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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5176725" data-attributes="member: 35909">1. We can still see our XP total and who gave it to us.&nbsp; Further, if someone gives us xp, their comments show in our posts (give me xp to test that if you want, I don't care).2. We can still give xp, and our comments likewise show up in those people's posts.3. Why do we disable it?&nbsp; I can't speak for everyone who does.&nbsp; I do it because I dislike having the xp system.&nbsp; I think even with the 50 person limit it, it still causes cliques, just larger cliques.&nbsp; It also seems like another post count, some big number to flash in your posts to gain some sort of &quot;cred.&quot;&nbsp; It's supposed to reward people for helpful and informative posts, but that could already be done with a post or PM of &quot;Thank you,&quot; and I don't need a person's xp count to tell me I should listen to his/her advise over someone else's (since with such a high xp amount, surely many others have found this poster a wellspring of knowledge in the past, right?).&nbsp; I value certain poster's inputs more than others, both based on the quality of an individual post they make and their history of making great posts.&nbsp; I don't need the xp system to help me with this.&nbsp; Finally, I find that too often, xp is &quot;abused,&quot; not given for helpful/infomative posts, but rather as reward for slams on other posters or edition warring, or perhaps most annoyingly, on insipid &quot;awesome&quot; posts that add nothing to the conversation.&nbsp; But then, OP, it seems that is what you think XP should reward.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5176725, member: 35909"] 1. We can still see our XP total and who gave it to us. Further, if someone gives us xp, their comments show in our posts (give me xp to test that if you want, I don't care). 2. We can still give xp, and our comments likewise show up in those people's posts. 3. Why do we disable it? I can't speak for everyone who does. I do it because I dislike having the xp system. I think even with the 50 person limit it, it still causes cliques, just larger cliques. It also seems like another post count, some big number to flash in your posts to gain some sort of "cred." It's supposed to reward people for helpful and informative posts, but that could already be done with a post or PM of "Thank you," and I don't need a person's xp count to tell me I should listen to his/her advise over someone else's (since with such a high xp amount, surely many others have found this poster a wellspring of knowledge in the past, right?). I value certain poster's inputs more than others, both based on the quality of an individual post they make and their history of making great posts. I don't need the xp system to help me with this. Finally, I find that too often, xp is "abused," not given for helpful/infomative posts, but rather as reward for slams on other posters or edition warring, or perhaps most annoyingly, on insipid "awesome" posts that add nothing to the conversation. But then, OP, it seems that is what you think XP should reward. [/QUOTE]

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