[Wrong]

rep has literally never mattered, ever, it doesn't prevent you from posting or give you extra privileges. the value of it is exactly what you ascribe to it yourself. i'm okay with it being gone (or being here) because it's pretty irrelevant. the only time I've ever personally used it was when I would +1  someone who posted pretty much exactly what I wanted to post, with a rare -1 here and there for exceptionally bad posts