Whoa whoa whoa! Why you gotta bring the status update thread into this?!
That was the original "Rep Pyramid" before there was a "Rep Pyramid". It was there that the idea of "I'll rep you if you rep me for no other reason than its fun" was first conceived.
I still maintain that I was one of the first INGOers to receive a full set of rep stars and bars based on the 'old fashioned' way of earning it.