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Originally posted by MenthiX
Agreed. Reputation is something you build up. You can't know someones reputation from just a few posts.
I don't
completely agree with that.
Not all new members are innocent. Some of them come here knowing full well that they're doing something wrong.
Ban evaders, spammers, advertisers, flamers, porn-link-posters, the list goes on. I actually find it really useful when these people get a bad rep. For one thing, it gives everyone else an easy way to know what's going on. Also, if the dodgy member replies to a support thread, that red number next to his post tells everyone that "this guy probably shouldn't be trusted."
Some boards out there actually auto-ban people based on reputation, which attests to its usefulness as a "troublemaker indicator," IMO.
But feel free to debate...
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