Remove Rep from the forums

[Jumpy]

honestly even if we all agreed to the rep system being bad, what would we be able to do about it

like, do we have anybody that could just make it go poof, or would we all just magically make a new forums without it because the red/green was triggering us all

Rep can be disabled and was disabled for months.
Rep can be invisible as well.
For literal months the only person with rep was Jesse because I console'd my way into giving her rep just to see if I could.

That being said Avee is right. Rep is for dopamine. Rep is to know that you've written something people thought was funny, relevant, or valid. Rep is to know who hates you OOCly when all they give are shallow downvotes without ever giving you an upvote even if they actually like your post. Rep is a social tool.

Rep is the best discrete, yet visible way to be told your idea sucks or that it's great.
Rep can be used to make jokes.
Rep can be used to make people smile.

It's a system that allows both a soft disapproval without the need for any comment and a roaring approval with just a click.

The reputation system is more than mere imaginary internet points, it's a social construct allowing for better hindsight and insight at once.



or maybe i'm just saying all that because i really like seeing my number go up