[Elrian]

I usually don't make a habit of doing ratings unless someone is extremely irritating or has posted wisely. As some of you have noticed in the past, people come in and join and get rated 5 bones and it's obvious they do not deserve such a rating. I've felt that the rating thing should be for people who have over the 500 posts and can tell who the good and bad posters are instead of 5 bones for drooling over Lijah or Orli, or being a wiseguy.
You asked why they are on here to begin with. The message board came with that feature. And the ratings are not worth worrying about, you can also turn them off in your profile.