If it's not going to work as it's intended, then why have it? It becomes meaningless.
I agree. If it was up to me, it would be turned off. At one time it was useful around here, but not anymore.
What is it worth? You can't buy anything with it. You don't redeem the points for prizes or anything. It's certainly not worth getting riled up about. If they want to turn it off, it's fine with me. Having the points missing the last few days hasn't diminished my enjoyment of the site at all.