Subtracting "reputation" as a requirement in that equation has to have at least a small positive value, doesn't it? I don't know how many independent researche

Subtracting "reputation" as a requirement in that equation has to have at least a small positive value, doesn't it? I don't know how many independent researchers there are who have a chicken-and-egg problem with reputation because they don't know how to disclose both visibly and responsibly. But if there are any, Zed's method seems beneficial.