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"I think that karma needs to be scrapped and replaced with Sam's idea of 'Your other half' "

Karma can be turned on or off so there is NO problem with it whatsoever and there is therefore no reason why it should be removed or why the negative should be removed. As it's probably been said at least 50 times already ... if you don't like the karma then turn it off.

Also, the "other half" feature turns the site more into a social networking one; Bebo, MySpace etc when this is a Big Brother forum. Plus, at least with karma everybody has it and are free to turn it on/off if they wish but some people may feel "left out" if nobody wants to be their other half.

I also think that it ^^ would be more trouble than it's worth in regards to trying to get it on the forum.

As for improvements with the forum, I think it's fine as it is. I love the layout and banner still; it's nice and simple.