[breadfan]

Originally Posted by Nemo

At the the contrary, I preferred things before. Up voting helpful posts was a way for me to give a little "gift" to people who are doing the invisible work. It's no longer available and I think it will have a bad effect on motivation for those on the long term.

Today I wanted to give Aequitas upvote for a replay analysis, I only could give this smirk face, it doesn't seem the same.

I vote for making like it was before : 3 levels of comments appreciation and rep point count. I don't care if some people get their points for pure "coolness", I care that those having some for work don't get them any more.

I think the big problem is that we went to like/dislike, but the culture never changed that it wasn't just about the one post. Maybe it could go back to the way it was before, but with no tracking of neg reps? That way, it doesn't stain peoples' personal record (which is what gets people annoyed IMO) and helps encourage people to like/dislike based on the merits of a single post, rather than the person posting.