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RE: Treat the forum like a real community
It really needs to be better understood that reputation on this forum is not an important criteria of life quality.
In my time with this community (well over a year), I have noticed that certain members seem to habitually neg-rep newcomers, over relatively minor things new members are bound to do before they learn better. Greater restraint in that area would be helpful; at least, I would suggest sending a private message first, to anyone you are contemplating for a negative reputation. People shouldn't care about reputations, but they do -- let's try to not alienate anyone before they've had a chance to do something positive.
Where the reputation system really shines is controversial personalities. I will refrain from naming anyone, but these are the characters that seem to have a negative for every two positives, and still end up with a higher positive reputation than most. They polarize the community, and for the most part, this is good.
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