I've worked for FIVE YEARS to make sure that this community is a positive one. Cultivating that magical positivity is my primary job around here, and that's OFTEN through creating site policies. Other than that, it's PMing people, reminding them that they should be respectful members of the site. The amount of time I'm spending weekly at this point trying to fix issues that are arising because of the rep system is insane. I have to do something to fix that, because right now, the reputation system is threatening the culture that I've worked so hard to create. I'm here trying to fix it. I haven't said a lot, because a) right now, the discussion is flowing pretty well on its own, and b ) I have a day job. I'm not a miracle worker, and I don't have all the answers, so I've brought it to the community, to try to see where everybody thinks we should go. I'm listening to everyone (to so continuously insist that you aren't being heard is also rather offensive, in case you were wondering), to try to figure out the answer.
I've done my best, and honestly, every time I hear that this is one of the nicest places on the internet, I take it as someone saying that I'm doing a pretty good job. If you disagree with that, I'd love to hear more about exactly why that is via PM.