So, whats wrong with the incentive system that needs fixing?
Well, once upon a time someone thought that it would be a cool idea to have incentives for contributions. First we had votes, levels, and XP. This led to grumbling as some people rose meteorically, far faster than anyone ever intended them to, and others did not. Suddenly there were people who had earned their levels by virtue of Noding For Numbers or vote dumping or whatever other less savoury habits there are for gaining XP. A writeup count requirement was brought into play. Which didn’t do anything about noding for numbers but did put the brakes on the rapid risers. Still, it led to more grumbling, much of it from the aforementioned rapid risers. There used to be a setting with fixed minimum levels for certain noders of old after they complained. This node was unkindly (but accurately as far as I’m concerned) named “level weenies.” Very few of the people on it are still here. This grandfathering of levels was discontinued quite some time ago, in 2002 if I remember correctly. Then we
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