LOL!

I like it, but people would now be ranked on their "respect" points, Although respect is better than points, you can't have the level of respect without the points!

Kev

>>If I thought that someone was helping me because they were being helpful, I will give them more respect, than by knowing that they were intercepting every message to increase points.....
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>Hmmmm... "Respect" points. You might be on to something. We could have a 3-tier point system instead. It could be structured something like this:
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>Type of Points      Displayed       Descriptive Exclamation
>------------------  --------------  --------------------------------
>Respect Points      Diamonds        Cool!
>Ordinary Points     Stars           Thanks.
>Obligatory Points   Frowny faces    So sad. You're just begging now.
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>Everyone would still know where to look for the helpful or solution posts, but it would also indicate the subjective impression of the person awarding the points.
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>BTW, everyone relax - this was VERY tongue-in-cheek...
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>Renoir