It is easier to say "there is nothing to reputation score" which may be true to some big extent. But since human are "swayed" by figures, appearance and stuffs like that. Reputation score "matters" on the surface.

A steemian with a reputation score of above 60 will easily be regarded as a "veteran" of some sort in the eyes of a newbie or outsider. If not for the same been "abnomalized" by the voting bots, an account with a reputation of 60 or 70 must have pay some dues in terms efforts or time.

Looking deeper, the real reputation of an account will then depend on the observer taste of contents. On steemit platform in particular, a post below some word contents or not observing a particular creative standard set by some are considered as trashy. Just a picture and a sentence post may be trashy to some but oozee creativity and genuineness to some.

In a nutshell, reputation score like appearance can be deceptive. It takes more deeper looking into an account to get the real reputation.

Saying I don't pay attention to my reputation score, especially when it increased is not honesty but I don't pay much mind to it. I should get to 60 this month or next which will few good for few seconds, beyond that I don't know or not thinking about it.