1) Bring back the red.
2) Allow users to notify mods of Red/Green abuse.
3) Take action to make Red/Green of abusers worthless.

I know not all users have their Red/Green votes counted, just apply that to the habitual abusers and we are good to go. Also, like another member said, perhaps ask and poll what new changes you plan to make BEFORE making them.

I would like to thank all the mods for trying to make the site better for its users. However, if I have to make a choice between the 2 systems, I'll have to vote for the old one. Had too much 'green' today..

Isnt this beinng discussed over here: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?catid=33&threadid=652530&newest=1#last

tazzy531 said:miniracer said:FW, you've already done a great deal of damage to yourself with this stupid move. If you don't bring back the old rating system soon BEFORE you decide your next steps, you're gonna lose a lot more than you'd imagine.

Come on guys. He knows he's made a mistake. There's no need for these threats.

It's really not a threat. It's the fact. Look at how many people jumped ship to SD and you tell me whether it's a threat or not.

I would like old green/red system.

miniracer said:tazzy531 said:miniracer said:FW, you've already done a great deal of damage to yourself with this stupid move. If you don't bring back the old rating system soon BEFORE you decide your next steps, you're gonna lose a lot more than you'd imagine.

Come on guys. He knows he's made a mistake. There's no need for these threats.

It's really not a threat. It's the fact. Look at how many people jumped ship to SD and you tell me whether it's a threat or not.

None; they will all be back viewing the forum and probably still are.

It all got a bit silly but it did show that the posters really do make the site.

My 2 cents:
Bring back the RED and GREEN rating system and assign EQUAL WEIGHT to each vote. This way the community can help differentiate the goods and bads and reflect their preference. FW staffs should reserve the right to SUSPEND votes from specific members in case of abuse and misuse. Also consider to restrict votes from NEW MEMBERS to prevent someone from creating lots of accounts to abuse the voting system.

BrianGa said:There was NOTHING wrong with the previous system.

Agreed!

What about credit rating a users vote? I dont know how, maybe by how much green they have recieved? or by length of time as a member..

anybody who consistently reds a topic gets some built in slow-downs. tack on a 5 sec delay everytime they open a new thread or something annoying.