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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 5144670" data-attributes="member: 6562">After seeing them in use for another day, I've come to like them even more.Good things encouraged by the new system:- XP used to mess with people. Why is this good? Because being messed with is a direct indicator of your involvement with the community, and if XP measure means anything -- which it might not -- community involvement is a fine thing for it to mean.- XP used for "me, too". This is good because it saves me from reading the sigs of people who say "me, too".- XP used as mini-reviews of posts. This is actually kinda nice, and could provide some useful information. I think the search results page should show rep value (e.g. "8+/1-") for found posts. I'll bet that the posts which are searched for are often highly rep-valued.- It's part of the conversation.Bad things discouraged by the new system:- Giving XP to a post that is subject to moderation. You publicly look like a dick for posrepping a contentious post. This is a good change, because contentiousness ought not be rewarded.Bad things encouraged by the new system:- I see a lot more begging for rep, now that people actually remember rep exists. IMHO mods ought to negrep for this. Not take any kind of official red-text moderator action, but if they can negrep, that would make begging counter-productive, and that would stop it from happening.Cheers, -- N</blockquote>