[Simo Sakari Aaltonen]

Emma has a point. If any one user feels abused by this system, it is in my view a stronger argument against the rep system than a dozen other users having innocent fun with it is for it.

It's not the idea itself, which is fun enough, that is at fault. It's the execution. To eliminate unnecessary paranoia and abuses of the system, the anonymity has to go. Although I'm sure most users are smart and mature about the points they give, anonymity breeds cowardice. And it doesn't take many jerks to ruin a party; it's a lot easier to shove a McMeal through someone's mail-slot when they're not looking than it is to rate or berate them to their face.

Tying all points and comments to the User IDs and having these viewable by everyone (if such a thing is possible) is the only way to prevent abuses here.