Larian Studios Forums General About this website Respect and what is to be a lamb...

Just my subjective opinion:
Rating - thumbs, stars, lambs, nutty squirrels, jester caps, tigers, dots etc - display hierarchy. Is this wished here on the board?

Another thing: we've got 48 hrs time limit on editing - so even if a controversial post/topic is deleted or modified by the poster, the graphical display will remain - a sort of stigma.

And I highly disagree that a certain amount of posts makes a member here inevitably "respected". Quantity is not quality IMO.

Please, keep this in mind: A community is a group, determing group pressure, dynamics. So, howling with the croud would not make me respectable IMO. Uttering a different (singular) opinion and defending it is freedom of thoughts/speech... [color:"yellow"]Edit: IF not intended as a personal attack, of course[/color] - I fear rating would cramp this.

If I knew an antidote helping against spam/trolling... I'd propagate it - I don't consider a graphic display or additional tiny icons would be one.
Kiya

If majority should take up Egin's suggestion - I suggest the possiblity to switch off display in personal settings then.