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Now tell me how a novice is supposed to know to believe him over me?

Make node reputation visible to everyone at all times even before they vote. That is one reasonable way to solve this problem.

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Re^4: To Answer, Or Not To Answer....
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Aug 02, 2011 at 17:59 UTC

    That might help in some ways, but I suspect that scores depend on many more factors than mere accuracy: time of day, existing reputation of poster, tone, chronology of responses, et cetera. It's difficult to draw a useful correlation.

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