Here's the rating system summed up in an image:

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/spa/quq37nq1583x0lf/9wzt514q.png[/img]

- Without the rating system, would two people have posted? No.
- Did the rating system prevent two amazing posts from being written? No.
- Did it lower the barrier to feedback and enhance [@Captain Jordan]'s post? Yes.
- Did [@TheMaster99] sheepishly like it? Yes.
- Is it kinda funny/fun? Yes.
- Did some people think that revealing user post-count and join-date would lead to peen-measuring contests? Yes.
- Did it lead to peen-measuring contests? No.
- Does anyone care about post count? No.
- Does anyone care about join date? No.
- Will anyone care about aggregate ratings? No. Not until proven otherwise, and I'm always willing to be wrong.

But I'm rarely wrong. :magnum

What I actually do need help with:

- I need people with opinions about the Etherpad integration to give me ideas for how to implement it. What would be the most useful for them? Does anyone have a vision?
- I need people with opinions about the dice integration to also give me ideas. What's the ideal?