honestly, the rep system is a fun little toy that Brandon installed. remember they are just dots
, when you think about it, rep should not serve as judgement to one's character or one's reliability, rep is a toy, im not saying use it in games, but it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Older members have told me there was a time when people would rep 30-40 people a night, and people used to have rep parties in which they would rep each other until they could rep no more, as far as i know thats died down, but remember dots should never be a mark of someones character...if you want to find out how reliable someone is, read their post and do some research on it, or wait for a second opinion, however to get back on topic, compared to before rep use has gone down a far as i know, however is it overused? yea maybe just a little bit, but they are just dots.
just my 2 cents