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Is gaining rep based on SE content ok?
Is it a problem if specific users harvest highly-voted questions on SE, then self answer, to farm a huge amount of rep? And if so, what can we do to prevent it?
I haven't seen it happen, but asking this question on a coding site seems like a pretty straightforward way to guarantee yourself a lot of rep with minimal work.
Even if this hasn't happened yet, I'd be surprised if it doesn't happen in the future.
I realize the question is more about harvesting and reposting others' work here, but there's a special case of reposting …
2y ago
Do you have specific examples of this occurring? If you don't wish to call folks out here feel free to join our chat ser …
4y ago
> Is it a problem if specific users harvest highly-voted questions on SE, then self answer, to farm a huge amount of …
2y ago
I think that each sub community has to decide this independently. Codidact's vision was created with the bad experien …
4y ago
Is it a problem if specific users harvest highly-voted questions on SE, then self answer, to farm a huge amount of rep? …
4y ago
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Is it a problem if specific users harvest highly-voted questions on SE, then self answer, to farm a huge amount of rep?
Eh, maybe, but it's not important enough to spend much time thinking about. If they actually add new content here, then I don't see a problem with it.
Ideally, rep here only comes from activity here, not from imported data. I can see how that might be difficult to implement, though. When importing a question, you probably want to preserve the votes on the answers that show which ones are good and which ones bad. It doesn't seem worth extra code and bookkeeping to treat imported votes differently.
The much bigger problem is all those posts from long ago showing up here. I remember seeing a new question on Photography or Scientific Speculation here, reading a couple of pages, then realizing down the bottom that this was asked and answered 3 years ago. Argh! Thanks for the wasted of time. I've been downvoting such imported questions ever since.
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