There's a lot more flaws than that. I pointed out a few more in a blog post a while back that stirred up a hornet's nest. People attacked me as though I invent

There's a lot more flaws than that. I pointed out a few more in a blog post a while back that stirred up a hornet's nest. People attacked me as though I invented those rep-earning tactics when I was simply trying to defend myself as a newcomer. http://www.codexon.com/posts/simple-tips-to-get-stackoverflow-reputation http://www.codexon.com/posts/simple-tips-to-get-stackoverflo... You can see an example of one of the worst problems (fastest gun in the west) that plagued stackoverflow here. Someone managed to get in an answer 2 minutes before me that was completely wrong. Fast forward 7 hours later, he copies my answer, and gets accepted for it, getting far more votes than mine. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/919056/python-case-insensitive-replace http://stackoverflow.com/questions/919056/python-case-insens...