Reputations. Do they deserve more careful thought?

[Brandon Martus]

Excellent points, Matt.

Originally Posted by Matt Adams

I feel really humbled that people take the time via leaving some reputation points to let me know that I posted something worthwhile. I'm not in some exclusive circle of five people who exchange reputation points on a nightly basis. As a matter of fact, of the last 24 reputation comments I've received, they've come from 21 different members.

And to add to this .. the system is designed in such a way that it forces you to give reputation to X other people before giving reputation to the same person again. This forces your reputation points to be spread out among more than just 1 or 2 people.