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Stack Overflow awards reputation when there is an upvote on your answer or if it is chosen as a best answer, but it doesn't award reputation just for answering.

I think there needs to be a reward (even if it is only 2 points) for answering questions. This will motivate the others to answer the question in their way, irrespective of if there is already an answer or not.

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    Why would it? What if the answer is wrong? Or someone posted spam? We should give them reputation for that? Can you imagine the number of terrible answers this would produce? Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:33
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    I believe there is always moderation for that. Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:34
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    The point is that would encourage people to post anything everywhere they can to get magical rep. We do not want to encourage a flood of crap posts. That's a huge waste of moderation time. Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:35
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    What you are suggesting means that moderation will not be able to keep up. Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:35
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    As if the janitors (ah, moderators) don't have anything else to do. Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:37
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    Reputation is part of the moderation system. Giving away reputation like candy makes it meaningless and breaks moderation. See meta.stackoverflow.com/a/253230/476 Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:39
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    I can't even tell if people are being serious with these proposals anymore. Whatever. Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:48
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    @BoltClock at least we can still get a good laugh out of it, yes? :D Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:50
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    You should accept @Cupcake's answer as that is the correct one. Commented May 2, 2014 at 9:45
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    @HeroFTime in case you're wondering, that's a joke. Plz don't accept my answer. I already got what I came for. That sweet, sweet rep :D Commented May 2, 2014 at 9:48
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    Yahoo! Answers is a prime example of such a system in use. Enough said. Commented May 2, 2014 at 10:14
  • That would create a moral hazard and some might even spam the whole site to farm points or create a script/bot/whatever to do it automatically. This could also create a distributed DDoS unintentionally if a lot of devs start to do this. (worse case scenario) Commented Oct 31, 2022 at 2:48

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Um, no. You get rep if you post an answer and it is correct/good/worthwhile. You should not get rep for posting an answer that is not helpful in any way shape or form. Seems pretty obvious.

In fact, people are answering too much. In particular, people are quick to answer extremely low-quality questions, thereby encouraging them and contributing to a significant downturn in SO's general awesomeness.

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Can I has rep plz? KTHKS :-======))))))))))))))))))

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    Should I get rep for this? Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:32
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    Of course, you should. Here you go! Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:33
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    For making the point? Sure. Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:33
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    I feel like downvoting for the sms lingo, though. (I know it's deliberate.) Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:36
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    Don't forget that it's URGENT. Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:36
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    It's too bad MSO imbues you with no rep whatsoever. Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:37
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    @LightnessRacesinOrbit Offering a bounty wouldn't help either. Would it? Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:38
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    @devnull: I guess not Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:42
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    Why was this answer downvoted? Commented May 2, 2014 at 10:19
  • Here you go sir... Commented Mar 12, 2024 at 16:11
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Haha, @Mat's answer is great! I would just like to expand on it by posting another answer.

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    I would like to take this opportunity to comment. Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:49
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    @Mat I would like to upvote your comment, except I wasted all of my upvotes on the other comments :P Commented May 2, 2014 at 8:51
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    🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌 Commented May 2, 2014 at 9:13
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    IMHO this should be the accepted answer. Commented May 2, 2014 at 9:44
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    @Cupcake Why not ask a question instead? I haven't exhausted my comment and post upvotes yet :P Commented May 2, 2014 at 9:47
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    @Mat Your comment is not constructive. Commented May 2, 2014 at 9:50
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    Why was this answer downvoted? Commented May 2, 2014 at 10:20
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Did you know that you can post more than one answer to a question? 'Cause I just did. More rep plz! :D

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