Understandably CGtrader wants to have something to promote some behaviors. However, does the reputation system in its current form actually promotes the behaviors CGt is looking for? I don’t know answer to that question and presume CGt can answer it best.
Personally would not mind if some reforms would be made if CGt deemed it necessary. In that case would favor ridding tears and give flat 85% for everyone and suggest finding something ells that could have some moderate value (and unmistakably only that value) to promote some behaviors.
I also believe active members will remain active members regardless of getting points or not, so you probably do not gain more or less of those type of members? Current point system looks like producing a range of psychological effects. For example support false believes they actually do matter for getting sales. I see lots of hints of this effect in the forum from people having less sales and asking questions focusing on rep points and ways to get those to remedy the ill. There’s a whole range of these types of effects and most of them produce probably more negative outcome then positive ones?
Maybe CGtrader indeed needs a review on this?
While I’m add it, a suggestion.
People like me that serve a specific niche get real value from a robust following system that can inform flowers when new products become available. It would be of value to those sellers but also to their users. This will probably have more value then a rep system?
For example posting specific tutorials for these niche users would also make more sense because it could be a way to get more followers here, etc. We know people like followers and do lots of things to get them and hold them (including giving them real value in some occasions).
Maybe there are people wiling to produce this value here if only they would get some followers with it and then also benefit from that?