To the forum or someone being sued, it isn't like the forum is making a promise either way. The forum isn't even calling the rating a feature. I think the only realistic way to look at the ratings and +/- is:
a. When I'm reading through a thread, a particular comment was liked by a few people so it is green.
b. Reading said thread, a particular comment got some red, look out for a possible flame war (this is handy for them mods and us trolls)
c. Reputation: x = This person has made x comments that people have bothered to highlight.
It seems like any conclusions drawn beyond the three observations above are inferences made on theories we may have about the data and should be made by individuals for individual use only. (i.e. using reputation for sales is an individual decision and not something the forum is officially guiding.)
Also, if you wanna know how many posts you did, go to the statistics page in your profile! As of writing, you have 1706 posts Chad... your numbers are skyrocketing this vacation week! Keep it up!
a. When I'm reading through a thread, a particular comment was liked by a few people so it is green.
b. Reading said thread, a particular comment got some red, look out for a possible flame war (this is handy for them mods and us trolls)
c. Reputation: x = This person has made x comments that people have bothered to highlight.
It seems like any conclusions drawn beyond the three observations above are inferences made on theories we may have about the data and should be made by individuals for individual use only. (i.e. using reputation for sales is an individual decision and not something the forum is officially guiding.)
Also, if you wanna know how many posts you did, go to the statistics page in your profile! As of writing, you have 1706 posts Chad... your numbers are skyrocketing this vacation week! Keep it up!