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The more elementary the question, the more upvotes you get. So your credibility is also dependent on the superficiality of the questions you are answering, even
by muhuk 12y ago
The more elementary the question, the more upvotes you get. So your credibility is also dependent on the superficiality of the questions you are answering, even more so I'd say.
- mattgreenrocks 12y agoThis is the problem: SO ends up favoring more shallow knowledge as time marches on. You can't use popularity metrics to mean anything substantive.