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Is it really a flaw that certain technologies are more popular or more widely used? I agree that you can garner much more exposure on SO if you're answering que

Is it really a flaw that certain technologies are more popular or more widely used? I agree that you can garner much more exposure on SO if you're answering questions about a Microsoft Technology, but I'm just struggling with labeling that as a flaw. Maybe I'm missing something obvious. Moreover, if a company is looking for someone working in that niche technology you speak of, then you having a fraction of rep points compared to a .NET guy is less relevant than you having 50% more points than the next guy in said niche.

silentbicycle 17y ago
No, the issue is that, in SO karma, relatively common knowledge seems to be valued orders of magnitude more than insight on problems few people would be able to solve. While some of those questions are probably just obscure trivia, it also includes advanced knowledge of (say) compiler optimization. Cases where most people on the site wouldn't be familiar enough with the subject matter to tell an insightful answer from ignorant ranting. It can also be a measurement of how much time you're willing to sink into talking about programming, rather than actually doing it. (HN has the same problem.)