Reputation system: stay or go

Hasn't added anything to my experience of this site. Seems like a waste of time to me.

Rep points and post counts mean so little that starting a poll and a thread is already expending way too much energy on the subject. I'd just leave it and if people whine, turn a deaf ear.

You're just copying and reposting now, huh? NEGATIVE REP POINTS FOR YOU!

j/k

Keep it. Let others worry about it and actually expand energy whining if they want but now having a poll and discussing it is actually making it worse. It deserves to exist but be allowed to fester irrelevantly in perpitude.

I use it as measure of how good a member is as opposed to just how many posts that they have.

I use it as measure of how good a member is as opposed to just how many posts that they have.


Now that's the most insightful comment yet. I think you should be awarded positive rep points for that.

I really enjoy this board. Just been too busy to have the chance to post.
I'd recommend doing what is makes life easier for the mods. Either way
won't cause any heartburn.

I've never used it, which means keeping it is fine by me. I keep track of my own reputation system when I peruse The Warpath. Consistently good posters, not the Pam Anderson type, leave a much larger literary imprint in my mind than the not-so-good-posters but I still read everybody's post regardless...except Smootsmack's 'cuz he's a meanie.

I use it but I really wouldn't care if it stayed or went, there are both positives and negatives for both options but it's really not that big of a deal since most of the "best" posters know each other anyways.

Some people use it but some don't. If it's a headache to the mods then take it away, since it's not really benefiting us that much anyways. It's a nice way to recognize someone for how much they contribute to the site but it's not gonna matter if we don't use it.

I'm not sure its purpose is fully understood. Or even that people know how to use it. I've gotten negative rep points with a comment saying "Great job. I totally agree" and positive ones saying "You're a jerk" (Herschel Walker gives me rep points :) )

That said, I say keep it. We just need a better understanding of how/why to use it

yeah, i never really use it or look at it so i say it may as well go, but its not big for me either way