My share of thoughts on the reputation system.....
Personally i do utilize the reputation system to the point it was taken offline...
And i had positive repped quite a number of members for their contribution to the club/forum...
not on how much they've spent on modding but based on how helpful was the mod to the club/forum/car...
and of course on how constructive/informative are the posts on the forum...
No negative reps given out by me so far.....
If i remember correctly members like SC999, Johnson Lam, Tango, RyanS, Mildse7ens were rep leaders right before the system was taken offline... (sorry if i din mention some cos i cant remember all)
Which i believe all of u would agree that they all deserve to be reputation leaders....
In view of their contribution/assistance/helpfulness to our club/forum...
Another point to ponder is this reputation system was up and running since February 2009...
With good feedbacks and no problems until recently when it became a big issue...
I believe the only problem the system encountered was when Pyro got 167 positive reps due to some technical problems where 1 rep was continuously added until 167....
The rep system was not moderated/monitored as terion had mentioned...
and running of the system was left in the good hands of our fellow forummers...
Every system will have its pros and cons, as well as its flaws.....
Whether or not the system will benefit members will depend on how the members utilize the system...
Exploitation and taking advantages of the system via its loopholes is the reason that brought to the suspension of the system indefinitely....
and in the process also brought disharmony, dissatisfaction, anger and arguement among fellow forummers....
This defeats the purpose of the reputation system...thus it was removed indefinitely....
And please correct me if i m wrong....
Lancerzone is a car forum, and LGTC is a car club...
But forums are made active by MEMBERS (human), and car clubs are run by MEMBERS (human)...
U might be driving a STOCK Lancer, but that does not mean u cannot become LGTC president...
U might be driving a heavily-modded Lancer, but that does not mean u are above the R&R of the club and forum...
It's not just about Lancer, it is also about friendship, about sharing, and respecting each other...
That's all i have to say about the reputation system....