What's the point in having a Rep on here?

[Kriven]

The whole system has always seemed more like "Here's an easy way for an entire clique to descend upon a single individual who dared to say something which goes against the grain." I mean, rep definitely has the potential to be useful in helping people identify what isn't liked about them/what parts of a social experience they need to improve on, but the way it's been used (and that whole situation Gors talked about with "You know why you have ironic upreps" kind of proves the point...) is detrimental to that cause.