@therealwolf
the stake based governance didn't dare so well with Steem! Sure some safeguards are now in place, but how safe has yet to be tested.
The reputation system could also be partly based on stake, with amount of stake held enhancing reputation and contributions made to cause funds could also enhance reputation.
And as stated in the Trusted Reputationarticle, your peers in the 8-PACS would be the ones "voting" on your reputation based on real transactions, recorded on the blockchain and visible.
Surely testing it in a Hive community (with new tokens with intially no value) would be great way to find out?