -1 reps on the forum)

The point of -1 and +1 on staff apps is to say whether you generally approve of their application. People throw in comments as well as the -1 to show what the applicant needs to improve. It let's you as an applicant know what you need to improve on to be the very best. Its a summary not an insult.

Its not just staff apps, its also just for people stating opinions that staff don't like and sometimes being funny.