Quote Originally Posted by baturkin View Post
exactly, which is why it should become hidden.
No reason to hide it; generally the ones who bitch about it are troublemakers in general. There you have it, perfect candidates for the detention section.

The whole point of rep is to indicate how respected someone is within the community. Someone with green bars scrolling right across the postbit is usually trustworthy, whereas someone in the red is not. You know you don't want to get involved with those several bars in the red, whereas you probably wouldn't if it was hidden.