Why would the side effect benefit me? I sarcastically stated a side effect of turning off anonymity, but of course everyone is so serious to get the sarcasm.
And of course everything I post here would benefit the community. I already stated that negative reputation no longer affects me, but it will hinder other members from expressing their opinions. I find it funny how eventually this turned out to be "KholdStare needs more rep," because if I really wanted to I wouldn't be posted in this thread in the first place and make some avatars/signatures. I also said
in my previous post that the current reputation system is balanced. But balance is not the problem. We cannot look at this problem as whether or not positive reputation balances out negative reputation. The only problem here is negative reputation discourage discussion. That is all.
And for reference, I almost always write essays when posting positive reputation. I would say they average out to about 40-60 characters.