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Why do I care how somebody has earned their prestige? I want my questions answered, and nobody should care (much) about anything else. It’s already elitist and
by qubex 9y ago
Why do I care how somebody has earned their prestige? I want my questions answered, and nobody should care (much) about anything else. It’s already elitist and hostile to newcomers, the last thing we need is that it be enshrined in the implicit underlying data-structure that ’prestige’ is the whole point of the enterprise. Keep in mind that karma points or whatever are first and foremost an instrument for classifying replies from users, and only as a side-effect became a badge of honour. If anything that tendency should be suppressed to avoid concentration and the old-boys-club effect, not the opposite.
- mathcomp7 9y agoFor a simple user of SO you could only care about de quality of answers, but for someone hiring it can be a very useful information. I agree with you that special care should be taken to avoid SO take a bag stance about new users to keep power.
- qubex 9y agoPeople strutting their stuff to appeal to recruiters, and recruiters going for those who strut their stuff, probably summarises a lot of that which is rotten in the tech world (and one of the big reasons I stated well clear of it).