I see that in the wallet. I've thought it's just showing the base level where we start, likely because what's supposed to display there usually, isn't displaying - a bug as you suggest. I have seen a couple of times where it has shown my current level, and my cover image on my wallet page. And while it usually says 25 there with black background, everywhere else shows my actual level. I don't think it's somehow actually having an effect on reputation, but I could be wrong. It doesn't look like a big issue to me though.
I'd be glad to offer feedback on issues on the site, but I think the main issue with my experience after the changes, was just being surprised and then not seeing any guidance about the changes. You may want to incorporate a banner or something on the site that will inform and/or direct users on what's going on and how to proceed after changes. Or even better, also plan site changes and announce them before implementation.
I think that is the solution. We are coming up on the end of the completion of the road map illustrated in the white paper. We can create a new roadmap soon and update the white paper. I think we will create a changelog style page with major updates and what changed since the last update. Improvements update really.We could just copy and paste things from the white paper from time to time that we are about to implement. I don't think we really need half of the docs we have now as no one reads them. We need simple one pagers and a solid notification system if we have any major updates. Hopefully we come out of beta soon and really just work on bug fixes.
Steemit used to show the correct banners and rep on every page. I hate the new logo which isn't new to many. I had just bought a ton of shirts after they opened the store. Then about 2 weeks later without any notice they changed the logo. It reminded me of buying a fave sports team jersey back in the day to find out they decided to change the whole look or move cities. I can appreciate the shock you must have been under. I had invested a ton and they knew they were changing logos. At least I hope they knew.
We will try to avoid such issue in the future. Thanks for the ideas and feedback. It will help us make improvements.