I have been told that the reason that I was removed as hub leader was because my rating (the number of stars below your name) had fallen below 3.7 (admin made an exception to reinstate me). I also noticed that sinbob's rating was also dangerously low for a leader at 3.8. I assume someone came along and purposely downgraded us, because I don't remember my rating being low (not that I check it very often). I must confess that I haven't rated people before, but I'll do so now. I've started by giving sinbob, pic, and dcbass each a 5.