Due to vast interest in how these work, I'll just tell ya.

In the bottom right corner of any post or reply (that isn't yours) there's a drop down that says "Rank" that lists 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

This is your ability to rank this message as you see fit. You can give it high points or low points depending upon how you feel about the message, how you feel about the person, or what temperature your monitor is running at. The ranking is totally anonymous, however, remember, these are karma points, so what goes around is sure to come around.

Once ranked, a message has ***** in it?s title, and it will show stars for its average ranking from all people who have ranked it.

You can only rank a message once, so when it asks you to confirm, make sure you make the right choice.

Now under all of our names are *****. These are the aggregate averages for all rankings made on all posts made by that individual.