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Why are the least technical questions rewarded the most?
How do we make sure the hard questions get as much reputation as the easy questions?
I have noticed by spending some time lately on Stack Overflow that these sites are developing a reputation hungry culture. It seems if a really easy or basic question is posted then a lot of people jump on it and you will get about 10 answers per questions within minutes but if question is little bit in depth or specialized then, not many people seem to even bother to take a look at the question.
It tells me that a lot of users are just trying to increase their reputation rather than being dedicated to help fellow developer resolving their issue. Their intentions are such that I'd rather answer 5 easy question and get 100 reputation than trying to get 15 reputation by answering this in depth question. I was thinking the same way so I can tell you first hand that I was sucked into the same mentality.
Is there a way to change this culture? Perhaps increase the reputation for reply marked an an answer? I know the bounty system helps but still if you are new user and don't have enough reputation to put a bounty then it's of no use to you. Also I know other people can help you out by using their reputation as bounty but still those developers are in small number compared to number of questions out there.
With that being said I still agree that Stack Overflow is the most buzzing and helpful online community for programmers and techies and a lot of people are not yet sucked into this culture but still evidence of this culture is growing a the site is gaining popularty. So I just want to know you guys' thoughts on this and if we can may be come up with suggestions to the site moderators.
Reputation hungry culture
...my first thought wasWe'll end like Rapture!
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