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<blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 4555129" data-attributes="member: 63763">I've seen it in play for a while on another forum. Basically, people can give you Xp if they agree with your post. Your post count (depending on the system) and your total xp determines how much xp you can give. The idea being the more &quot;respect&quot; someone has, the more their opinion counts in giving other people &quot;respect&quot;. The basic idea is that, over time, someone who makes lots of good points would get lots of XP, and people they feel make good points would get lots of XP, etc ... and thus the various levels can give other users an indication of their post history.&nbsp;The whole thing breaks down however when there are &quot;rep fests&quot;, an equivalent of posting to up your post count which has taken place on other forums, where a group constantly rep each other to increase their reputations ... of course that really only served to undermine the whole system for the most part. It's still useful for the pseudo PM to let someone know you agree with their post without having to reply to it. [especially if it's an &quot;I agree&quot; or &quot;Zing!&quot; type comment.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WalterKovacs, post: 4555129, member: 63763"] I've seen it in play for a while on another forum. Basically, people can give you Xp if they agree with your post. Your post count (depending on the system) and your total xp determines how much xp you can give. The idea being the more "respect" someone has, the more their opinion counts in giving other people "respect". The basic idea is that, over time, someone who makes lots of good points would get lots of XP, and people they feel make good points would get lots of XP, etc ... and thus the various levels can give other users an indication of their post history. The whole thing breaks down however when there are "rep fests", an equivalent of posting to up your post count which has taken place on other forums, where a group constantly rep each other to increase their reputations ... of course that really only served to undermine the whole system for the most part. It's still useful for the pseudo PM to let someone know you agree with their post without having to reply to it. [especially if it's an "I agree" or "Zing!" type comment. [/QUOTE]

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