XP is just a contributed value given onto content. That's all it is. Sometimes, the value can be translated into something... either a node is good, or bad. Sometimes, it may actually be unfair. Look at it like this..

We have 3 major news papers in nyc. More actually, but 3 that i'll use for an example. NY Daily News, The Post and NY Times. Now go to all three, nydailynews.com, nypost.com and nytimes.com. You'll see they are each of various reading levels and what not. But you know what sets them apart? What you get out of them. I know many people who read the post and ignore the times as the post is more folkish while the times is less down to earth. Well.. those are my opinions.

What I get out of it is, if a lot of points are awarded to a post, it's either a. really good, or b. popular concensus. Now I bet dollars to donuts, this post qualifies for the latter. The one you linked to, is by a person who, imho, has an ego bigger than their worth. No no, not merlyn, but wassercrats. nice enough guy he seems, but the general concencus will all sway one way because wassercrats is not one of our monks we agree with all the time. Heck, most say he's flat out wrong. But all in all, he acts in a way that most people don't like and that's the way it is.

So you live for XP. Do you have something to prove by being right? Are you trying to live by the general concencous? Or are you just going to be the best monk you can be and ignore the points? 'cause believe-you-me, you will get --'s no matter how great you are, and ++'s when you are just ... well.. something. :)

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