I think I've figured out what the grey is. That's rep from people who tried to leave it, but don't have any rep altering power yet.
There is a somewhat complext system that determines your reputation altering power (for each click you make). I left everything set as the defaults, which are:
-1 point for every 180 days registered
-1 point for every 500 posts
-1 point for every 100 points of Rep
-25 post minimum post count
I realize that this limits the number of people who are able to give rep right now, and limits how much they can give, but I think these numbers are decent. It prevents brand new users from wrecking things... If I were to change anything, I think I'd change the 180 days to 90, meaning you get 4 points per year instead of 2. I suppose I could also lower the 500 posts to 250. What do you guys think?
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