I don't need rep to know that I'm special. My mommy and daddy tell me I'm special every day.

Sure they don't.

Sure they do. Every day, after his mittens are pinned to his coat and he gets on to the small bus to get to school, he's told he's special.

Don't be jealous.

This is why we can't have nice things.

You never saw some of Brazil's threads

Thanks ChiRocker for bringing this Noob up-to-speed.

Yeah. Took me three whole days here to get to 5,000 posts. And boy is my keyboard tired.

Personally I like the fact that rep is hidden and would be fine with keeping the system as it is now. I've heard (now we're getting into urban legend territory) that high rep has been used as a form of making one's point more valid.

What honestly does making the rep system visible on posts do for the realms? Best thing the rep system offers as far as I can tell is a way to send a positive message to someone who made a valid point on a specific topic. Or to thank someone for a timley answer or spoiler. Neither of which need to be publicly displayed.

I think the best thing is to keep rep but keep it hidden. It allows the positive feedback to keep going without turning into a status chase.

For what it's worth, I never saw anything like this. I mean, the top rep folks pre-farming -- KituShel, Rokk, hail_eris...are folks who I've always thought had pretty decent reputations *outside* the numbers.

Frankly, if anyone did try it, the torrent of mockery that would inevitably follow would seem to be counter-productive.

From memory it was in the trade area, and yes the guy got shot down pretty quickly.

Rep always seemed kind of silly. Just by browsing or hanging out on the forums. You can tell whom are the very well respected members are. Be it for their game knowledge or trade reputation. A like feature sounds neat though.

Lime Popsicles?!

I thought they were Suppositories of Kryptonites!

How about you can only receive rep one time from each person?

They can rep you and give you a message but your rep score is the number of people who liked you at least once

Also, disengage rep from mafia games - that right there is the major repflation source

The real JackAssterson is right.

But without rep, I'll probably look at post count or donation status if I want to gauge the importance of a post. Saves me time trying to decipher bad spelling - as spelling seems to improve at around 1,000 posts. (Well, not really, but poor spellers don't last that long.)