You know, I've never posted once expecting a node to garner more than 0 XP. The fact that I've hit Best of the Week 3 times (yes, I've counted! *grins*) has stunned me. In fact, the three nodes that made it there (and the top three nodes in my Highest Rep) were questions, not answers!

Of course, this all goes to show that I'm completely clueless on how to pre-judge a node's merits. :-p

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