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 6:36 | comment | added | Stu Thompson | if this site were about pizza, we'd not be here, doc. | |
| Sep 9, 2008 at 1:54 | comment | added | Guy Starbuck | Personally, part of the appeal of StackOverflow is the reputation and the badges. Sure, it has better usability, focus, etc. than other forums, but to be honest the reputation/badge system is the main "hook" that drew me in in the first place. Sorry you are getting hammered for this com | |
| Sep 9, 2008 at 1:30 | comment | added | DrPizza | Jason: Reputation gives me a nice number under my name. The higher that number, the better. The goal is to have the highest number: to win. The number is its own reward. It is an extrinsic motivator and it has replaced the intrinsic motivators on e.g. Usenet, other forums. | |
| Sep 9, 2008 at 1:28 | comment | added | DrPizza | Stu: oh please. The content here is a sea of mediocrity. It's no better than expert-sexchange or MSDN Forums, and noticeably worse than Usenet or dedicated sites like Gamedev. We don't come here for the content; the content is banal. We come here for the game. To achieve a high score. | |
| Sep 8, 2008 at 23:49 | comment | added | Jason Bunting | Also, I am curious - what "reward" are you getting out of high reputation? Ego stroking? The higher the reputation, the more ability to edit this site. Are you some kind of power-hungry person that will wreak havoc on things just because you can? I don't know what reward you are ref | |
| Sep 8, 2008 at 23:40 | comment | added | Jason Bunting | Are you a troll generally? Many of your posts imply you are. Didn't you read my entire response? Are saying that the whole point of this website is for people to gain reputation? Your ignorance is showing. Or should I say idiocy? I think I understand properly - this is a wiki, not a video game. | |
| Sep 8, 2008 at 23:39 | comment | added | Stu Thompson | The 'rules of the game' are not the same as the 'purpose of the game'. We all are not here for the badges and reputation alone, are we? It is the content that draws us. The reputation points just make it sticky. | |
| Sep 8, 2008 at 23:27 | history | answered | DrPizza | CC BY-SA 2.5 |