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Folk is plural, so not correctly used. Person is singular and fits better when you want to be gender neutral.
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Luuklag
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I think SO is not only competitive. The competition is just an incentive to -in the end- provide a good (if not the best) source of information for programmers, written by programmers. The reputation feeds two things: youyour own ego and the confidence of the one who's reading an answer when it sees that it comes from a "folk"person who's not a newbie in the site and knows what they are talking about". Or at least, you could change all that quote to: "a folkperson who has been hanging around a lot of time inon SO". (whichWhich doesn't mean they are good). Badges kind of help with that. You could have 10.000 rep points, and little good badges, or 1000 rep and a few silver…silver ones.

In either case, time will tell. I think that this is both competitive and collaborative with strong and weak points in each.

I think SO is not only competitive. The competition is just an incentive to -in the end- provide a good (if not the best) source of information for programmers, written by programmers. The reputation feeds two things: you own ego and the confidence of the one who's reading an answer when it sees that it comes from a "folk who's not a newbie in the site and knows what they are talking about". Or at least, you could change all that quote to: "a folk who has been hanging around a lot of time in SO". (which doesn't mean they are good). Badges kind of help with that. You could have 10.000 rep points, and little good badges, or 1000 rep and a few silver…

In either case, time will tell. I think that this is both competitive and collaborative with strong and weak points in each.

I think SO is not only competitive. The competition is just an incentive to -in the end- provide a good (if not the best) source of information for programmers, written by programmers. The reputation feeds two things: your own ego and the confidence of the one who's reading an answer when it sees that it comes from a "person who's not a newbie in the site and knows what they are talking about". Or at least, you could change all that quote to: "a person who has been hanging around a lot of time on SO". (Which doesn't mean they are good). Badges kind of help with that. You could have 10.000 rep points, and little good badges, or 1000 rep and a few silver ones.

In either case, time will tell. I think that this is both competitive and collaborative with strong and weak points in each.

In 2008, I wasn't aware of the importance of being more gender neutral; replaced "guy" with folks and pronouns to "they".
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Martin Marconcini
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I think SO is not only competitive. The competition is just an incentive to -in the end- provide a good (if not the best) source of information for programmers, written by programmers. The reputation feeds two things: you own ego and the confidence of the one who's reading an answer when it sees that it comes from a "guy"folk who's not a newbie in the site and knows what he'sthey are talking about". OtOr at least, you could change all that quote to: "a guyfolk who has been hanging aroungaround a lot of time in SO". (which doesn't mean he'sthey are good). Badges kind of help with that. You could have 10.000 rep points, and little good badges, or 1000 rep and a few silver…

In either case, time will tell. I think that this is both competitive and collaborative with strong and weak points in each.

I think SO is not only competitive. The competition is just an incentive to -in the end- provide a good (if not the best) source of information for programmers, written by programmers. The reputation feeds two things: you own ego and the confidence of the one who's reading an answer when it sees that it comes from a "guy who's not a newbie in the site and knows what he's talking about". Ot at least, you could change all that quote to: "a guy who has been hanging aroung a lot of time in SO". (which doesn't mean he's good). Badges kind of help with that. You could have 10.000 rep points, and little good badges, or 1000 rep and a few silver…

In either case, time will tell. I think that this is both competitive and collaborative with strong and weak points in each.

I think SO is not only competitive. The competition is just an incentive to -in the end- provide a good (if not the best) source of information for programmers, written by programmers. The reputation feeds two things: you own ego and the confidence of the one who's reading an answer when it sees that it comes from a "folk who's not a newbie in the site and knows what they are talking about". Or at least, you could change all that quote to: "a folk who has been hanging around a lot of time in SO". (which doesn't mean they are good). Badges kind of help with that. You could have 10.000 rep points, and little good badges, or 1000 rep and a few silver…

In either case, time will tell. I think that this is both competitive and collaborative with strong and weak points in each.

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Martin Marconcini
Martin Marconcini
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I think SO is not only competitive. The competition is just an incentive to -in the end- provide a good (if not the best) source of information for programmers, written by programmers. The reputation feeds two things: you own ego and the confidence of the one who's reading an answer when it sees that it comes from a "guy who's not a newbie in the site and knows what he's talking about". Ot at least, you could change all that quote to: "a guy who has been hanging aroung a lot of time in SO". (which doesn't mean he's good). Badges kind of help with that. You could have 10.000 rep points, and little good badges, or 1000 rep and a few silver…

In either case, time will tell. I think that this is both competitive and collaborative with strong and weak points in each.