As for reputation being an indicator... I've got 5 little boxes and NightWish has 3. That sure as hell does not mean I am nearly twice as reliable as him! It doesn't even mean that Deathkillz's 3 boxes mark him as equally reliable to NightWish. It might be a measure of popularity, but honestly I can't say what it really measures.
I would say that someone with more than 1 box is probably someone who can be trusted even though I cannot say that the exact number of boxes is relevant. Nor can I say that someone with only 1 box lacks valid opinions. Heck, many low rep people are quite interesting and reliable.
Gee... I just made a good case for abolishing the whole rep system entirely.
Anyway, I am just posting to ask people to stop discussing rep in this thread. It can only cause trouble and it really isn't connected to the post count issue. Any further discussion of rep will likely lead to this thread being closed.