09-04-2011, 10:43 PM
Billy, there's a good reason why you're account was banned. Even if that happened it would be considered reputation abuse, which is mentioned somewhere in the rules post Omni made. Report the person to a mod and problem solved. If this was added it wouldn't be a big deal, not too many people with 500+ posts right now, even though if the forum was to get bigger this could be reconsidered. Although I think Omni just wants to keep this a supportive forum.
Those who don't deserve a positive rep, won't get one, and those who do, will. Simple rule to go by, and it would cause less disputes through the reputation system for staff to deal with (one of the reasons I heard Omni mention as to why he didn't include negative reputation before). Giving out a negative reputation only causes problems, and really the reputation system is still as efficient without it. However, now we don't have a way to tell the average no-rep people from the people that deserve to be recognized as a bad member of the forum.
Instead I think it would be better to make all warning levels visible.
Those who don't deserve a positive rep, won't get one, and those who do, will. Simple rule to go by, and it would cause less disputes through the reputation system for staff to deal with (one of the reasons I heard Omni mention as to why he didn't include negative reputation before). Giving out a negative reputation only causes problems, and really the reputation system is still as efficient without it. However, now we don't have a way to tell the average no-rep people from the people that deserve to be recognized as a bad member of the forum.
Instead I think it would be better to make all warning levels visible.