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Sibling Indomitus writes:
Who says that posting stuff like this would get you downvoted? This is a very valid question and an interesting one.

Actually, I'm concerned w/ getting up voted... I'm sorta using my XP as a personal gauge of my Perl progress. Stuff like this doesn't really reflect that progress. I suppose related questions would be:

How about subtracting XP from yourself?

How about turning off XP accumulation for a period of time?

The later might be useful before some real world deadline...



email: mandog

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Re: Re: google style best nodes list
by jlongino (Parson) on Oct 19, 2001 at 09:26 UTC
    The solution is simple and doesn't require creating an additional account. If you don't want your XP muddied, post to those areas as Anonymous.

    You're entitled to your views on XP. I like think of XP as a very rough estimate of an individuals contributions to the PM community as a whole, not just a part of it.

    "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein

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      A problem for me with posting anonymously is that I think that it is important to accept responsibility for my words.


      email: mandog

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        Taking the responsibility is not the problem. You just sign in your usual way and add a remark that you posted this anonymously on purpose. If you like you can add a reasoning for doing so.

        -- Hofmator

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      A problem with posting anonymously and saying it is me is that I could also post anonymously and say it was you...


      email: mandog

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        Er, no.

        1. Post anonymously, signing it as yourself.
        2. Then log in as yourself, and reply to the anonymous post saying "Yes, I did that."
        This way, there is verification that you are actually taking responsibility for your post.

        That said, I don't suggest it. PM XP and PM levels are definitely a poor indicator of perl experience 1. They are more often indicators of one's contributions and involvement in the community. I definitely advise just posting and taking your lumps (anvils or sugar) as they come, and track your coding ability against real live code instead.

        1 Take me for an example. Not a good coder, but (before i went dormant for a while) a contributor to the community, asker of decent questions (even if I am stubborn).
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        On second thought, I doubt if anyone would get away with that for too long.


        email: mandog

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