I don't think it should be closed, at least not while people still have stuff to say on the matter...
if people were flaming then that's a different story.
Alvino I don't think that what you said is exactly fair, nobody is critisising or mocking all the suggetions.
this suggestion (I happened to think) was not workable in the way that it was presented. for many reasons outlined in the thread,
a lot of other mods happened to agree...
there were many suggestions of alternative ways it could be implemented but none of these were adopted as examples of how it could be done sucessfully.
not all suggestions are shot down, only the bad ones!
but you have to realise that when you make a suggestion it has to be dooable. there are a lot of suggestions flying around that are just not possible, either to do, or not possible to moderate effectivly. it's not that the members arn't trusted, it's just that there are people out there who consistently come here to cause trouble, and those are the people who would ruin something like this for everyone, (they are the same people trying to ruin the reputation system as well!).
I realise that nobody is posting in this section with the intent of making this place any worse. but not all the ideas about how to make the place better are practical, workable or even good ideas!