[Pat Fairbank]

I think this is a great idea. One thing that I think is happening in the system in place now is that people find a great post, but they can't add to the poster's reputation because of the limit. So instead of looking for 14 other "great" posts, as John said, they just give out reputation points for mediocre posts until they can add to the good poster's reputation, which obviously defeats the purpose of the reputation system. This proposed system has got my vote because it solves this problem, while still not allowing someone to go crazy giving reputation points to the same person.