With the assistance of Ratchet, the vB God, we've turned off the Reputation system.
We are currently recalculating usergroups. This might impact some folks in an upwards fashion (i.e. their group may increase).
After much discussion, we just came to the conclusion internally that the downsides of the system were not counter weighted with as many upsides as when it was initially instituted. The moderation staff is much larger now than it was then, and we have the infractions system as well.
The old usergroups and permissions/rights are still there, and will still proceed. Just without reputation checks being involved.
We may, later on, work out some way to still high-light the presence and contributions of some posters who are not members of the staff but are worth paying attention to their posts based on their experience and/or past contributions.
If anyone sees what they think is an untowards consequence from having done this, feel free to give a holler on this thread.
We are currently recalculating usergroups. This might impact some folks in an upwards fashion (i.e. their group may increase).
After much discussion, we just came to the conclusion internally that the downsides of the system were not counter weighted with as many upsides as when it was initially instituted. The moderation staff is much larger now than it was then, and we have the infractions system as well.
The old usergroups and permissions/rights are still there, and will still proceed. Just without reputation checks being involved.
We may, later on, work out some way to still high-light the presence and contributions of some posters who are not members of the staff but are worth paying attention to their posts based on their experience and/or past contributions.
If anyone sees what they think is an untowards consequence from having done this, feel free to give a holler on this thread.