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What does "a little bit harder" mean? Any reputation requirement is out of the window because it would alienate far too many people from ever contributing. A sc
by Veedrac 10y ago
What does "a little bit harder" mean? Any reputation requirement is out of the window because it would alienate far too many people from ever contributing. A screening process wouldn't work well because SO already puts too much burden on moderators (which is largely why people end up making rushed moderation decisions).
- reitanqild 10y ago> What does "a little bit harder" mean? I'll try to answer below. But I don't think SO can have their cake and eat it to: IMO SO can either set the threshold for asking to non-zero or they could stop complaining about the current torrent of help vampires and low-effort questions. > Any reputation requirement is out of the window because it would alienate far too many people from ever contributing. And here is were our opinions differ. It seems like somehow SO enjoy having a torrent of fresh noobs to correct. If not, adding just the slightest speed bump to people who just want help with their homework (i.e. you cannot ask a question until your account is 6 hours old or has passed introductory training: look at tags, make a search, visit meta) would likely (IMO) weed out most vampires without affecting the large majority (the read only users) or anyone who is prepared to make any effort to become a contributor.
- shagie 10y agoOne must differentiate the SO core user group and SO the company that develops, hosts, and sells advertising.