In consideration of the difference between "ratings" and "reputation":
I think of a rating as something which is attached to something "pre-knowledge", whereas a reputation is something which develops over time & based upon informed knowledge ("after-knowledge").
Perhaps a `rating' is discrete, applied to a specific instance (a web page, a graphic image, a film), while a `reputation' could crudely be compiled by summing one's ratings? (I know this is very flawed, but it could be a starting point for perspective.) Seth --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seth I. Rich - seth@hygnet.com "Info-Puritan elitist crapola!!" Systems Administrator / Webmaster, HYGNet (pbeilard@direct.ca) Rabbits on walls, no problem.