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Due to excessive abuse, targeting by off site cliquesђ and the overall nasty tone of the forums in the last few months due to the above actions, the reputation system will be disabled in the morning.
It is unfortunate that the system has been abused on the level in which it has been abused, because the tool itself is very useful and informative in other venues.
Hopefully, with the removal of this aspect, we can get back to being supportive!
Feel free to post your questions, if youd like.
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The rep thing is one of the reasons (in addition to the GLBT fiasco) that made me migrate to the other site. It did start to feel like 6th grade here. :mad: I'm so glad to see that part gone. If somebody likes your post, they should just post a msg. saying so. If they don't like it, they can post that, too. Snotty rep comments like "You have no clue!" do nothing to improve the dialogue on this site. :rolleyes:
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Jessiedo
Why paint a scarlet letter on someone when they may not have expressed themselves well, or just because a select few didn't like them or carried grudges. SO glad it's gone! Very good decision!! Hope it's permanent!
I don't think it would have been so bad if it automatically showed who posted it.....I think they are just cowards....those who would post bad comments and then not even have the guts to sign their name.
Plus.....if it did show who sent it....you caould tell if it was just one person targetting you...and you could report it or ignore that person if you wanted to.
Kate1129
... and the mass exodus that followed
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Somehow I missed this as well!
The one thing I really liked about the rep points is that when you saw a post from someone you didnt know (I tend to hang out in the same places so I dont always meet ya all!) you saw from the rep points how active they were.
If I read a kind of disturbing post from someone with no points, I usually just brushed it off (newbie, troll, etc). If I saw someone with lots of points post the same thing, I would probably reply because maybe this warrents further discussion.
Too bad it was being misused.
And I've been playing nice all this time for nothing! ;)
Christina
I know I am coming into this discussion late...it's because I stopped posting here regularly after the reputation points system began. Felt really bored today so I thought I'd lurk, and those boxes were gone. I came to this forum to discover why. And I say....
HOOOOOORAY!
That "system" completely ruined my experience here. I don't post my support to someone to get a green box...and I don't want support from someone who is being insincere either.
It made me uncomfortable with speaking my mind because whatever I said could be not only disagreed with, but invalidated by someone with more "power" than me. In some cases, power they garnered by not being real.
It made this place seem like some kind of a cult, so I left. And so, I hope that rep system is gone, and I hope it NEVER comes back.
Vent over.