At least in the way it was used or rather abused in the majority of time. Some people who've been hit hardest by it, all the while still contributing to discussions in a positive way despite -1000 rep, are testament to how flawed this system really was and how it should not find its way back the way it was.

What PaterAlf has had to say about keeping the Rep-Systems, indicating the number of posts, yes - this should be visible. Just without + or - in front. New members can see that they are here since a long time - and, most likely - know, what they are talking about and can be turned to for help if nothing else.

But, as stated, please don't bring that up-/-downvote system back the way it was.

Thank you team for the quick response to the community and the effort to communicate better with us. I really appreaciate it personally.

This makes sense.

Just the Downvote. No need to remove the upvote.

The whole downvote/upvote system needs to be removed. It is abused in all directions. There are toxic upvotes and toxic downvotes. Users of a very vocal minority here used it to upvote their unreasonable opinions and downvote the opposition. Probably, they wanted to fake some sort of superiority here. Removing only the downvote system is not enough.

It's consistently happening,not just sometimes and some people are saying it's not bots but some of the staff.

I also would like to add that I am very glad that GOG finally started to ASK their community for their opinion before deciding a thing that affects their community. Bravo! This could be the beginning of a new era in which GOG is not working against their community but with them :)

If you want to block the "low rated" or "high rated", you can use the following filter rules in uBlock Origin.

Remove "low rated":

www.gog.com##.post_rate_red

Remove "high rated":

www.gog.com##.post_rate_green

Thanks for getting back to us.

I'd personally like to see the whole reputation system removed (including the option to up/down vote posts) as it just causes more issues that its worth having it in.

Though an option to hide posts or minimize posts like clicking the downvote on posts now does would be good to have for the times someone posts a massive block of text which is offtopic and nearly takes an entire page of a thread.

A good move. The "rep" was an outdated concept. Downvoting on this forum is not a feature for some, it's a state of mind. Certain users get always downvoted, not really depending on what they wrote but because some people seem to think this is a mature way of showing the post author he has an issue with him in general (while actually not replying to him at all).

Which is laughable as I don't really think anyone that was a frequent poster on this forum took the "high rated/low rated" thing seriously or looked at the persons "Rep" level to assume anything.
It's better if the whole thing (downvoting in general!) would be deleted entirely so it's not gonna confuse people that this has any meaning whatsoever on GOG forums.
You can verify it yourself with what's going on in this thread alone.

It's not bots. At least not in my case. Firstly they don't track all the comments I make here, only on certain, divisive topics. Secondly it was only 1 person downvoting me lately (at least thast how I think this works right? 1 downvote = -1 Rep).
I think it's one of two things. Either someone's idea of a joke, a single disturbed individual. Or... I actually was thinking myself it might be the GOG staff venting frustration on certain users for their opinions on certain issues.

Oooh, good catches. I forgot to mention the search because of how deviantartesque it is in being absolutely loving useless.
And sorting functions would be a boon, though I tend to take a bit of a harder approach to thread necromancy. 90 days since last post, 🔒

One more thing I forgot to mention: Upper Unicode support. Emoji getting posted here tend to get eaten by the forum software unless posted in XML form.

Updates for once? Nice!

About the review system, personally, I think they could stay, but with some improvements, like being able to edit/delete them without having to contact support every time, as well as an user being able to remove his/her vote if he/she wishes so.

And still in the topic of updating the site, the forum rating system could use some work. Maybe go the easy way and just remove the downvote button, or, going by what a moderator told me once, improve your database so it's easy (or even possible) to dig which are the acccounts that abuse the system.

And the community wishlist part of the site could also use some love, like having the option to edit one's own entries and comments there, being able to remove one's own votes to entries that are not completed yet, the user being able to track which entries and comments he/she posted, and have a functioning formatting syntax there, like we do here in the forum (even though the formatting syntax here could use some work).

No, you need several downvotes to make your post low rated and lose rep. Not sure about the number, but I think it was something like 5 or 7 downvotes to turn a post to "low rated".

Yes, and Bobby Tables is an example as to why you should sanitize your inputs. Only let code that you want to be run/is relevant to running be run.

Aah, I love the smell of anarchy in the morning!
But how can I see who is good and who is evil now?.