Add to that the fact that If you already have a lot of rep, and answers the same exact thing as other people, OP will tend to validate you instead of the first

Add to that the fact that If you already have a lot of rep, and answers the same exact thing as other people, OP will tend to validate you instead of the first guy thats posts :). It happened to me in several occasions. And this is one of the reasons I tend to avoid answering questions now.