Re: PM's XP system, fair or not?

Just for the record fellow monks,

I'm not argueing against the XP system itself, or trying to get myself more XP through this little snippet (especially since I know now it doesn't get me a new car, darn!).

The code was just to illustrate a point. I'm trying to understand why 'just visiting' gets you XP.

I can understand why writing questions, answers and code gets you XP.

What I'm basically trying to say is, shouldn't PM just drop the thank you for visiting XP?
It might even encourage "XP freaks like me" (who me?) to write more code, questions and answers.

Teabag
chmod 666 *.*
'cause everyone should have the right to read and write!

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Re: Re: PM's XP system, fair or not? by ibanix (Hermit) on May 08, 2003 at 17:08 UTC
I suggest that it encourages people to visit the site. "Hm, I wonder what's up on PerlMonks? It's been ages since I was there... hey! I got more XP! I think I'll come back again tomorrow." Sure, maybe it's cheap, but I bet it works ;-) XP is really just "for fun" or, at most, a measure of what other people think of you. So don't take it for more than that. Cheers, ibanix `$ echo '$0 & $0 &' > foo; chmod a+x foo; foo;`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: PM's XP system, fair or not? by WhiteBird (Hermit) on May 09, 2003 at 01:11 UTC
I'm new to PM within the last month. I come around every day and browse the nodes and read the things that I find useful and interesting. I've actually picked up alot of good information that I've been able to take away and use either in actually coding, or just as food for thought. (And I enjoy thinking.)I was pleasantly surprised to realize that I got experience points for this. I don't view the points as being simply for the visit, but for the things I learn both about perl and about the MonAstery. Do I care if other people jump in and out and get points and don't learn anything while here? Nope. That's their loss. As I get more experience, I'll probably post more because I'll have more worthwhile stuff to contribute. In the meantime, it's encouraging to be making some progress every time I'm here.	[reply]