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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? And if so, what can we do to prevent it? I haven't seen it happen, but askin...
#7: Post edited
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Trilarion
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2021-12-20T13:48:29Z (over 2 years ago)
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Farming rep using SE posts
- 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](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/how-do-i-undo-the-most-recent-local-commits-in-git) on a coding site seems like a pretty straightforward way to guarantee yourself a lot of rep with minimal workEven if this hasn't happened yet, I'd be surprised if it doesn't happen in the future
- 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](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/how-do-i-undo-the-most-recent-local-commits-in-git) 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.
#6: Post edited
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joel
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2020-07-18T21:17:43Z (almost 4 years ago)
- 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](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/how-do-i-undo-the-most-recent-local-commits-in-git) on a coding site seems like a pretty straightforward way to guarantee yourself a hug amount of rep with minimal work- Even if this hasn't happened yet, I'd be surprised if it doesn't happen in the future
- 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](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/how-do-i-undo-the-most-recent-local-commits-in-git) 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
#5: Post edited
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joel
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2020-07-18T17:01:37Z (almost 4 years ago)
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?
- 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](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/how-do-i-undo-the-most-recent-local-commits-in-git) on a coding site seems like a pretty straightforward way to guarantee yourself a hug amount of rep with minimal work
- Even if this hasn't happened yet, I'd be surprised if it doesn't happen in the future
#4: Post edited
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joel
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2020-07-18T15:03:08Z (almost 4 years ago)
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 about it?
- 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?
#3: Post edited
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joel
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2020-07-18T14:53:02Z (almost 4 years ago)
Is it a problem if specific users just harvest highly-voted questions on SE, then self answer, to farm a huge amount of rep? And if so, what can we do about it?
- 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 about it?
#2: Post edited
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joel
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2020-07-18T14:52:28Z (almost 4 years ago)
Is it a problem if specific users just harvest highly-voted questions on SE, then self answer, to farm a huge amount of rep?
- Is it a problem if specific users just harvest highly-voted questions on SE, then self answer, to farm a huge amount of rep? And if so, what can we do about it?
#1: Initial revision
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joel
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2020-07-18T14:51:18Z (almost 4 years ago)
Is it a problem if specific users just harvest highly-voted questions on SE, then self answer, to farm a huge amount of rep?