I can't speak for scout, but personally I like to wear a cape and a mask while I'm working. It just makes me feel like I'm making more of a difference. As far as your question goes, the ability to give somebody positive or negative karma will be given to you at 100 posts. You then simply click the new [thank] or [discourage] option underneath their avatar to award positive or negative karma. I have to make a small correction there; you can trust NO ONE here. Everyone should be acting at all times as though everything is compromised in order to ensure that they do not slip up with their security measures. It is a well known fact that when you get more comfortable with something you get more sloppy with the measures you take to protect yourself from the dangers that may be presented by it. As DPR him/herself has stated back in June, 2011: Libertas