Maybe I am pedandic, but whenever the little box tells me I have gained XP, I try to figure out where it came from. Part of this is just silly instant gratitification, but I do have a genuine interest in evaluating the feedback I get.

Anyway, as my nodes have grown, it gets harder and harder to remember what each their reputations were, and try to figure out whether I got ++'d, or did I just get real lucky on my last four votes.

What would be nice if the XP notify message also included the source of the XP change. I would be far more interested in knowing that than how many XP I need for the next level.

I cannot imagine I am the first person to think of this, so forgive me if it has been beaten to death already. My quick search turned up no prior art.

In reply to From whence my XP comes... by indigo

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