• Kinglink@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Stack overflow scores are merit based

    They’re still voting based, and that’s a problem. Are you a programmer? Because it’s rather easy to get a high Stack Overflow score if you want it. Actually it might be a bit easier. Upvotes earn you 5x downvotes give you.

    I actually just checked, I have 721 rep, with 9 questions asked, and 3 answers given. Heck, just logging in each day gets you 10 points.

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      I actually just checked, I have 721 rep, with 9 questions asked, and 3 answers given. Heck, just logging in each day gets you 10 points.

      721 reputation puts you at ~55th percentile. 37k puts her easily in the 99th percentile. It’s a pretty big difference.

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        1 year ago

        One of many ways to earn it, but yes. Also accepted answers.

        Check the link, also it’s HUGELY offset. basically an upvote gets 5x the rep as a downvote.

        Here’s the strange one though. If you downvote an answer, YOU also lose 1 rep. I guess that’s a good way to avoid people just spamming downvote, but it’s a strange choice.