Timeline for Will reputation spiral out of all control?
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| Aug 10, 2009 at 7:30 | history | migrated | from stackoverflow.com (revisions) | ||
| Sep 9, 2008 at 9:01 | comment | added | Bobby Jack | ... rep will, in some cases, outweigh the motivation for helping. The system should only allow people to gain rep through genuinely helpful actions. | |
| Sep 9, 2008 at 9:01 | comment | added | Bobby Jack | I think, in this specific case, the reward for helping others, and the reputation score are (or can be) quite separate. It is quite simple to JUST chase after reputation without really helping. It is equally simple to help others, without really gaining rep. I fear that the motivation for gaining .. | |
| Sep 9, 2008 at 6:03 | comment | added | Pollyanna | Human beings have 5 psychological motivators - Prestige, curiosity, security, experience, or connection. Everyone has a bias towards one or two of these, and you have a primary and secondary motivator. Why is it that you believe humans are 'less' somehow because numbers appeal to our motivations? | |
| Sep 8, 2008 at 23:16 | history | answered | Jason Bunting | CC BY-SA 2.5 |