[JustAskJulie]

We have instituted a post rating system. Some of you may be familiar with such systems on other forums you visit (often called a reputation stystem). Here it will be "Thumbs Up / Thumbs down". This should be used to rate posts, if you see a post you think is a really great contribution to a thread, or a post that is exactly the opposite click the scale you see on the left side of the post under the posters username, from there you can give the post either a thumbsup or a thumbs down.

For each poster rated posts affect their overall reputation on the board - thus the little green squares that you will see under their username on individual posts. When you mouse over the little green square(s) you can get an idea of how people around the board see that user based on the value of the thumbs up or thumbs down they have recieved.

The value of each thumbs up/thumbs down is determined by a combination of 3 factors from the person who left it (how long they have been a member/ how many posts that user has and how many thumbs up points they themselves have accumulated).

Individual users WILL be able to see the comments you leave (good or bad) however they will not be able to see who left them. I am keeping a close eye on this system to hopefully avoid abuse.

I think that's the bulk of what you need to know. if you have any questions, feel free to ask. Beyond that, everyone can feel free to use the system to give feedback on what they see.

Please do not let this preclude your use of the "report this post" feature to report inflamatory or spam postings.