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@Oliver Schick
I think that would be a good thing. I don't really see the point of neg rep except perhaps for traders. If you dislike something that someone posts, why not have it out in the open? It's a forum, after all. I don't know, though, if disallowing the neg rep release would breed more simmering resentment (if people then didn't put things out in the open) or less.
If you really want to take something up with someone else in private, there are always PMs.
I like positive rep because it's a quick way of letting someone know that you like their post, which would clog up the threads if you always posted about it. Obviously, technically positive rep would still permit people to write nasty comments, but that would seem to be a lesser problem.