[MikeDubreuil]

Originally Posted by Texan

Please do make the comment required. I find it annoying to recieve a rep (good or bad) and then have no idea what they though was so 'bad' or 'good' about that post. I don't think it would be a huge issue with people putting spaces or random letters in. Many of the people I recieve reps from are people who are people who spend lots of time here and are helpful contributers. I believe that if you forced them to put something in the box, they would take the time to.

Another feature I think would be benifcial is at the top of each post you indicated how many positive or negative points a post received. This would encourage people to give positive points for those that don't alway recieve them. At the same time, it would cut back on someone receiving too many negative points for a post. This could be a check and balance feature to make sure posts aren't receiving unnecessary rep points, for instance chit-chat posts between friends.