That's basically the point of the site. I think SO's owners are ok with this trade off. FWIW it wasn't always like this. I have a lot of points on SO mostly ac

That's basically the point of the site. I think SO's owners are ok with this trade off. FWIW it wasn't always like this. I have a lot of points on SO mostly acquired about 5 years ago. Back then SO was a much friendlier, and much more interesting place to participate in. I haven't actively participated in about 3 years or so.