[kd0amg]

Your reputation with this site is essentially no more than internet points. Your work, your experience, and your ability stays with you.

Reputation is, by definition, how people see your work, experience, and ability.

[hluska]

Yes, but if your whole reputation is tied to a single site, you're doing something very wrong. Building an entire freelance business around a single site, never doing any open source work, never networking, and never doing any pro bono work for local charities is a very bad business practice.