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in thread XPs and real experience

I thought that XPs should be used to vote for quality of postings. Or better I'd like to see distinguished votes for quality of postings and participation to the site.
I personally don't care about getting/loosing XPs, it is really the last of my thoughts. If I can donate them as I do for frequent flyer miles, I'd be happy to :)
I'd like to know what is the interest for other users to get them, if they are not intended for rating the skillness or the quality of their comments, technical and on general things.
I'm missing something, or I'm just not involved enough into a community, where it seems that always a ranking sooner or later pops up.
Yes, that is probably the "value": if you are involved enough into a community then you need a rank. And getting higher in the rank might be the scope to stay there... just thinking by myself...
But it is in general confusing me that people can be downvoted (why just don't vote) for what they say in particular on general things, like discussions and meditations.
I get "sad" :)) when I see that I was also downvoted for what I proposed as discussion. As long as one person is reasonably polite (was I? sorry if I was not) in stating things, why censoring them? Thoughts should be free, and just ignored or discussed. Not only in Perlmonks...
One last thing on XPs... I remember a long ago I came here for some days and there was a guy, I don't remember the name, that was downvoted for some unpolite comment than he made, after his work was criticised.
He first got some minus and then he complained. So others downvoted him for his complain. t was like one started to throw a stone, and other did the same just because they saw those doing that. and the guy just got crazy and started to offend people... The node reaper removed him and he tried to get in again and offending in the chatterbox... I was curious and went to see his postings. He had been correct and "normal" until the time he was criticized with downvoting. he just went crazy like those guys who enter the school with a gun and shot their mates... I really got that feeling :)
So it is better to ignore people and just give them a + if you agree! here and in real life :)
ciao!
roberto

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Re: Re: Re: XPs and real experience
by perrin (Chancellor) on Nov 21, 2001 at 19:42 UTC
    I thought that XPs should be used to vote for quality of postings.

    Yes, that's what I said. You vote ++ on something if you think it's a good contribution. I think your confusion comes from your belief that a highly rated comment should demonstrate some amazing perl skill. A simple comment that many people find worthwhile might get a higher rating than an amazing perl trick that wasn't as generally useful or just didn't get seen by as many people.

    I get "sad" :)) when I see that I was also downvoted for what I proposed as discussion.

    You were probably downvoted because we're all sick of talking about XP and would prefer to talk about Perl.

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      I think you're confusing things. we're talking about the same thing now... I'm saying that ++ should be for "interesting" postings, be they on perl skillness or whatever interesting can be, not necessarily capability. I was just criticizing 200 and more points and one single posting rated 5 points. I'm happy for the guy if he is.
      I wrote about just because I don't get the meaning of those points if they are called "Experience" points and given also for frequentation of the site. They would be more appropriately "Frequent surfer" points. This also would give the right credit to guys that are not perl gurus but keep the site alive and unique as it is.
      However, I understand all this got too far. sorry for boring with old discussions. I'm probably not frequently enough here.
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