_carmi and mack, get a room, you two were the biggest rep whores here so i understand why you wanna keep this thread going but you're both irritating.
Anyway, back on topic, let's have reps back for people who use them properly. I disagree that "everyone" abused it, only people bothered about net fame ( see names above ), most of us wanna see who has a similar perspective which is best done via the rep system.
If it's a bandwidth issue, ban Mack and _carmi, without all their crap we'll have enough for the shoutbox back too. :thumb: