Champelliot, your feedback is appreciated. So is everyone elses. Thank you.

I understand that the whole rep system wasn't for negative rep but to leave a positive note on the profile. People leaving negative rep get banned for a short period if they did so. I get that.

I am sure they removed the rep system due to time constraints and the amount of actual time it took to monitor the reporting system behind it. At the same time, I think that despite the system did not work the way it was planned, it is a step forward for something that the community regarded as important. Maybe there should be a platform for some sort of negative rep for instances where people can leave a remark based on trading expirience. I have had many instances recently where the seller were asking for more than what was stated in the outpost offer. I am sure I am not the first person he did it to, and I won't be the last. There is nowhere to complain about this and similar shady behavior.

Your thoughts

Has anybody noticed the condesending tones people are taking now since the rep system has changed? I am finding more and more people don't care enough to be polite due to the lack of reprecutions for arguing, swearing, and other things of that nature. Not being able to report people unless they actually write it on the post is a shame. The rep system kept some sort of a balance. They really need to think of an innovative idea to fill the gap to create a friendlier community.

The problem is, how do you get SOP rep when ppl don't know you to pay cash for items? The outpost system was good to compliment the source op I have open so that when I am ready to sell for cash, there is a good stream of responses from both for future cash trades. My issue is that Source OP is a thread website, and thread websites are not designed for selling and buying stuff. It is very clustered. There aren't any other sites that perform these services (ebay) that make it so complicated to search for things. Maybe I should start a Blog on source OP. seems more useful of the site.