-17 here saying if you've got a neg rating get over it. Someone out there didn't like something you said! On the internetse!! Oh noes! Of course the converse applies, I can't think of much sadder than valuing yourself by cute little green numbers in the corner of a webpage. EDIT: Not that I think many such people exist, but it's probably better not to open up the possibility. This is a nice friendly community forum, on the whole I don't see why it needs ranking and ratings - like others have said, if you do/don't like something someone wrote, tell them. It's going to have more force that way and it's the human, honest thing to do.