Negative rep a no no conversation?

[Swiftstrike]

Well, if you have 1,500 Reputation you must be somewhat active and debated favorably in quite a few debates in the forums.

While this may be true in some cases, it remains a sad fact that writing out a good complete guide or participating in a good debate in obscure forums like Instances, Burglars, Lore-masters, etc will garner someone much less rep than someone posting a lolcat in General Discussion.