- Reputation should mainly be earned, organic, and kept track of in the minds of the individual users according to their own metrics. If rep is given, it should be given unto discussion or content, -not users.
re 2. I actually like this idea, especially if it takes a few seconds of scrolling over for it to populate. I think people would use it creatively too, which I'm all for. -worth considering mk, insomniasexx, forwardslash and b_bwhat do you think? doesntgolf did you know you can embed an image currently on your profile? Check mine out.
re#4 This one I'm pretty adamant about; It's my opinion that restricting someone's ability to post until they've commented is a bad idea. Some of my favorite content on the site comes from users that rarely comment. For instance, scrimetime. -The guy might as well have been born a mute, he rarely comments but the links he posts are quality and I can usually count on them to be something I'd like to share. -There's a lot of value in that.