03-18-2011, 11:28 PM
I could see how the reputation disputes at HF could have got annoying for Staff/Moderators/Admin to take care of. This is a SupportForum however, what would be the point of having -rep to add onto someone when the meaning of the forum is centralized around support?
-rep doesn't mean anything on someone's user account anyway. If they don't deserve a 1 up, then the user won't get one. Judge it accordingly that way.
People can't get annoyed at not getting a rep from someone, whereas they would get annoyed most of the time with a deduction to their rep due to a negative rep. That takes care of that, and then the higher ranked members on the forum don't have to deal with it.
That effort and time could be spend thinking of ways to improve the site instead of wasting it on dealing with "kids fighting in the sandbox." It's basically the same thing. After the dispute is dealt with, no one gets ahead anyway.
-rep doesn't mean anything on someone's user account anyway. If they don't deserve a 1 up, then the user won't get one. Judge it accordingly that way.
People can't get annoyed at not getting a rep from someone, whereas they would get annoyed most of the time with a deduction to their rep due to a negative rep. That takes care of that, and then the higher ranked members on the forum don't have to deal with it.
That effort and time could be spend thinking of ways to improve the site instead of wasting it on dealing with "kids fighting in the sandbox." It's basically the same thing. After the dispute is dealt with, no one gets ahead anyway.