Well, the rep meter is gone, I see no farther reason to discuss it.
Can a admin/mod please close this thread?

-LASF

See, this summer I haven't been getting up before 1:30 in the afternoon because my schedule is ridiculous like that.  The good news is that I'm in chat far too much after somewhere around mid-afternoon.

Ok. Do we have ranks here? almost like the rep meter just not numbers and that... ? say, you posted that many helpful posts and then the mods like "upgraded" your rank? that would´ve been really cool!

That sort of already exists. Prove yourself to be mature and you get into the Community forum (the "off-topic" forum of the site). That's a good incentive to buck your ideas up, I don't think having your title changed to 'Good Member' isn't particularly interesting.

Here's sort of what I mean by this.
http://www.bricksinmotion.com/forums/to … a-partner/
I've even found myself making more and more pointless posts without thinking about it. I think it's some subconcious thing that we will make better posts AUTOMATICALLY if there is a reward or penalty. Like, Pavlov's dog, maybe? Am I thinking of the right thing?
Anyway...

$0.02

Yeah, the connection there is tenuous at best.

Honestly, I don't have a huge problem with that thread other than the fact that the grammar failings make it difficult to read. All I saw out of the reputation system was a bunch of people whining about their reputations; wanting their reputations to become better- not with the goal of becoming a more helpful poster, but rather so they could feel better about themselves. If the outcome between the two scenarios had been similar, I wouldn't have minded, but I saw no noticeable increase in post quality to compliment the complaints.

I have seen no difference in posts since the cafe corner was removed or when the rep meter was placed/ taken away.

I think a like/dislike button (and no reputation thing) would be a good thing. Either that or a karma system, where you can give or take karma, but your name is visible, and you have to state why you gave/took points in order to do it.

The Trip - BRAWL 2012

It's gone.

I did rather dislike it for the most part. But I still feel slightly sad that me having the third highest reputation on this site is gone. xD

Haha, oh well.