We now have a user reputation system in place. The reputation system allows users to give anonymous feedback about their posts.

Each user has a reputation rank (or "karma"). This rank is determined by the number of reputation points you have received.

You cannot give reputation points to more than one member every six hours. Like your post count, your reputation rank is only a rough indicator of your contribution to the forums!

When a particular forum item is promoted or demoted, the user who posted it is either rewarded or punished—a system of editorial karma. Karma points are assigned to you by other users, and by the Small Press Exchange, depending on your participation and other factors. You can be assigned both positive (thumbs up) points and negative (thumbs down) points.

Thus, the individuals who post relevant, helpful posts will experience increases in karma. Every Small Press Exchagne user affects one another’s karma equally, regardless of his/her karma.

Although democracy isn’t perfect, this experiment should supply the public with the information they demand while also rewarding those who provide it."