I seriously thought the rep database crashed or something when I saw my power fell from 8 to 1.

I read thru rev 08, interestingly some seniors still dun like the system they "benefitted" from. but as we all learn, consensus iz difficult in an open forum.

I saw the first immediate abuse of mighty "1" when someone zapped me (at least leave reason mah). In fact, it's the first time anyone took pts off me since Sam (I felt wronged ok, but never ask to be reinstated)!

Ok lah, it's still early days, but glad that he's willing to review this system.

One suggestion:

Seniority may be a good measure to Rep Power, but surely Rep Pts & Posts contribute to a certain extent too? How about a formula, say, <Rep Power = 15 Pts + 1 Yr + 0.5*Rep Pts + 0.25*Posts>?

(0.5 & 0.25 are the "weightage", not physically multiplying the Rep Pts or Posts... maths people sure can figure out wat i mean)

This may not the best fix. But may help to encourage good posts and active participation.