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I'm not sure I understand your point. You seem to be thinking that people answering questions deserve to be paid - as if they're being forced into answering at

I'm not sure I understand your point. You seem to be thinking that people answering questions deserve to be paid - as if they're being forced into answering at all. Experts on EE are answering questions for the same reason users on SO are. > Please explain how "EE treast those answering questions really well" If you're a top contributor to EE, you get flown to really nice places and are treated like a VIP by EE. Not everyone reaches this level, but those who do get a really nice perk, in addition to the benefits of answering questions in general.

300bps 13y ago
You seem to be thinking that people answering questions deserve to be paid If I may first pay you a compliment, you are very adept at twisting words and building up straw man arguments. What I actually said was: What [Experts Exchange] did was build a business model based on taking from many and giving to nobody Your response was then: EE treats those answering questions really well But we both know this isn't true. It pays the vast, vast, vast majority of question answerers in worthless or near worthless points. The average question answerer, including the ones that get flown places and "treated like a VIP" is probably actually getting less than minimum wage for their work. That's hardly being treated "really well". So we come back to my original statement. Experts Exchange built their business on taking from many and giving to nobody. If you want me to add an exception of, "giving to nobody except giving scraps to the very top of people whose time they were taking to build their business on" I would be amenable to that.
- t50 13y ago
  I don't understand what getting paid for answers is for? They volunteer to help answer questions, most do this because they get that warm fuzzy feeling inside from doing a good deed and helping someone out, the rest for the free access to the site. No one at SO gets paid to post. so why should EE pay them to post?
  - 300bps 13y ago
    No one at SO gets paid to post. so why should EE pay them to post? Maybe because EE expects to be paid to share those answers and SO doesn't?
    - t50 13y ago
      Maybe SO doesn't have a paid staff to pay for, and has larger operating costs? without other sources of income to pay those
      - taproot 13y ago
        Are you daft? http://stackexchange.com/about/hiring http://stackexchange.com/about/hiring
- radmuzom 13y ago
  > Experts Exchange built their business on taking from many and giving to nobody. How is the Stack Overflow business model any different?
  - ceejayoz 13y ago
    Uh... they give the answers to everybody?
- andy_adams 13y ago
  My friend, I do not intentionally twist words. I'm just trying to wrap my head around how you can be upset that: - EE isn't paying people money for the answers they provide when - those persons answering questions are doing so with no expectation of being paid in anything but points. It's no different than Stack Overflow, but you seem to think otherwise. Just trying to figure out what you're getting at.
  - 300bps 13y ago
    It's no different than Stack Overflow You're being consciously or subconsciously obtuse. With Experts Exchange: 1. People answer questions for free 2. People pay for the answers 3. Google and other search engines are gamed The only thing that is the "just like Stack Overflow" is #1. The other two items are absolutely nothing like Stack Overflow. As I said, Experts Exchange takes from many and gives to nobody. Stack Exchange takes from many and gives to all. You really can't possibly not see the difference.

300bps 13y ago

You seem to be thinking that people answering questions deserve to be paid If I may first pay you a compliment, you are very adept at twisting words and building up straw man arguments. What I actually said was: What [Experts Exchange] did was build a business model based on taking from many and giving to nobody Your response was then: EE treats those answering questions really well But we both know this isn't true. It pays the vast, vast, vast majority of question answerers in worthless or near worthless points. The average question answerer, including the ones that get flown places and "treated like a VIP" is probably actually getting less than minimum wage for their work. That's hardly being treated "really well". So we come back to my original statement. Experts Exchange built their business on taking from many and giving to nobody. If you want me to add an exception of, "giving to nobody except giving scraps to the very top of people whose time they were taking to build their business on" I would be amenable to that.

t50 13y ago
I don't understand what getting paid for answers is for? They volunteer to help answer questions, most do this because they get that warm fuzzy feeling inside from doing a good deed and helping someone out, the rest for the free access to the site. No one at SO gets paid to post. so why should EE pay them to post?
- 300bps 13y ago
  No one at SO gets paid to post. so why should EE pay them to post? Maybe because EE expects to be paid to share those answers and SO doesn't?
  - t50 13y ago
    Maybe SO doesn't have a paid staff to pay for, and has larger operating costs? without other sources of income to pay those
    - taproot 13y ago
      Are you daft? http://stackexchange.com/about/hiring http://stackexchange.com/about/hiring
radmuzom 13y ago
> Experts Exchange built their business on taking from many and giving to nobody. How is the Stack Overflow business model any different?
- ceejayoz 13y ago
  Uh... they give the answers to everybody?
andy_adams 13y ago
My friend, I do not intentionally twist words. I'm just trying to wrap my head around how you can be upset that: - EE isn't paying people money for the answers they provide when - those persons answering questions are doing so with no expectation of being paid in anything but points. It's no different than Stack Overflow, but you seem to think otherwise. Just trying to figure out what you're getting at.
- 300bps 13y ago
  It's no different than Stack Overflow You're being consciously or subconsciously obtuse. With Experts Exchange: 1. People answer questions for free 2. People pay for the answers 3. Google and other search engines are gamed The only thing that is the "just like Stack Overflow" is #1. The other two items are absolutely nothing like Stack Overflow. As I said, Experts Exchange takes from many and gives to nobody. Stack Exchange takes from many and gives to all. You really can't possibly not see the difference.