Hot list looks pretty sweet. I also like your idea for making one's own score and it's component parts available to an individual member. I still would like to see a system for rating individual posts and have that included in your formula. Also factoring in the number of posts deleted would give a better idea of an individual's "quality of contribution". Every system is open to abuse. Under this system a group of 5 to 10 posters could bookmark each other and post back and forth on a lot of non-stock boards to inflate their postition. We do want people taliking about stocks right?