I read this line today:"The reputation of a node reflects many things other than quality."

I couldn't agree more. If you run through my posts, you will find that the highest reputation posts are slightly inflamitory or funny and have little to do with perl. The posts that I think are the most useful have zip for rep.

I think that this true accross the board. An elegant piece of code will, in general, score WAY less than the "My boss is such an idiot. He hates Perl, the Simpsons, and apple pie. So, I told him right to his face..." type posts.

Some of the threads that I get sucked into almost seem like they are intentionally inflamatory. This made me wonder:

Has anyone written a post solely for rep and gotten a ton of rep for it?

Have you posted for points?
Have you fished for rep?
Maybe in college you got a little drunk, you felt a little experimental, one thing led to another...and you woke up with a couple hundred extra points on the nightstand...

I'm not pointing any fingers at the brethren, nor asking my fellow brethren to do so. I am asking YOU.

Have you?

-OzzyOsbourne

In reply to Step into the Confessional by OzzyOsbourne

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