As I've always said, 50 people has always been far too many as there is no where near 50 people on this forum who deserve reputation from me, I only really give it out to interesting, funny or dedicated posts. I've personally noticed a decline in the quality and helpfulness posts and threads since the reputation system was changed. Mainly because people used to make 'Guides' etc in hope of reputation but since the changes the quality of posts has gone down as people haven't been as interested in earning reputation. In my opinion, I think the quality of posts comes before anything and they should always be encouraged but very few administrators on this forum agree with that.
To be frank, I've still received pointless negative reputation from some of the reputation leaders despite the changes, and the reputation still hasn't been removed so I think the system is as equally flawed on the subject of negative reputation. I may not go down rep bar's like I would of done in the old system, but at the end of the day it takes the reputation points down dramatically still so you still need a load of positive to make up for it, even if it isn't noticeable on the outside to everyone else.
