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

Forgive me father, for I have sinned . . .
Sure I have posted solely for rep - but now that I am level 8 - I can just sit back and be lazy ;)

Just Kidding!!!

When I first joined Perl Monks - I tried to post for rep - then figured out that it did no good. I quickly learned not to worry about rep and just go for the knowledge. Man, I can't begin to explain all the great stuff I have learned from this web sight - thanks to everyone - we all learn from the good posts and the bad posts.

I am glad to say that some of my suspicions about when to post are wrong - sure, there is a chance that you will post a great node in reply to a question, long after that question has been rotated out of Newest nodes or The Monastery gates and only 3 people will even see it - but for the most part, I see that the highest rep nodes are indeed the ones that are (in the case of a Perl related question) the most discriptive of the problem - ones that give some history into the problem as well as great examples that work. In other words, they do deserve the rep.

As for humorous nodes or just plain ole passionate nodes, I don't think anyone can explain why those get REALLY high reps - they do and I am cool with that.

On a side note, now that I am level eight - I've got to earn my keep (or is that, keep what I've earned) - which is why I am delving back into C some more with Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment. I believe it is time for me to learn some history!

Jeff


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(the triplet paradiddle)

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Step into the Confessional by jeffa
in thread Step into the Confessional by OzzyOsbourne

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