Timeline for Should you answer a question that you know will get closed?
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| May 29, 2013 at 13:55 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | Oh, its not about rep at all. The real benefit from an answer is really having to write an answer in a way a third party can understand, and where its necessary, the research behind it. | |
| May 29, 2013 at 11:34 | comment | added | Ramhound | @JourneymanGeek - With regard to the loss of reputation you wouldn't be any worst of if you just ignore the question so you have nothing to lose but time and any future reputation points you gleem from it. | |
| May 27, 2013 at 23:54 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | oh, up to a point, rep is pretty neat - more importantly, the privileges it unlocks. When you pass 20K tho, its just a number. | |
| May 27, 2013 at 21:14 | comment | added | corsiKa | @Keltari /s/everything/anything - fixed. | |
| May 27, 2013 at 8:56 | vote | accept | Keltari | ||
| May 27, 2013 at 5:00 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | I don't mind giving away the rep. I just keep forgetting ;p | |
| May 27, 2013 at 4:33 | comment | added | Canadian Luke | You need those bounty contests again, @JourneymanGeek | |
| May 27, 2013 at 3:11 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | eh, I guess so. Edited to make it clear using CW as a rep free card is a bit of an abuse. ;p | |
| May 27, 2013 at 3:11 | history | edited | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 26, 2013 at 21:28 | comment | added | nhinkle Mod | CW isn't really meant to be a rep-free card - its purpose was originally to allow community collaboration, which is now mostly unnecessary with the advent of suggested edits. If you have a lot of people contributing to a single post it makes sense, but try not to use it as "I don't feel like getting rep for this". | |
| May 26, 2013 at 16:48 | comment | added | rtf |
I like the CW idea. There's some questions that I would like to answer but I feel silly gaining any rep from, and even sillier answering the question when I know my name will end up on Closed by:. Seems like a good way to sidestep the issue.
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| May 26, 2013 at 7:38 | history | edited | Sathyajith BhatMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 26, 2013 at 4:31 | comment | added | Keltari | +1 Well, rep isnt everything. I think its just a matter of pride seeing a good answer go down the drain. :D | |
| May 26, 2013 at 4:26 | history | answered | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |