The gamification has led to some detrimental effects:

• The first answers always receive more votes than later answers, rewarding quick, sloppy answering.
• The site has become addictive for many users who answer questions they are not truly qualified to answer, because even one upvote will still get you more reputation than four downvotes.
• Voters are not necessarily qualified to distinguish good from bad answers. They therefore tend to vote for what they believe is correct.

See also:

https://writing.stackexchange.com/a/33640

The gamification has led to some detrimental effects:

• The first answers always receive more votes than later answers, rewarding quick, sloppy answering.
• The site has become addictive for many users who answer questions they are not truly qualified to answer, because even one upvote will still get you more reputation than four downvotes.
• Voters are not necessarily qualified to distinguish good from bad answers. They therefore tend to vote for what they believe is correct.

See also:

Writing SE answer: How do you write a Stack Exchange answer?

The gamification has led to some detrimental effects:

• The first answers always receive more votes than later answers, rewarding quick, sloppy answering.
• The site has become addictive for many users who answer questions they are not truly qualified to answer, because even one upvote will still get you more reputation than four downvotes.
• Voters are not necessarily qualified to distinguish good from bad answers. They therefore tend to vote for what they believe is correct. This belief is influenced by the reputation of the answerer, as this appears to signify expertise, so voters tend to vote for answers given by high rep users.

See also:

https://writing.stackexchange.com/a/33640

The gamification has led to some detrimental effects:

• The first answers always receive more votes than later answers, rewarding quick, sloppy answering.
• The site has become addictive for many users who answer questions they are not truly qualified to answer, because even one upvote will still get you more reputation than four downvotes.
• Voters are not necessarily qualified to distinguish good from bad answers. They therefore tend to vote for what they believe is correct.

See also:

https://writing.stackexchange.com/a/33640