Now look, I don't like it when people with like no posts have a shitton of rep, but reputation isn't given just for useful and helpful answers.
Maybe rep for trolling is bad, but is rep for posting something funny really that awful? Let's take a moment and define what reputation really is:
a : overall quality or character as seen or judged by people in general
b : recognition by other people of some characteristic or ability
c : a place in public esteem or regard : good name
Yeah, I can understand that. And rep for the personality every once a while is fine with me too.. I think.
People give reputation because they like someone, or something they've done. We the community are not just fact-machines meant to soullessly answer questions that newer players might have. You have to be vibrant, have a personality, be a little funny once in a while. People who go out of their comfort zones and take risks are the ones that become popular and noticed. People who are noticed have a large reputation.
This is how society works.
Sure, i've gotten a bunch of rep for "trolling" someone, but most of it has been from the things I've said that are a.) correct b.) helpful, or c.) amusing. Reputation is the sum of someone's parts, and actually having a personality is a part of that.
I would rather not risk getting infractions or such for more reps, and from what it seemed to be... people who have been infracted at least once before and such, (sorry if it came off offensive to you) tend to get repped more often than the goody-good members (like me or some other users) who behaves, and follow the rules that literally never get repped or such.
So yeah, it sucks to be you with 3.5k posts and 3 rep bars, but you have to be a visible member of the community, and that occasionally means whoring up Bean Rua, posting memes, answering questions and being zingy with your posts. That's interesting, and that's how the world works.
And if you're not interesting, then nobody cares.
Stop crying because you're not interesting or likeable enough.
Unfortunately, everyone is different, and everyone doesn't have the high level of sense of humor, however, it shouldn't only make you a visible member just for that. It should have been also toward how helpful you are, along with some other stuffs and such. Not just only... whoring up the Bean Rua forums, posting memes, etc.