[Cory]

I'm not entirely sure why everyone is so worked up about the rep system... It is very clearly a popularity contest. While the top people all deserve the amount of reputation they have, that's all it is. Even if it gets changed, it's still going to be a popularity contest.

I don't look at someone who doesnt have 11 (is it 11?) little green dots and say oh man I'm never going to read THEIR posts. They dont have 11 dots like ME!!!

Seriously, if people can't figure out who makes good, informative posts by actually READING them, and they just look at how many dots they have, there's something wrong. That's like me telling you that the eart is flat, and you just taking it at face value.

Who cares if you never crack the first page of rep... It's not like you suddenly gain access to the elite "11 dot members of CD" club.

Rep should be eliminated from chit chat I think. There is some intelligent discussion in there, but for the most part it's entirely random and pointless things.

$0.02
Cory