[Billfred]

I agree--anyone who manages to amass a slew of green dots from meaningless posts will be known as such. Meanwhile, folks who make posts worth something, rep or no rep, will be known. (Like that archiver fellow--no rep, but everyone who's made use of his (or her?) services is glad he (she?) is there.)

But just as a thought, and this is a bit on the radical side, what about an option that would allow the initial poster of a thread to declare it a no-rep thread? (I would imagine you'd have to allow rep on the initial post, to act as a check against someone who starts thread after thread.)

Just a thought--modify or ignore at your convenience.