Reputation Spec: Proposal and Critique

[erlend_sh (Erlend Sogge Heggen)]

What is the reason to not use reputation points?

Can’t we just continue that discussion here? Can you elaborate please? Based on the anecdotal evidence of having participated in many such communities, I think reputation systems have a high tendency to create an involuntary “I’m better than you”-effect, similar in nature to the “IT’S OVER 9000!-post count”. Think the /r/thebutton experiment - a self-formed class society of “Greys” and “Reds” - without the “we’ll all laugh about this afterwards” roleplay factor. It’s borderline creepy somet…