I don't care what the number is, as I'm confident in my online behavior to know that I behave.  Besides, it says my reputation is "excellent", which is all I really care about.  I just look at the number, and then other people's numbers, and I'm not sure how they calculate it, and was curious.    It could be the number of Rainbow Puppies from the Moon of Squee that think I'm funny for all I care, but I would like to know the system behind it, whatever it is.

So I tried to find a generic forum to post this, but the General one seemed to be fairly short on traffic. 

How is my community rating calculated anyway?   I mean, I see a number, but it doesn't really tell me much, other than "yep, that's my number".   Is it simply a accumulation of "likes" from my posts, showing that my content is generally liked or what?    Just curious every time I see it.

Thanks.

Mostly just as an interest check for now;
 
I was thinking of perhaps making some re-organised books to properly list and show both fan made materials/houserules en possible listings of powers/breeds in a single document for ease of use.
 
See it as similar to how netbooks where done for other fan-sites, and with the amount of material available for Fireborn I thought it be a good idea to gather these ideas into documents that are not as easily lost or spread out over multiple locations/places.
 
Ofcourse the original sources will still be included and authors credited, and while the first few would primarily focus on excisting material, new netbooks might come up if old or new fans make additonal material to expand them.
 
It's just an idea as of now, but as Fireborn never been "truly" dead, this might stoke the fires a bit among those dormant lurkers and old fans of the system.