mdvaldosta

Users can now vote for other user's reputation (by clicking on the scale), and it's weighted by how "important" they are within the forum. It's a nifty feature that allows you to leave feedback about what you think of a persons post. It works like this right now:

• Everyone starts with a reputation of 10
• You can alter other people's reputation by 1 point by default
• For every 365 days of being a member, your altering power increases by 1
• For every 1,000 posts, your altering power also increases by 1
• For every 100 reputation points that other's give you, your altering power increased by 1
• User must have at least 50 posts before they can affect other's reputation
• You must have a reputation of 10 or higher to be able to affect others (it's 10 by default)
• You can alter up to 10 user's reputations per day
• You must alter different user's reputations before you can alter the same user's again (I won't say how many - this is an abuse preventative)

All in all, this is a great way to show people who the helpful folks are, and the troublemakers. If you don't like what someone is saying, or think their post is annoying, or they whine too much - or you found it funny and really helpful - let them know.

It's 100% anonymous. You can leave a note (and your name if you want), though not even super moderators can see who's repping them.