How much transparency for an online reputation system?
diN0bot: reminds me how i prefer rating schemes over point accumulation ones. especially if the rating average is based on latest actions more than older ones. point accumulation with exponential experience levels (think rpg) is better than linear point accumulation.i vote for you to keep the exact algorithm secret. make it work. that's more important than transparency. your real goal is trustworthiness, which i think you can accomplish in other ways. (i will never get used to voting on the quality of a post rather than in agreement/disagreement, which is what voting is historically intended for)