Why I miss old clickies: a lament...

[RedDevil]

Raz indicated to me that he MIGHT be able to change some coding to the clickie system, which is mainly why I felt this thread should continue promotion of the benefits of going back to the old ways (rather than simply state it's a done deal, nothing will change etc, in my sour vinegar-like retorting manner ).. so far there's not been much beneficial talk :) just personal gyrations of not being able to give clickies multiple times at least that's all I'm seeing so far? perhaps in my drug induced state I'm missing the contextual message and am willing to suggest it be given to me in a more clearly understandable message.

Raz is a busy man doing some major changes for the site behind the scenes.. (at least he tells me he is LOL) and I'd love to see the fruits of his labors soon enough. A change to the clickie code might take minutes or months.. I don't know.. last time I said something would take time, he corrected me :P

I would not mind the return to some parts of the old way, with some additions of the new way added in. However, I do feel that abuse of the system will continue to arouse subjective discussions amongst the natives no matter what give and take is managed in the end. :)

The biggest grief issue is the anonymous factor, The biggest abuse issue is the buddy system and the major issue overall is security of the club being breached by making changes to the code.

I care less about any personal or abusive issues than I do about the security of the club. Abuse and personal issues can be handled alot differently than security issues.
Hopefully, this isn't viewed as a hard-line or dictatorship like attitude.

I'm also pointing out that the topic hasn't developed into the debate of the pros and cons of either clickie system, past personal preferences or issues.

What is the benefit of allowing multiple clickies, as opposed to 1 opinion rating per member.
How is the giving of more clickies promoting more posting and member interaction.
What is the benefit of hiding the rep point giver from the receiving member?
What methods are going to prevent abuse of the mulitple clickie giving between members who simply give them without regards to the overall purpose of the system?
What is/are the fault(s) of the reputation system and is it/they correctable?
What is the benefit of starting everyone over from scratch with the new system?


These are some of the questions that should be under debate.