Hi,
If you read my posts you'll see that i started to draw a distinction between "rep" and "statistics". What i was trying to say was even if the stats dont help the rep, they are still interesting. So here's my summary:
1. To get a true rep number per post would require a panel of experts.
2. Since we cant get #1 we would have to do something else.
3. That something else isnt going to be perfect.
4. Stats like total characters typed would be interesting even if they dont help solve the 'rep' issue. I wouldnt mind knowing how many characters i have typed into the forum since i joined way back when, and it would be interesting to see other's counts too. The number of posts alone doesnt really say too much except that the member has been around for a while or not. It might not be that easy to implement this in the software however so it's probably a moot point anyway.
There are other more subtle problems too though. For example, several people i have helped in the past sometimes with long posts multiple times didnt even know what 'rep' was.
By stating that i 'distorted' your comments i could say that you are distorting my comments just by stating that. That's because i wasnt distorting your comments, i was simply following your logic to an end which meant getting rid of the post count too since it didnt have anything to do with rep
I wanted to show you what you were saying by mirroring your logic to force you to see it in a new light.
So now i know for sure you want to keep the post count, that's nice
So i guess we got that out of the way.
So you dont like any of the ideas that came up so far i guess, so now you'll have to put forth some of your own ideas about how to solve the 'rep' problem. So dont take any more time to 'critique' my 'idea' because it would probably be too hard to implement anyway. Spend your time now coming up with new ideas and see if they fly.
About 'rep' on another site...
There was a big fight on the Microchip site a long time ago. It's kind of funny to look back on it now though. One long time member signed off one night and when he came back in the morning he had almost no 'rep' (or whatever they called it at the time). They since changed the system a bit because what happened was several people conspired to lower his rep so they voted negative, all in one night.