Hello, i have a suggestion to make.

Do you guys think is there a need to make each post votable? (say, 1-5 poor - good)

I notice sometimes some posters simply post silly or irresponsible or low quality post to the forum. It is wasting more forum space if another poster trying to rectify this by saying "this is lousy post and blah blah" and then flaming continue.

I think it is more obvious  and efficient if each post will have its voting rate appear at the bottom. Base on the majority of the vote rate, people can easily tell if one is right or wrong about the quality of the post.
So, all can save time from answering but just one vote will do.
(you guys can check out codeproject forum which they are having it)

Just my suggestion

some users also simply post without anything of actual use.

for example, the ati/amd merger thread, half the posts there are from fanboys who dont have any concept of what the merger is about, and are simply posting ati rocks, nvidia rocks, or making baseless assumptions coming out of their ass.

if anything, i would back this suggestion to improve the quality of postings in the forum.

If that's the case, tell me what's the value of the reputation points in teh first place? A phallic symbol which is purely virtual? Think about it. If that's the case, everyone should have then Elite and we will all be happily ever after. Owh I forget, sometimes the internets is meant to be an escapists outlet of frustration