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Um yes, reputation is very indicative of the money earned... people randomly vote for higher rep because there more likely to be upvoted by a whale.
Low rep people are mainly passed over.
Quality doesnt = money

If the system was good people would be piling in by the masses. Comon, you get paid to blog- this shit should be viral and everyone +grandma would be using it. Instead everyone is leaving because of the pathetic circle jerk that is clearly obvious, even new users see this right away.

You seriously look at rep before you vote? That makes even less sense than voting solely on number of votes a post has.

What I am saying that rep is NOT indicative of the money earned. Or at least there are edge cases, where it is not.