Feel like Americans and or keyboard warriors are very focused on ranking points. Maybe there is a necessity to be able to compare players online. Always thought that grown men that Do not play tabletennis for a living that Have a crazy high focus on ranking points are pretty odd types
You wouldn't like being in America much then. For some, the rating is the be all and end all of everything. Even when picking a coach, the vast majority of American players will pick the coach with the highest rating rather than say a good track record of helping players improve. If I were king I would do away with ratings and have divisions which would combat a whole host of problems but that will never happen in the USA. Too many people adhere to the idea "my rating is higher than yours so I am better than you in all aspects of life." Sad but true.