I'm confident you can. I guess my idea here is one of social eng. - new people coming in, an easily discern what behavior is better. Make it a game, if you will, to have a good score in this mini game.
I agree with KE being a great metric- lot better than the current rep number for sure. Maybe that should be the first change, get rid of the number next to our handles and write in the KE. But I think we can do more.
RE: Rethinking Reputation on Hive