I run into you too often for you to have a mere ~500 reputation. I need to share the gold a bit more, you're a decent member of the forums with content I enjoy reading.
I prefer to look at a poster's Rep to Posts ratio. There are posters with 1500 posts, and 500 rep. There are posters with 1500 posts and 10000 rep. So you can figure out which one seems to make the bigger impact. With that in mind, I am happy with my rep, but won't say no to more!