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Originally Posted by Cyclopea

Hmmmm... the "post count" indicates who talks the most, who posts the most.
Are you saying that reputation points are a second measure of # of post? Because I've seen folks with relatively small or moderate #'s of posts who have high reputation points.

Maybe we could persuade a moderator or admin to explain how rep points are set up here...

Nope, not at all. I personally (since I can only speak for myself here) use the rep feature to chat with folks when what I have to say isn't really long enough for a pm. I'm the Queen of one liners and zingers! So, I'm still talking, whether someone can see me do it or not.

Originally Posted by June

Well, I seem to recall it led to a little "war" and a huge fight. If no one cares how much rep you have, it might interest you all to know that I have both the "Agree" and "Disagree" buttons. One giveth, and one taketh away.

I wonder how much fun that would be for anyone but me.

That's hot.

The giveth and taketh, that is, not the war thing.

Originally Posted by Cyclopea

I personally decided to start a thread to give rep to anyone who wanted it (or anyone who posted in the thread whether it was "for" rep or not). Everyone gets rep regardless of who they are or what they post. All very random and dada and silly.
If there are issues with the reputation point system itself, then that could be discussed, but I don't see how playing around with rep points in a thread where they are given out equally to every poster could be a problem. This thread has a total equality policy as far as my reps go.

Equal opportunity repping is what I do as well (though I didn't have the forethought to create a thread to do it).

Granted, I haven't read through the whole thread, since it's going faster than the time I have available to check all of my threads, but I don't think anyone has an issue, per se, with the rep points. I like them. They make me feel warm and fuzzy and are much cheaper than a therapist.