I guess we could look at this as a good thing because now people won't have so many questions about the rep system and will focus more on helping people and not on rep. I know people work hard for their rep and it is a nice insentive for helping people, but still it really is just a distraction. Don't worry about it KoDorSean.
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Absolutely. People will still know who the most helpful are without little green dots. Those members who are helpful and important part of the community will still make an impact and will be known in the forums.
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The post count was removed at one time, but it is back now.
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i miss the reputation system. 
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It was unfair to those who are red-green colour blind.
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Good one, Browny!
Good one, Browny!
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This sucks! I just got my 2nd green dot!
Bah, oh well..
Bah, oh well..
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it's good to see the repp system gone. i've never understood the need for people to worship it like they do on some forums when it means so very little in the scheme of things. it doesn't measure anything besides how popular one can get.
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That's exactly why we got rid of it. Originally it wasn't "worshipped" as it is today, it's turned into one of those my rep is bigger than your rep things.
The same thing happened to post count back in the day and we took that away at one point as well. After a cooling off period there as well, we were able to bring it back and have had relatively no problems with post count worship since then.
I'm hoping long-term that the same can be said of the reputation system. Will it return? Hopefully, but by then I'm hoping people can see they can live their lives without it and that the rep system itself truly doesn't signify someone's worth. Awesome members are still awesome members even without a line of green dots.
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I'll survive without the rep system, but it did help me. I have Asperger's Syndrome. I don't always know how to act socially. I'm not very good at it. I'm blind to social cues. Google Asperger's for some fun if you wish. Rep gave me a direct measure of how I was doing and I checked it often. I considered it a personal achievement that I seemed to somehow do okay here.
I have personal horror stories from the past of doing things I shouldn't have done, saying things I shouldn't have said but had absolutely no clue as to how to act. Virtually all social interactions in which I engage today are guided by internal scripts, corrected constantly. Blunders today are rare, but they happen. There's barely a social situation I attend where I don't ask a trusted individual afterwards if I was okay and if I did anything wrong. Here at Mac-Forums rep mostly served that. It was - and remains - vitally important to me to be a good citizen here.
Until now I have stayed away from discussions regarding rep, as well as MotM type things. On one hand I want to be a member in good standing while I also wish to be essentially invisible. I don't care to be popular or universally loved or anything like that. I just want to be able to come here and not feel I'm a total misfit.
The rep system is gone. Long live the Rep System. So be it. I'll survive. I always do.
I have personal horror stories from the past of doing things I shouldn't have done, saying things I shouldn't have said but had absolutely no clue as to how to act. Virtually all social interactions in which I engage today are guided by internal scripts, corrected constantly. Blunders today are rare, but they happen. There's barely a social situation I attend where I don't ask a trusted individual afterwards if I was okay and if I did anything wrong. Here at Mac-Forums rep mostly served that. It was - and remains - vitally important to me to be a good citizen here.
Until now I have stayed away from discussions regarding rep, as well as MotM type things. On one hand I want to be a member in good standing while I also wish to be essentially invisible. I don't care to be popular or universally loved or anything like that. I just want to be able to come here and not feel I'm a total misfit.
The rep system is gone. Long live the Rep System. So be it. I'll survive. I always do.
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mathogre, that only means you'll get plenty of PMs thanking you for your input in threads!
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mathogre, I consider you a great user here on Mac Forums. I would have never known about your problem if you had not posted it. Hope that helps!
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