Thanks mate!

Yeah definitely think it's a useful metric in that way you describe with phishing - there's some really good groups on here who detect plagiarism and phishing accounts. Word spreads quickly so the perpetrators are often brought down before they've had a chance to do too much damage.

I think now with Hive being what it is now, new users won't be able to buy votes with the way the culture has changed too so the rep may well be a bit more "organic" (vote circles aside I guess)...