Re: Why do we get experience for voting?

Even Pontiffs and Saints (level 9 and 10) with their 40 votes a day gain about 10 XP per day on average from voting - and that's if they spend all of the votes. That's about as much as you'll get for two "nothing special" good replies. A good toplevel node will likely gain you 4-5x as much, minimum. And that's with the 40 votes Saints get; lower user levels get much fewer votes than that.

I think the balance is fairly good.

You're encouraged to vote, but hardly so much that it makes a big difference. Writing a single well thought out toplevel node will get you more XP than weeks of voting. It works well to reward those who contribute and be too tiring for those who might like to make it a game.

Update 2002-09-11: changed 15 XP/day to 10, changed ratios accordingly.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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Re: Re: Why do we get experience for voting? by jryan (Vicar) on Sep 10, 2002 at 18:57 UTC
15 XP a day from voting? I don't know about you, but I usually average about 3 XP a day from voting :)	[reply]
Re^3: Why do we get experience for voting? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Sep 10, 2002 at 20:10 UTC
It does require spending all your votes every day, mind you. And originally I was going to say 10 on average, but that seemed a bit low. Since I have no precise idea of the amount, 15 sounded like a decent guess - but still a guess. Still, it works for the point I wanted to make: it is a mild encouragement, but an order of magnitude lower than what you get for posts, and thus not abusable. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: Re: Why do we get experience for voting? by sauoq (Abbot) on Sep 10, 2002 at 21:57 UTC
According to Voting/Experience System there is a: 25% chance of +1 every time you vote So the average for a Saint that uses all of his votes would be 10 points. -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply]