I believe everyone starts out with 10 points--maybe they're given to anyone here just for being a human being???

When BrainTalk (the John Lester one) got the new software that looks just like this software, there was a ratings system where you could "rate" a post, and then the post acquired some stars, depending on the ratings.

There were complaints about this, and they took the ratings system away.

The "Reputation" icon here is another version of the same setup. You can "rate" somebody's post if you want.

I dislike this, but maybe others like it. I don't know. This place is probably only temporary, isn't it?