Something can be a marketing thing and be good for the community, it doesn't have to be either or.
I dunno, seems to me like the idea of stars/ karama is going to lead not just to a popularity contest but also reinforce a bit of group think. You see it a bit of that anyway but I'd hate to see somebody hesitate to speak up with a contrary opinion on something just because they don't want to get voted down. Yes it's silly for somebody to do that just because of a disagreement about something but it does happen.
I can also think of about 10 ways to abuse or rig it, too much like slashdot and k5 back in the day.
Ian, it's cool that you want to do this. You just need to find a better way, have people nominate peeps in your vendor forum at the end of the period and pick a name out of a hat or something.
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