My vote... get rid of 'em..

Although my vote probably won't mean that much because I don't frequent AO anymore, but I just don't really see what rep points are doing for the site. While I was never an extremely active member, I was on AO daily for several years after joining in 2001. I witnessed first hand the alliances, the abuse, the mindless posting just to receive points, get the greenies and look cool. Rep points now just seem like a band-aid for Antipoints - almost like saying "well, we can't have Antipoints now so let's do this rep points thing." But it just doesn't seem to mean anything... So why have 'em?