Personally I prefer the Reputation as a measure of one's helpfulness/popularity on DaniWeb, and truthfully I haven't paid much attention since the introduction of the Up/Down Voting system. But lately one thing is starting to bug me about it - if someone up/down votes a post, it is completely anonimous and no reason need be given. I would prefer someone tell me why they like/dislike one of my posts so that I can either debate their response or learn from their point of view. Honestly, can anyone put forward a reason as to why such a "feature" was implemented when we already had the perfectly acceptable reputation feature? I know this has kind of been done to death, but I am still yet to be convinced of its purpose or value.
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Jump to PostThe only thread I got negative, in my honest opinion, are from idiots to put it mildly. And I get down graded? The reputation and power to change reputation is really beyond my ability to understand.
I don't really see your problem. You have 9 positive rep posts and only …
Jump to PostSee, I ain't sew dumm...
Jump to PostTake what cscgal said to heart -- ignore rep. It really means nothing.
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If it really means nothing - scrap it. Pleeeaaazzee. If something is in your face, it's difficult to ignore.
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Walt/Dave/Vern - yep me too - variable rep points good idea. Or, just …
Jump to PostWould it be an idea to have a poll/vote on whether to keep voting (up/down) system? A number of options could be included. Whatcha think?
Best solution IMO: scrap both rep and voting and give mods more power to remove useless and factually incorrect posts (which are the main reason …
Jump to PostAnd also give them the power to be able to ban users with spammy sigs! That ReplicaWatches thing is really annoying me :S
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We should start a petition +0
Will Gresham
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Agreed +0
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