Hi, a couple of observations:

• This is just one website. Granted, it is one of the main Perl discussion sites, but it is still just one website. Many people in the Perl community also have a very low opinion of the discussions that take place here.
• Perl is just one language. There are many more (and arguably bigger) fish in the sea. Don't limit yourself to one language, no matter how good you think it is.
• The moderation system on this site is just a very simple attempt at improving post quality and creating a community feel. It isn't a 10 year project designed by hundreds of people with sociology degrees. It is hardly means anything (kind of like sociology degrees ;-).
• And finally, even if the experience on this site did absolutely, entirely and objectively represent your Perl skills, who would care? You should go on improving your skills regardless of what a number tells you.

I've always thought it would be interesting to try and perfect a moderation system for sites like this, but some better projects always seem to come along before I get to it :-).

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