Yah! Just like that lazy bastard merlyn!

(Um ... that was a joke)

Basically I disagree. Getting experience for voting adds just enough motivation to the process for people to actually participate. And the more participation the better! Otherwise it would be like US presidential elections where not even half the population votes! And voting on comments should be no where near as significant, so the incentive is fun to have.

Also having good ideas and recognizing good ideas are totally seperate concepts. A newbie might not have good ideas or at least not be able to explain them, but they should be able to recognize (and vote on) good ideas or good explanations. And they are gaining *real* perl experience for thinking about the responses. It makes sense to give monk XP for that I think.

It seems fair to give a 33% as btrott said, but definately keep some percentage.

Actually I think it would be good to increase the number of votes. I see a lot of people I would like to vote for that have very good ideas but I only get so few votes. But I guess keeping the limit as it is makes you think a little harder about who you vote for or against.

That is my 1/2 a cent.

In reply to RE: Experience System by perlmonkey
in thread Experience System by plaid

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