I stopped giving out stars. Children are too immature to handle the concept of a reward system like hatenas. I'm in favor of a complete elimination of the stars, however unlikely that is.
Which is worse, ignorance or apathy? Well, i don't know and I don't care.
Hatena was like that long before October '10. I don't know, maybe they need a better reward/rating system. [Removed styling conflicting w/ table default.]