So after 'ranking', users with no contributions and no 'thanks' will be discriminated against even if they aren't exactly a bunch of trolls?

Just saying, it can also happen..

As far as I am concerned, I find most members posting here very informative, even those with low post counts (or those who I can hardly understand). If someone is spamming or discriminating, just ignore them. TBH, this happens everywhere, adding ranks and 'thanks' only grows the ego in the forum and leads to more "I have contributed so much, what have you done lately?" like moments in those forums.

EDIT 2: Ignore the previous edit. Had the window zoomed out. :P