The stars are really just the number of posts you've made on the forum. They start from 1 star to 5 stars. You have 2, because you have under 500 posts, if you go over 1000, you'll have 4 stars and 2000 for 5 stars. It's not a rating system in any way.
thanks for explaining.
I find that sad really. Like it's a popularity contest to be in a forum. It doesn't matter what you say, as long as people don't like you, you're done. No, here we have rules.
to me I dont really view it as a popularity contest, however base on you explain, i understand why that feature was remove. I was thinking about how can one help eliminate the absolute authority of moderator over members and have more democracy. I thought such a rating system would help.