Interesting idea. It's somehting I've kind of thought about, or rather feared. When I started lo the many weeks ago, I was worried that people wouldn't listen to what I had to say. What reason did they have? I had no "experience". But I knew that I knew my stuff, or at least a good portion of what I think I know ;-). And so I worried, and this wouldn't help to assuage (damn that's spelled funny) that.

On the other hand, it might help those who like to try and dole out votes to the lower level breathren when earned/ appropriate; say over those that are already saints.

Finally, I think the community does a pretty good job of judging the value of posts as it is with regular voting.

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