Timeline for High reputation users having trouble understanding Super User?
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| Jul 22, 2010 at 18:01 | history | migrated | from meta.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Feb 6, 2010 at 7:41 | comment | added | Lance Roberts | @Gnoupi, there's enough discouragement from downvotes and closing that far outweigh the encouragement of a few quick answers, especially since all but the dupes aren't really solving any problem they have anyway. They won't get the discussion they desire, so they'll eventually go elsewhere to discuss things. | |
| Feb 6, 2010 at 6:47 | comment | added | Gnoupi | @Lance that's exactly what "encouraging bad behavior" means. You encourage bad questions by answering them, that's as simple. | |
| Feb 6, 2010 at 5:14 | comment | added | Lance Roberts | CW is not a weapon. There is nothing wrong with answering questions that you vote to close, in fact it can be helpful to get a good answer out. Most 'Exact Duplicates' aren't very exact, so all answers don't transfer well. | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 9:57 | comment | added | Gnoupi | Note that "what to do with answers on closed questions" was discussed shortly there: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4303/…. However, it was more extreme, with an objective to take away reputation earned already, which I'm not sure would be something to really do. | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 9:44 | comment | added | random | Right now it depends heavily on mods being awake for the dupe questions to be closed. Until then, rep city. Closed by five is few and far between. @chr | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 9:44 | comment | added | ChrisF | Just realised this is what Ivo suggested (in jest) but this would be automatic. | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 9:36 | comment | added | ChrisF | Just had a thought, why not make posts closed as duplicate CW, including all answers. Thus answers will only gain rep while the question is open. If the "closers" get in quick enough those just after the rep won't benefit too much. | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 9:35 | comment | added | alex | @Gnoupi no one said it was punishment, but let's not run away from CW, either. It has its purpose. | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 9:28 | comment | added | Gnoupi | @random - anyway, it's really only a temporary solution, I think. CW should not be seen as a "punishment". | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 9:01 | comment | added | random | Currently with CW, any rep before the switch sticks. So recalc doesn't really affect things unless the post has been deleted. | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 8:56 | comment | added | Gnoupi | About duplicate answers, I don't think we can do something about it, as it relates to one of the most basic issues from the SOFU sites, simply. Often two will come with similar answers, and each will want their answer to be taken. The only "good behavior" to such situation would be to merge the both answers, to have the final goal, which is to answer the question on the best possible way. | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 8:53 | comment | added | Gnoupi | @Ivo - I have already noticed your "CW" actions recently, like on this question superuser.com/questions/104610/…. Very good initiative, because there was a situation of a "silly joke", being upvoted. However, it remains a side solution, as this is hardly the purpose of this function to begin with. | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 8:44 | comment | added | Ivo Flipse | Doesnt a recalc take it away? | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 8:41 | comment | added | random | But by then they've already grabbed their rep and they don't care any more. | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 8:26 | comment | added | Ivo Flipse | I could go around and mark all duplicate questions as CW, that'll teach em! | |
| Feb 5, 2010 at 8:18 | history | answered | Ivo Flipse | CC BY-SA 2.5 |