Re: Re: Please read nodes carefully before replying

Which could be partially addressed by taking most or all of the XP gain out of voting.

I often see multiple posts from someone, decide based on them that he is clueless, then go to his user info only to find that his experience level exceeds mine, for far fewer posts. This is not to say I'm a genius of some sort - I've had some very clue-challenged moments myself - but rewarding voting so heavily is definitely distorting things.

I'll admit to having posted faster than is good to try and get a few votes. I'm not sure of the cure for that, other than self-discipline and humility, both of which I lack.

--Bob Niederman, http://bob-n.com

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Re^3: Please read nodes carefully before replying by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Aug 24, 2003 at 15:49 UTC
The problem is not with the XP system so much as with value you assign to it. XP is in no way a rating of expertise, knowledge or anything else of any consequence. It is, mostly, a measure of how much a user has contributed to this site - and voting certainly is contribution. Besides, I don't know if you realize how little XP the "heavily rewarded" voting really gains you. Even a saint, who gets 40 votes a day, can at best gain 10XP/day from spending all his votes consistently. 10XP is nothing. Three short stock replies to simple beginner questions on SoPW will easily get you as much if they're even barely correct. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]

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Re^3: Please read nodes carefully before replying
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Aug 24, 2003 at 15:49 UTC

The problem is not with the XP system so much as with value you assign to it. XP is in no way a rating of expertise, knowledge or anything else of any consequence. It is, mostly, a measure of how much a user has contributed to this site - and voting certainly is contribution.

Besides, I don't know if you realize how little XP the "heavily rewarded" voting really gains you. Even a saint, who gets 40 votes a day, can at best gain 10XP/day from spending all his votes consistently. 10XP is nothing. Three short stock replies to simple beginner questions on SoPW will easily get you as much if they're even barely correct.

Makeshifts last the longest.

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