Timeline for Vote early, vote often
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| Jul 15, 2012 at 11:31 | comment | added | Ben Millwood | Relatedly, it bothers me when questions with large negative scores get "sympathy upvotes". Because the benefit of upvotes is much greater than the punishment for downvotes, that can often mean that people get net rep gain from terrible questions. (At the same time, there is a tendency when a post has negative score to view it more critically, so posts can suddenly nosedive in score as well...) | |
| Apr 18, 2012 at 17:34 | comment | added | dtldarek | @BillDubuque Alright, I am sorry, I misunderstood your comment. But then, shouldn't we actively work on proposing a better solution for this problem? This would allow the teachers to work on the answers instead of struggling with time and maybe also to decrease the probability that a really good answer would go unappreciated. I admit, I really do view the site more as "answer the OP", because I think those that want to be taught will just ask for it, I do not wish to impose myself on anybody. However, I admire your quest and wish you the best of luck! +1 for your attitude ;-) | |
| Apr 18, 2012 at 15:50 | comment | added | Bill Dubuque | @dtldarek Huh? My point is that, due to the design of the platform, quickest answers receive the highest exposure. So if, as I, one desires to seriously attempt to teach here, then one is forced to rush answers, else they'll receive little exposure. Perhaps you view the the site more as "answer the OP" vs. "teach the community". I strive to do both. I'm not here to gain "rep" but to teach. Indeed, I've done the same for many years on similar forums (e.g. sci.math newsgroup) which have no rep measures. The one-dimensional SE votes don't provide good measures of anything (except answer speed). | |
| Apr 18, 2012 at 15:18 | comment | added | dtldarek | @BillDubuque But this way you block other good answers which in turn may never get seen. You have >50k reputation, is it so important to get even more? I am sure, that the OP will read your answer whenever it was voted high or no. Imagine situation where everyone would do like that, this is madness! I agree that this is a design flaw, isn't there a way to show the answers with same vote count in random order? | |
| Feb 7, 2011 at 23:08 | comment | added | Bill Dubuque | This is due to a serious design flaw in the software platform. Quick sloppy answers receive far more upvotes than slower well-thought answers simply because they are able to be posted quicker, and people do not often revisit threads to cast votes for later-appearing better answers. If you look at the answers of experienced mathematicians you will find that even though they often supply the best answers, these answers are frequently not the highest voted because they weren't first. Due to this I post quick drafts of answers and then revise them later. Otherwise the answer may never get seen. | |
| Feb 7, 2011 at 7:32 | history | edited | milcak | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Feb 7, 2011 at 2:09 | history | answered | milcak | CC BY-SA 2.5 |