I posted the following originally on April 5th and nothing has changed since;
To be honest I am ambivalent about the reputation ability on FT to change members perceptions of other posters. At the same time though I am not ambivalent about abusers of FT in any manner.
Will having reputation available or not raise or lower the abusers ability? I think not. Will having a high or low reputation change my perception of one's post?
Realize that my opinion will be different on what the reputation of someone should be - after all I have a different life experience and will most surely come to a different conclusion than some. (Have to admit sometimes I agree with others.)
Simply put it is not going to matter to me one iota if someones reputation is high, low, on or off. They are going to have to continue to post in a manner that I find reputable for me to find them reputable.
I did try a couple of small experiments during the past month.
In case one I dinged a poster who IMO opinion their post are on the verge of being troll-like. Turns out it did not make one bit of difference the person still posts troll-like.
In a couple of other cases I gave green marks (blings?) to several posters and they still continue to post in a manner that I find reputable.
What I do find amusing on reading all these threads is that I am certain that posters in the discussion must have other certain posters on their ignore lists because they for sure do not read what the others are telling them and blithely continue posting on and on and on.
Okay so that has always been a big thing with me - just try to post your thoughts on the subject and then let it go - no need to continue to post and post and post - oh wait forgot about the great need to have the last word!
And thanks to the one and only person who gave me a green mark - I hope it was not an error but in almost one month on this subject my thoughts did not change. Some posters post in a reputable manner and some do not and interestedly I enjoy reading the reputable posts even if I disagree with them.