People that game the system tend to get bored after awhile and go away. Only those that truly like answering questions and helping people stick around. Overall,

People that game the system tend to get bored after awhile and go away. Only those that truly like answering questions and helping people stick around. Overall, most of the time questions are getting answered and that's the primary goal of the site. If you're getting sniped and then having your content copied, post first or post faster. I have never had my content stolen for another answer. Also if you want more rep with less games, stay away from the high-profile low-hanging fruit. Avoid basic language syntax lessons that are easy for people to answer quickly. Pick a few tags that you have more specific knowledge in and follow those. That's an easy way to get rep without as much competition.