Personally I prefer Kudos to reps. Kudos doesn't keep a score - its just someone saying they liked your post and that's nice to know especially if you spent some time putting it together.
With Reps, for me, the score is irrelevant - its the message that comes with it. If I get a generic rep it really doesn't mean anything (and I do have some of those). A couple of the reps, however, really made me feel good as the message was personal and appreciative.
Not sure about reciprocal repping. In some ways it reduces the value. If I rep someone and they rep me back - just because I did it for them what does that say? Not much as far as I can see.
Then again - I'm odd.
With Reps, for me, the score is irrelevant - its the message that comes with it. If I get a generic rep it really doesn't mean anything (and I do have some of those). A couple of the reps, however, really made me feel good as the message was personal and appreciative.
Not sure about reciprocal repping. In some ways it reduces the value. If I rep someone and they rep me back - just because I did it for them what does that say? Not much as far as I can see.
Then again - I'm odd.
