[Suggestion] Neutral Rep

[Hurt]

Now I know that many people will form an opinion on this suggestion simply because of its title.
This suggestion is different than any I have seen on the site so far, so it is new and hasn't already been declined.

Currently the option to give Neutral Rep is disabled because @Philly said it is useless, but I had an idea!
I think that Non-Upgraded members should be able to give Neutral Rep. That being said, I think this for a few reasons.

Seeing as they haven't upgraded and therefore haven't earned the right to affect others reputation points they can still form opinions on others whether that be good or bad.
This is where neutral rep comes into play, because it gives non-upgraded users the ability to leave their opinions on others in a nice and neat place while still not affecting the user very much.
When other users check another users rep they may see some neutral reputation points, showing what non-upgraded users think of this other user.
Basically, it allows the non-upgraded users to speak their mind without giving them too much power.
Along with this new found power should come some consequences though. If a user is abusing their rep powers and just leaving bad/rude comments on other peoples profiles for no reason then they should have their ability to give rep removed.

I think this could be useful, and potentially make the community closer.
OR
It could go horribly wrong and tons of multi's and newbies could go around being dicks to everyone because "they can".

 

[cas]

We had it and it was annoying. I constantly saw it placed in place of negs because they were too pussy to do it or they were basically hinting that they wanted rep.

 

[FeaR]

This has been suggested before like 100 times ( No )
Just close the thread won't happen.

 

[Chrisu]

It would just get abused because new members are not always the best quality of members. Even if there was a post requirement it would just lead to spam so people could leave reputation on members. I just don't see it being a good thing on a forum of this size and since Philly already said it is useless, I doubt he will change his mind on this matter. This has been suggested a few times too, won't happen.

 

[Hurt]

It would just get abused because new members are not always the best quality of members. Even if there was a post requirement it would just lead to spam so people could leave reputation on members. I just don't see it being a good thing on a forum of this size and since Philly already said it is useless, I doubt he will change his mind on this matter. This has been suggested a few times too, won't happen.

Instead of post count maybe it would be enabled after a certain amount of online time, or a certain number of days/weeks/months after registration?

Also, you and @Fear both brought up that this was suggested more than once before but it has not been mentioned even once.
People have suggested neutral rep but not in the way that I have so it is an original idea and hasn't been declined.

 

[Chrisu]

Instead of post count maybe it would be enabled after a certain amount of online time, or a certain number of days/weeks/months after registration?

Also, you and @Fear both brought up that this was suggested more than once before but it has not been mentioned even once.
People have suggested neutral rep but not in the way that I have so it is an original idea and hasn't been declined.

I see, well the concept is there and it could work. You could even use the built in promotional system that MyBB offers and when they hit a certain post count/time online, or whatever you wish they get put into a "full member" group which allows them to do things like give neutral reputation, PM and the like. But I'll have to stand by my guns and say I don't support it mainly because it would still likely be abused.

 

[Exist]

Philly said he disabled this and it won't ever be coming back. Just so you know.


Not trying to burst your bubble.