Perhaps you perceive more weight on the titles that are given here than they really deserve.
Don't think of their rating on here as an actual performance/knowledege rating and you might care less about questions getting points.
Peoples scores/ratings are more of a factor of how active they are on here than anything else - you can raise your level just by voting on others.

If it really bothers you, then I would advise you to really avoid places like slashdot, or any other web community that has a karma system.

You are far better off reading around the board and figuring out which people are useful resources and worthy of your attention than instead going by someone's rating.

That said, I hear that when one reaches the saint level, people in real life worship that chosen one publically on the streets. And on occasion they just throw money.
So saints got that going for them. Which is nice.

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