1. Its just a board. If you are so predisposed to think that your reputation here is so important that life itself will end if you get a negative one, then you really need a reality check and definitely need to get a life.

2. Make it transparent. If someone wants to put a comment up positive or negative, then stand by what you said and sign your name to it. I've written hundreds of evaluations on military personnel and had to do exactly that. I can stand the heat for bad commentary and take credit for good comments, not to mention heat from people who thought they deserved better or disliked my choices. That's the cost of command and a necessary trait of leadership.

3. Those who misuse it will be found out in short order and hammered like a aluminum nail given #2.

4. And, finally, you will in the end get exactly the reputation you deserve from those who matter most; the people here who have come and stayed long enought to know you beyond some superficial "Paris Hilton" level of insignificance. They not through the reputation system but, through their responses and comments will let you know where you truly stand.