Mods have already nixed the ideas of likes, and I understand that it is not the perfect solution, though it is better than the current system. Havng a rating/scoring system off likes will only end up pushing the lowest-common-denominator content to the top, just like leddit, but I would definitely improve readability.
The best way to make a rep system given this forum's abilities is something I've directly suggested to the mods... an enforced character minimum on posts. Like maybe 200ish characters per post (I suggested 100 in my message to them as a low-ball). Sarge claims that this forum has no ability to do that from a software standpoint, though another user has said it would only take one line of code to implement so IDK who to believe. Regardless if it can be implemented from a software side or not, it should be implemented from a rules standpoint. Put in the rules of the site that all posts much be ### charcters or more. All posts under will be removed. Janitors/user reports can report or flag low-effort content. If people just put random charcters in their loqw effort posts to meet, that is also a violation. I want this place to be a place of discussion, not conversation. Take your study hall chats to discord, not here.
What the above paragraph does is it then makes each posts worthwhile and makes post count have an actual worth. Now, post count can be used as "rep".
The low effort spamming is the worst thing about this forum. I browse IT (to laugh at them) from time, and while those people are bonafide retards, they are at least thorough bonafide retards, while this place (and braincels) read like babby's first message board. I don't remember it being quite as bad on the original incels page on reddit but that may just be nostalgia.