I think that the author have made a mistake in writing the goal of the answerer: > Answerer: maximize the value to the site of any given post, treating the sit

I think that the author have made a mistake in writing the goal of the answerer: > Answerer: maximize the value to the site of any given post, treating the site as a long-lasting resource That's rarely the case, usually the answerer wants answer the question as fast as possible to move on to the next question and accumulate karma. Honestly I can't really blame stackoverflow's karma system on that since I've seen that behavior everywhere even in person to person conversations. My point is, If you don't have time to think about my question, don't bother answering cause if you do, you will waste your time asking garbage questions ("are you sure you really need your operations to be async") or giving garbage answers ("stop using postgres and use mongodb") and then I'll have to waste my time replying to what you said to clarify why this is not a thing that can be "bargained around". Talking in person I have the advantage that my facial expressions convey my desire to murder, so my coworkers are used to only offer answers when they are super sure about it or when I directly ask them, in the internet I still have no idea on how to fix that.