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Originally Posted by Zebra_Fact_Man
I find it funny to me that (with the exception of the guy above me) everyone posting in this thread has like a gajillion bars.
To me, this whole thread is like: "No, I don't pay any attention to the rep system" says the guy who's maxed out the rep system.
I guess it's like money: everybody wants it, but once you have it, you realize it doesn't really matter.
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I have to agree a bit. I have only been in FIRST and on ChiefDelphi a little over a year, and no longer pay much attention to the rep system. But I have to admit that a year ago I did pay a lot more attention to it. Everything was new, I did not know what advice to trust, or when my own posts were on or off the mark, or even what was needed or wanted here. The rep system helped me to understand CD a little better.
I am not a regular poster, but every once in a while a topic comes up where I think I can provide some value. When I do post, I find it often takes quite a bit of time to figure out how to communicate information effectively in a short post. To do a good job you often need to take much longer that you might expect to organize and verbalize a response. I cannot say how good it made me feel as a new member of the forum to find a simple reply like, "I found that useful" in my inbox.
It is not an ideal system. But the crudest tool can often do amazing things in the right hands.