Rep is pointless imo, I don't even look at peoples rep it means nothing to me. Mostly because allot of people will rep another person for no other reason than to get rep back from the person with no real cause same thing with nominations it's just a scratch my back I'll scratch yours deal and most of the time not because they actually think someones post or thread was of any use.
Even if that weren't an issue I probably still would not care about rep and still would not bother looking at someones rep as an expectation level from that person as I've come across many times where the guy with highest rep happens to be the most retarded one as well but I've been in a few forums where the rep system wasn't abused and actually showed it's usefulness I guess .
If a person is smart, active, helpful and contributes to the well being of the forum they'll earn the reputation with members as being just that with members the clicking the rep button and green bars is just silly imo.