I have turned off a lot of parts within the software that could trigger people, though at the end of the day, having the toilet roll around the wrong way can trigger a person, so its useless trying to continuously shape the forum. If I tried, I would be constantly changing it, removing information that offended another, adding what some would see as positive steps, to then remove them for another who believes it was a negative step, etc etc etc.... we all get the idea I'm sure.

The forum is a broad software program written to cater as a wide variety of owners and users as possible, each simply having to modify to suit. Initially I never used the system for these reasons, being it can and does cause conflict, but that is not something that can always be avoided, and it has more positive self esteem issues than negative for sufferers overall IMHO. That is the idea of it.

I encourage more users to use it, because the more it is used, the more you find those who are being outlined for their quality posts and those who can be looked towards for guidance. Not to say a person with low reputation is any lesser, again, not the aim. The problem as it stands though is members must use it, and that is where the system falls down.

Its pointless only editors using it, because its a member system, not just for editors to use. I rarely give reputation because mine is so high due to the way the system is built. No, as the admin I do not have special priveleges in regards to the reputation system. I can, but I turned it all off so "every" member has the same building power. The problem is with me giving reputation, is that because I have so many posts, and the system is based on posts, time registered, reputation earned, etc etc... a combination of factors that if balanced would see a member with enough reputation to give once and increase a persons reputation immediately, as mine does, ie. gives more than 100 points at once. Veiled and bec would have high passing points also looking at their posts vs. time vs. rep given towards them.

I think most get the idea though... More can be read from vbulletin themselves at: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/main/reputation