Originally Posted by ChaseTheMiles
I would actually recommend that Randy reset all the reputations after a month or two, so that we can get out of this trial and error period and start fresh when we have acquire better knowledge and understanding on how best to use reputations.
Perish the thought!
Actually, you were perhaps using it the way it was designed, to express "approval" or "disapproval" of a given post.
However, given some of the fragile egos here (not exempting myself) and competitive personalities (ditto), the approvals seem to have evolved into an approval (or disapproval, for the vindictive in our midst) of a philosophy, ideology, or individual, rather than the mere post.
So keep in mind, one can always select the "approval" button whilst registering disagreement in the "comments" field.