Why I miss old clickies: a lament...

[RedDevil]

I'm of the opinion it's fine the way it is now, as the previous version allowed one to abuse the system by giving clickies simply for the sake of giving them without regards to the underlying purpose of the system. Giving multiples of them over a period of the day or week even, is also abusive of the system in the respect for which it is representative of.

Green reputation clickies should be given for a post of worth, honor and notable acts of good samaritan-ship, not simply for making someone laugh or mentioning another posters post in a thread.
Red Rep points are for posts of poor attitude, dishonorable acts and arrogance, not simply for showing up or because it's Sunday.

By limiting the number of votes you can give a person to 1 and making it only go up or down depending on "their behavior" as you see it, I think this is actually spot on. This justifies the fact that in order to achieve a high reputation, you need to influence more than your "circle of friends" and get around more than just hanging out a small area of the club.

Spread your good around and you get more greenies, stick to one area and basically you get all you're going to get from the people you see every day, only. You would need to maintain your good character to keep those same few people in good graces, lest you begin to drop in points as your actions lower how much those same people feel about you over time.

By taking away the multiple giving of clickies, I would think the effect would be to see MORE good graces from members as they now have to influence MORE people to get those Rep points, rather than bump their pals for a few points because of a good joke today, and just for the hell of it tomorrow because you're my pal.