Reputation’s a vanity metric.
It does nothing?
Dragos: Exactly – it does nothing, from a financial point of view.
I don't know if this is entirely accurate though. From the FAQ:
It is worth noting that if your reputation score goes below 0, Steemit will hide your posts and comments making it very difficult to gain monetary rewards and followers.
Also.
Furthermore, the higher your rep, the more effect your vote will have on the reputation of others.
Hey! Thanks for the comment. @dragosroua qualified those comments with "from a financial point of view", as in there's no direct correlation between reputation score as a number and the dollar value of post rewards.
You're absolutely right, but I think he's being very specific about his statements "from a financial point of view". :)