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Old 08-29-2007, 05:43 PM   #13
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Re: Rep - Public or not?


I think it matters just enough that it should be removed.

It is never a good idea to give people tools to harass people. Even if it is minor, it adds to a general culture of harassment that is negative and certainly bad for the forum.

Also, you will have people who will get disgruntled over some aspect of the system and then let that bleed over into their posting behavior. That hurts the quality of the discussions.

It adds absolutely nothing.

At a minimum, it has potential of real negative effects.

That makes it a lose-lose imho.

As someone else noted, I think it is one of those things that forum software writers throw in just because they can, and it gives them a feature they can list they support.
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