Overhaul reputation system and integrate thread rating
 

Tweak thread rating by adding the following:

• Add a new up/down (like it/don't like it) thread rating system.
• Admins choose between the current 5-star thread rating system and the new one.
• Rating a thread affects the thread starter's total reputation score (positively or negatively)

Overhaul the reputation system so it's more of a post rating system:

• Add a new up/down (like it/don't like it) post rating system.
• Admins choose between the current reputation system (with rep comments) and the new one (no comments, just up/down arrows/thumbs).
• Post rating score would be shown in the postbit
• Posts would be collapsed (but viewable) if below the admin-set minimum threshold (-5, for example).
• Users can set their own custom minimum score and posts below that score are collapsed by default.
• Have a new button when viewing a thread that allows you to sort the posts by their rating/score instead of having them in chronological order. (except the first post would stay at the beginning)
• Add a forum setting so threads in that forum are automatically sorted by post score instead of chronologically.

These changes would go a long way towards helping vBulletin be more suitable to a question/answer format rather than conversations. It would also make vBulletin more user-moderated; if a majority doesn't like a post, it can be automatically hidden, if the admin sets it up like that.

Discuss.