Hokay, late to the party as usual but I did wade thru the thread and here's my worthless 2 cents
In the big scheme of things reps are meaningless. But like Willie said if you're going to participate in it you should do so honestly and not game the system. And like Blain touched on, dishonesty in the system weakens your credibility; not forgetting that God says if you get your rewards from men you don't get one from Him..? As for how I see it working, I like posts and rep people. And I've liked posts I disagreed with, I don't have to agree with someone to understand and respect their reasoning.
To the one who did not know about the system, points are gained and given in a complicated algorithm that includes factors like time spent, number of posts, points received, and I still swear there's something about the second Sunday after a blue moon involved
. And yeah, once you Rep someone you have to rep some others before you can rep that person again. Prevents people from piling points on a buddy.
Oh and Earnest, I'd take 10 of your points for even suggesting such a thing. In a nice way of course