Originally Posted by Punki
There are a lot of really happy, confident folks in the world who really do try every day to make the world a brighter, happier place for everyone they encounter. They help people when they can, and spread cheer wherever possible. I suspect that those folks will post only positive (and probably identified) comments. I have received a lot of these and thank all of you who posted them.
Are you saying that people who give negative feedback are unhappy people?
Originally Posted by Punki
There are other folks who appear to derive some sort of odd pleasure out of tearing people down. When I identify this trait in another FlyerTalker, I place him/her on my ignore list.
I commend you for that, but what does this have to do with the reputation feature?
Originally Posted by Punki
I suspect that those are the same folks who post negative (anonymous) comments inother peoples reputations--I received a few of these the first day and have asked Randy to identify the posters.
If Randy does this for you, I
expect that he will do this for anyone who asks. That is more of a slippery slope that anyonymous ratings.
Originally Posted by Punki
The good news is that I suspect that those comments have come from the very folks whose opinions don't make it on my charts.
Then why do you want these people identified?
Originally Posted by Punki
The reuptation feature can be a positive addition to FlyerTalk if handled responsibly and, yes, I do think that randomly spreading cheer, even through the S.P.A.M. conga line, makes the world a little bit better place.
You are being inconsistent. Either the feature is positive or it is not. If I am reading this paragraph correclty, you are stating that the reputation feature is OK, as long as all comments are positive. That simply makes the feature a High School popularity contest.