Yeah I agree with Sean.
And I haven't seen any cliques here in a long time...jerks usually don't work well with others, at least not for any real length of time. Usually jerky people are alone or have 1 'minion' (yessssss mmm'lord).
I don't think anyone will have their posts unfairly hidden as the rating system just sends the mods a notice to take action. It's giving the boards more control than before as Sean pointed out. It takes quite a significant level of agreement to bring a post to moderation in the 1st place and it is just a trial. If it doesn't work, it'll get turned off.
Obviously if there's nothing scathing about a post with a -10, it'll be clear what the issue REALLY is (i.e. someone suffering from butthurt). ^^
I hate that some rood folks turned you away from the site Vampyredh. I know how frustrating that can be. Our honest to goodness goal is that some of the new board options help the community cleanse itself of a lot of the negativity. I know it's the internet, but we got high hopes here and we know most of the members are truly nice, helpful folks.