Here, I will suggest an addition to forum statistics. It is not easy to do I guess, but I hope it will be worth it. I have mentioned in *maybe a new design* post that here in Estonia on forums we often have respect counter. I have visited one of such sites and here I will describe it's system. I think it is good, it is working well and it is keeping people from acting not nice.
There is post count as it is here. Under the post count there is another count, which counts raspect. On the scale from 1 to 10 in stars. It means how other members of this forum rate this member, if he knows and understands the atmosphere and rules of this forum. Yes, this count is subjective, but it shows how respected this member is. It can change over time, especially people should keep away from the *lamb* status (1 star out of 10) which can be gained by spamming and by violating the rules of the forum. You can start to rate others if you have been rated at least 9 times and medium rating of you was 8 or more.
These stars are showing *the contents* of member's posts. The less stars a member has, the more useless posts his fingers are typing. Minimal rate is 1 - lamb, max is 10. Rate is not a life saver it raises and lowers over time together with member's postings.
Rating is done anonymously, it is subjective and it doesn't mean any explanation.
That's it. Please share your thoughts.
