Don't read too much into the system. It's pretty flawed. The negatives hurt a lot worse then the positives and don't necessarily have to be warranted. I received a negative shortly after joining because I commented on a thread that my fiance' commented on. We both have accounts on this forum. As a result of that, some 19 year old registered member slammed us both and we were immediately in the (-) . Kind of unfair if you ask me. After that, I stopped looking at the green box's under peoples names. I think only the moderators should be able to add or subtract from this system. Just my .02