I don't know if it's been suggested or not before but I have a suggestion that I don't know if vbulletin supports, but it's a rep system. You give someone rep for a good quality post and negative rep them for a bad post. I don't know if it'll work though because it's kinda biast in a way. It's just a thought maybe because I've seen it on other boards I've been on.
I've seen it and would love it to be on here. I'd say like, only one rep per week or something though, just so it doesn't get out of hand.
How exactly would this be advantageous to the forum? There's not much point to a rep system unless the reputation of someone matters, where here, it doesn't exactly.
I've never seen a rep system work. All too often people give negative rep for differing, yet valid opinions. Someone says they prefer Meteora over Hybrid Theory, someone else disagrees and gives negative rep.
That, plus I don't see any use out of it, other than making people feel bad, or superior (we already have post counts for that, hah).
Really, rep turns everything into a popularity contest. I've seen it fail so many times to actually have hope in it working out here. Not dissing the LPA or anything but most forums I go to the people with the most rep are all in some tight nit circle and are all douches.