John,

I seem to recall a forum subscriber, who turne OFF the little "salamis" of days gone by, with some sort of add-on with FireFox. Cannot recall the name of the add-on, but it did a lot of things to customize one's view of the forum. Now, that would be just for personal display, and others could see such things. I also do not know if the new +'s could be controlled with that add-on.

My jury is still out, but will probably boil down to "just living with it."

Hunt

There's a lot of feeling in different directions on this topic. A lot of people find those indicators useful, and some people really don't like them.

Personally I like them.

But it's not my intention to make this a back-and-forth thread, merely to point out there is a lack of agreement on this topic.

I do think, though, this morning's implementation is pretty ugly. On the other hand, perhaps I'll grow into it.

Yes. I am sort of a "fence-sitter" on that subject.

I have seen the good, and also the potentially bad.

An example is a poster awarding the "Big 10" to someone with more salamis, or +'s, when they just reiterated the advice from several others. Personally, while a "restatement," CAN be good, to drive a point home, I have seen this happen, when the person with all the stars, points, whatever, makes the statment, that many others had been, in their replies.

OTOH, when one gets salamis, stars, whatever, they then have a much heavier burden, to make sure that every word they type is 100% correct. I have bumped against that in the past, so "watch my step," and unless I can verify things, 100%, refrain from commenting on some threads.

The good, the bad, and the _____ . That sword can cut both ways.

Yeah, a fence-sitter here,

Hunt

Terri,

I always thought that at some date (yet to be disclosed), there would be a "winner" declared, based on their "points." That subscriber would then be flown to the Official Adobe Compound in San Jose, and hosted at the Friday "Maine Lobster Lunch," then given 5 mins. with the Product Manager, of their choice, to ask questions - wine on the "winner." What happened to that?

BTW - is there any way that you can award me, like 20K "points" for that... ?

Hunt

I personally liked the old "salami slices" or "meat balls" as some called it.

What I like about the new system is that staff is now also judged with plusses; there is no doubt that some staff members are vastly less experienced than some long-time users and forum members.