Unfortunately, that's not how it generally works. Usually when someone's rep is at a low, nobody even bothers to listen to them, despite whether their quality has improved or not. Take Crazy Rabbit or cooldude as an example. Doesn't matter how they behave, once they've joined your server, you've already sighed because of past experiences with them. This community isn't exactly full of free spirits from what I've noticed.

Excellent idea! Except... unfortunately, this system is attempting to create quality control. But this goes back to my previous idea of just rating the review itself and not the reviewer. A system that rates the reviewer would be along the same lines as the current rating system which seems has caused constant bickering among members. Even as it is, I hate posting these responses. You might not like my contradictions and neg-rep me... Or God forbid, Unknown Rabbit may disagree and do that. Once I'm in the negatives, how long would you foresee it taking before I got back into the positives? And how valid would any of my statements be? A user-based rating system just doesn't seem to promote creation, if anything, it destroys it.

You ought to re-think that one... I personally don't create any reviews for that reason, I'm not good at it and I don't want to be judged based on them. I would register and review if I found a level deserving of my time. But by enacting this system, I know for a fact that it would further my hesitation on attempting to write a review because this review would have to be perfect, otherwise I'm seen as an idiot. The whole reason our review system needs to be "fixed" is because its not used as heavily as it should be and apparently we need forms of quality control.

This community is small, indeed. And pretty tightly-knit. That's more of a downfall, since you won't have as many different opinions on a single review. We all know each other and are more bias towards those we like as opposed to those we don't like. In a larger community, this system would make a bit more sense since you wouldn't know, nor have the time to bother looking into a reviewer's past record or holding it against them. In a community like this, however, the famed become more famous while the less famous become slaves to the system.



I completely agree with this which is exactly why I state that a user-based rating system does not seem fair, in my opinion. As for comments on reviews, you might as well leave that to be a free market. I don't even see that much of a problem with our current system...

Or you could report it. But really, I'm ok with comments, but "reputation-based" is a really bad idea in my honest opinion. And comments should be regulated in the same manner that posts on this forum are (in the sense that if they're even remotely on-topic, they're fair).