After some research, the way that reputation is supposed to work in this new version is that if you push the "like" button on someone's post, you are conferring reputation points to them, according to your relative "power" to give reputation. Your relative reputation is displayed below your avatar as a series of red bars. If you roll over, it offers a text interpretation of the score.
Reputation "power" is earned based on longevity as a forum member, post count and your own reputation.
This is how mine looks, and I know that people don't like me that much.
I thought we couldn't see our own level?
You can see your own level, what you can't see is your "reputation power"-- which is a measure of how much your "likes" influence someone else's reputation. So someone with higher "power" that likes someone's post has a greater influence on the recipient's reputation than a like from someone who, say, has just joined and has only posted twice.
Reputation power is calculated based on three factors:
The length of time you've been a member
Your post count
Your own reputation score (this is why you can't "like" your own posts)
This is how mine looks, and I know that people don't like me that much.
I thought we couldn't see our own level?
You can see your own level, what you can't see is your "reputation power"-- which is a measure of how much your "likes" influence someone else's reputation. So someone with higher "power" that likes someone's post has a greater influence on the recipient's reputation than a like from someone who, say, has just joined and has only posted twice.
Reputation power is calculated based on three factors:
The length of time you've been a member
Your post count
Your own reputation score (this is why you can't "like" your own posts)
