Quote Originally Posted by Jerhart View Post
The system is abused, as pointed out.

The points are somewhat skewed as in the number of thanks you have does not correlate with your rep points you have. More or less, they correlate to when you joined the site relative to when the 'thanks' app. was last modified.

It is what it is. Mods will side with mods on this one.

But the system is obviously flawed. If this is how the site illustrates who is 'helpful' in the community...and who is not, it gives somewhat an unfair-false perception within the community.

Take the time to adjust the thanks for some of the veterans who have devoted their time to help others on this site by awarding them their points for previous thanks in the past.

Maybe a member gains a rep bar every year or two of being on this site. But what if they don't post much vs. the n00bie Suzy-Q who has 400 thanks for saying "great picture"? Well...she is just so helpful I guess.

Nothing will probably be done...again. But I was just curious to see if I was the only one who thought the system was flawed.

And for any mod/s who voted 'small cow', does the poll satisfy your curiosity? Will you do something about it if the numbers become fairly unbalanced? Because you didn't have to vote to reply to the thread.
I'll say this J all of our members feedback does get careful consideration, after a lengthy review from the staff we'll let you know what if any changes will be made.