[EricH]

Originally Posted by TimTheGreat

They just have to learn to use their power properly. And hopefully the number of upvotes will greatly outnumber the downvotes (if it's good material)

That's the problem. Some folks just never learn.

Just to continue with the reputation example for a moment: I very rarely give out reputation. Why? Because I've got a lot of "rep power", and can (relatively) easily boost--or demolish--someone's rep points. With that great power comes great responsibility to use it wisely. (Suffice it to say: I've never dished out red reputation, primarily because 47 or more other people have usually beaten me to it.)

CD does have a thread rating system. I can't say I've ever used it, but I'm pretty sure I know how to if I ever decide to.