I noticed that it looks like I'm some sort of a "miracle poster" since I have so few posts and a fairly high reputation. I'd like to emphasize this is
not the case. I joined these forums a day after we switched to vB3. If you took the ratio of posts after the switch to reputation... I'm sure that I'd be sitting somewhere around the middle of the pack.
I think people somewhat weigh of the reputation dots and the number of posts, but most importantly, it's the strength and justification of points when deciding about who's advice to take in a post. I know there's a lot of people who have been here a lot longer than me and know a whole lot more... fortunately,
respect and reputation isn't dictated by green dots.
I have faith that those who know what's going on are well respected, with or without green dots. Are reputation points fun? Yes. Life or death? No.
Matt