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The complaint was also that established users could post a quick reply to a question and then go back and edit that initial (highly placed) response to add deta
by bdfh42 16y ago
The complaint was also that established users could post a quick reply to a question and then go back and edit that initial (highly placed) response to add detail to gain karma. I was able to post a response, go back and edit it with more detail and then return with a related response - all without joining. Perhaps that was evidence of some initial trials that have resulted in the announcement in the headline post.
- stan_rogers 16y agoThe complaint wasn't that established users could do that, but that they were doing that -- getting in quickly with broad-stroke, nearly content-free answers for placement, then expanding later. It's a good game strategy, but it does put the longer, more detailed initial answers either far down the list (or, if there are enough people playing that game in a particular niche, preventing them altogether). The main complaint, though, was with the inability to comment. Why add a separate answer when there's one there already that only needs a minor caveat or qualification? Not everybody who wants to contribute where they can is interested in collecting reputation points; comments require fifty rep and edits used to require 2K. Anonymous edits provides that sort of repless contribution opportunity (the rep points would go to the original contributor). [edited for grammar, perhaps inadequately]