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Q&A Why is there a rep system in Codidact?

Part of this question is about making Codidact more Like Slack and Discord, which are not even question and answer sites. The two of those have their own share of problems, and the model that was u...

posted 3y ago by Razetime‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Razetime‭ · 2021-04-23T04:03:18Z (almost 3 years ago)
Part of this question is about making Codidact more Like Slack and Discord, which are not even question and answer sites. The two of those have their own share of problems, and the model that was used for them simply does not fit the requirements of a Q&A site. Social media and chat apps do not encourage quality or contribution toward the site. It encourages sitting at the same screen all day, waiting for some form of feedback from the site. There are many, many things which distinguish the two from each other.

Reputation is a system which(partly) goes against that kind of problem. You will be discouraged for spamming and posting bad content. You will be downvoted for posting poorly supported answers. Although it isn't perfect, it is at the very least, designed for a Q&A site.