i'm not on the forums much, and many of you may not recognize me at all. i'm certain that my moderator status is a result of my journalisitc contributions, since i'm not in here regularly enough to be effective, however i do have this to say:
i was excited for the first couple of days when the rep system started, looking around for worthy users to +1. i think i may have given out 2 or 3 rep points in those couple of days, and not one since then. not because i didn't think anyone deserved them, but because i thought it was a waste of time.
i've pm'd the occasional user to compliment them on a spectacular photo for example, (that they would have had to take themselves, as compared to finding one.)
I strive to do the best job i can at work for my own satisfaction. of course we all appreciate compliments and praise, etc for a job-well-done, but we don't expect to walk around with green squares floating above our heads showing the world how big our egos can get. a mature, intelligent person should be able to form their own opinion of another user within a few threads, if not a few posts.
my honest opinion would be to continue without any reputation system whatsoever. i will form my opinion of people by their comments or actions, not by what any other user has supposedly thought of their 'cool photo-chop of a lada niva'. on that note, i've formed some interesting opinions after reading all 320 posts in this thread, and i didn't need a rep system for that.
Last edited by <AAA-MOD>; 09-19-2004 at 11:29 PM.
aka: Rob Clements, Ultimatecarpage North American Correspondent
"big durango", formerly known as the "MEDIA MASTER", (title now belonging to Matt)