[Evisse the Blue]

Originally Posted by Imladris

. Eventually, if that continues, everyone will be No Fool of a Tooks and then eventually everyone will have two squares.

Yes, I noticed that too. There are very few people left with the base rate, and even fewer who are slipping. But I think that's because the Downers typically make good posts, and there's the tendency among us to award good posts rather than punish bad ones.

spreading reputation isn't the point of the forums.

Not really, no, but it has become a big part of it. It's a way of providing feedback. It's a way to express your opinion about a post, when you don't really have anything else to contribute to the discussion that is going on the thread.

I just find it silly to look for good Old Discussion when good new ones are around you.

I'm sure there are. When I said old discussions, I was referring back to HI's post, where he said:

Originally Posted by HerenIstarion

there is a plenty of old discussion here which I occasionaly reread, so it gets reputed and my twenty pass by in a wink of an eye.

Of course old discussions is just a way of saying 'any discussion that you know is good. It can be from a year ago or from a day ago.