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Solution: The longer a question goes unanswered, the more points you aught to get for answering it.
by ZitchDog 15y ago
Solution: The longer a question goes unanswered, the more points you aught to get for answering it.
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- jdonnici 15y agoI think "longer" referred to the length of time the question goes unanswered - not the number of characters it took to pose the question. While you can't quantifiably measure difficulty, it's fair to say that more difficult questions will remain unanswered longer. Easy questions get pounced on. The difficult ones take time.
- hnhg 15y agoRead the parent again closely. He/she is talking about time.
- kevinalexbrown 15y agoThe irony of the misunderstanding is exacerbated by the fact that P=NP would in fact get a huge number of points.
- fauigerzigerk 15y agoDon't you think a proof of P=NP would be worth that karma? ;-)
- EdwardMSmith 15y agoIt needs to be coupled with question votes, as it would be too easy to game by writing a terrible question with a false account, letting it sit for a long time, then answering it with your real account.
- cruise02 15y agoThat would incentivize waiting to post an answer. That's definitely not desirable.
- ZitchDog 15y agoExcept that someone else could answer while you are waiting.
- cruise02 15y agoNow it's a dilemma. I can just write up my answer and wait to post it until someone else posts, maximizing the amount of reputation I'd get for the same answer. If everyone does the same, the net outcome is a longer waiting period to get answers to questions. I'd rather keep game theory out of it.