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I never thought about that. I actually think this is a great idea. One big issue is a lot of people would be upset at the idea of their reputation getting small
by pinouchon 7y ago
I never thought about that. I actually think this is a great idea.
One big issue is a lot of people would be upset at the idea of their reputation getting smaller.
Maybe have a new "influence" or "helpfulness" score along with reputation that takes into account the decay you are talking about. Or maybe just have a different scoring mechanism altogether based on how knowledgeable and helpful your are to the SO community.
- redler 7y agoPerhaps a "Wisdom" stat that's influenced, in part, by the age and positive signal of substantive reputation that's old enough to have decayed.
- Izkata 7y agoThere's already an "impact" score on your profile, though it seems to just be a rough count of pageviews on your answers.
- reportgunner 7y agoI have noticed that it is common among the high rep users to say that the reputation doesn't matter, so this would put their claims to the test.