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You haven't explained why "this would be terrible UX", and it would be fairly trivial to add a special "theory" tag or something more general (maybe restricted
by edjrage 7y ago
You haven't explained why "this would be terrible UX", and it would be fairly trivial to add a special "theory" tag or something more general (maybe restricted to high-rep users or mods) to avoid the problem of unwanted decay.
- tomc1985 7y agoBecause it seems obvious that watching one's hard-earned score shrink would be a bad experience. > You haven't explained why "this would be terrible UX" What's with the tone? I'm not your child
- nkrisc 7y ago> Because it seems obvious that watching one's hard-earned score shrink would be a bad experience. But it's a Q&A site, not a point-gathering exercise. Leave the displayed score of the answers/questions but decay the benefit the author gains from it.
- tomc1985 7y agoIndeed, but if you've put in a lot of work asking/answering good questions and they reward you with standing then it sucks to suddenly start losing that. There is already a certain level of inflation in that those who are continuously active will keep raising the bar. I am rather proud of my contributions and score on SO and don't want to see that go away