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[The Coil]

No, we're not resetting them to zero, This was never really considered or discussed.

I've been considering and discussing it for some time... :P

ATM, it appears only some were lost from the past weeks, so basically we're all still as we were before, just multiple rep points from the same people don't count now and the numbers are smaller due to this change.

Actually, that's not quite right (and the reason I think they should be reset). The numbers are smaller only because of the lost points, not because multiple reps don't count (trust me, I've done the math). Don't get me wrong, I really don't care about the lost rep points. What seems unfair is that multiple rep points given before the purge still count multiple times on your rep (for good or for red). For instance, check out Glenn Saunders' rep page - his rep is an astronomical 84, all because Von Schwarze has green clickied him over and over in the past. This give him a huge rep advantage over someone just entering the boards now, who would need 84 different people to green rep him to get to the same rep.

My main point: The new system favors those who have been multiple clickied in the past (including myself, btw...{hirr} Leto just keeps sending apple Mcpies over to the house, I can't stop him), because the new system doesn't allow multiple clickies but still counts old multiple clickies in the rep total. My simple yet elegant solution: reset all the clickies so they all rep points are earned under the current "one to a customer" system.

Just thinking out loud. Feel free to respond with some version of "Shut up, Coil. We've done enough thinking about clickies for the next decade. We've got enough on our hands without worrying about the parity of the clickie system. Plus, if we ever reset them, there would be a {horrible} Outrage from certain Blitz members. Quit your yappin'" (hopefully a more tasteful and polite version). I realize the mods probably have spent more time dealing with clickies than they ever planned to, and you all have much better things to do. I don't really care about clickies that much (lies! all lies!), I just started talking about them as a way to yank POS's chain way back when, and it sort of snowballed from there. Talking about them seems sort of hollow and empty, now that he's gone. Anyway, just thinking...do what you will, your the dictamoderator (sorry, couldn't help myself...*slaps self with rolled up newspaper*)

By the way, I think all you mods do a great job, despite my faux whining about peripheral forum features. But I do wish I could give more than 3 clickies per day, I'm always out by noon. And what's with the snippy "keep the options short and to the point" thing in the poll function. And only 10 smilies per post? And worst of all...only one search every 60 seconds? What, is there a 'search' shortage or something? Do we need to conserve searches? Ration them? It's outrageous, I tells ya...[/quote]