That relates to another point in the post that your questions and answers are scored based on how many other people you helped. I have a super high rep on the

That relates to another point in the post that your questions and answers are scored based on how many other people you helped. I have a super high rep on the blender stack exchange just because I happened to ask all of the noob questions when the site was in beta. I still get almost daily upvotes even though I haven't used blender in years.