Okay, I just discovered another new feature with this recent forum upgrade. In addition to giving ratings to threads or topics, you can also give ratings to forum users. You click on the poster's name, and this takes you to their profile page. Down at the bottom there is a place to rate the user with one to five stars. (See stars under my name at left.) Sort of makes you feel like a restaurant.

I personally think this feature is as stupid as the topic ratings. And, again, other forum administrators seem to be complaining about both of these rating features. So try it out and give us feedback about it, so we can decide whether to eliminate it. (And, no, you can't rate yourself.)