Reputation system..

[Al Skierkiewicz]

I give out positive rep when I want someone to know that I think they have done a nice job expressing themselves or supporting a particular line of thinking. I don't remember ever giving out negative rep but I have given neutral rep. I think that is very important for people to know that what they write in the privacy of their room still reaches a lot of people.
I look at stats too. I check how old someone reports themselves to be, how many replies a post has received or how many times a post has been viewed. I don't like to respond to posters who take a hard line and won't listen to anyone else although I have been known to tilt at windmills. I don't like a a person who uses a screen name only and doesn't identify their real name somewhere so they can be addressed properly in a reply. And I really don't like spammers, especially sneaky ones who ask a technical question when they first log on and then spam later.