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.

In reply to Re: Why do we get experience for voting? by Aristotle
in thread Why do we get experience for voting? by Felonious

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