Re: How do you conserve votes?

I'm not complaing about saints. I'm just pointing out the limited value of the entire voting system. I don't have an opinion of what saints should be, but I know they are not necessarely what many people think they are. And this discussion only reconfirms that. I've always said that XP has no relationship to one's ability to program in Perl, and that it is therefore silly to give more weight to a post of someone with a high level that to one with a lower level.

As for an "other users" nodelet, I don't have that nodelet turned on. Why should I care who has made a request to perlmonks in the last $NUM minutes?

Abigail

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Re(2)How do you conserve votes? by Ovid (Cardinal) on Apr 24, 2003 at 16:25 UTC
Amen to that! I work hard, I push products out the door and generally do a good job, but I've had too many people think that my XP makes me some sort of Perl God. I tell 'em I'm not and they just respond that I'm being modest. I can't win. I like being here, helping people out and learning (I've had more than a few misperceptions corrected), but I do wish people would remember that my XP is a largely a reflection of people liking my writing style and not my Perl ability, per se. Cheers, Ovid New address of my CGI Course. Silence is Evil (feel free to copy and distribute widely - note copyright text)	[reply]
Re: Re(2)How do you conserve votes? by kelan (Deacon) on Apr 25, 2003 at 14:09 UTC
We hear you and obey, O Great One ;) kelan Perl6 Grammar Student	[reply]
Re^$foo: How do you conserve votes? by benn (Vicar) on Apr 24, 2003 at 14:04 UTC
/me bows to the wisdom of St Abigail-II, completely misses the point and promises to upvote this one too, simply 'cos you're holier-than-me :) I never got round to tuning my "other users" nodelet off - personally I like it - it gives the site more of a 'community feel' - the whole "wandering the corridors" metaphor. For thine is the coding The bugs and the beauty For Larry and Larry Amen Ben Xxx. PS...Wayhay - my 100th writeup - I'm no slacker :) B.	[reply]