Reputation system..

[Karibou]

Originally Posted by androb4

Do you use it? Is it useless? Helpfully? And important part of CD maybe?

I use it to provide feedback on posts, positive or, rarely, negative. It's a lot more simple to give rep than send a PM and have to link to the post I have comments on. Also used sometimes if I find a post incredibly funny.

It's very nice to log on and see a "made me laugh!" or "excellent point" bit of rep on a post I've made. Everyone enjoys compliments in real life, and receiving positive rep gives me the same feeling. It's nice to have reassurance that someone took time to read your post and didn't think it to be absolute garbage.

Originally Posted by androb4

Does it change the way you look at someone? Why?
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I am curious because about how people see me because of my low rep.

Personally, I don't even pay much attention to the dots. When viewing someone, I look at their post quality above all else. If they're putting out very constructive posts and contributing to discussion, but have low rep, I make it a point to give them a bit, because they deserve it. However, if someone has red dots under their post count, it tends to catch my eye pretty quickly.