The way the scoring system works, you get significantly more points for a "Best Answer" than you do for a answering any random question, and you're limited in the number of questions you can answer in a day.
This means that you get the best score when you answer for people known to award "Best Answer" (like me), but also that you're wasting your 20 questions if you answer a "fun" question that probably won't get a "best answer" rating, like "Why ask why?"
This means that over time, the system gets driven to more informative answers from the seasoned users, but fewer answers for questions that are just plain fun if people are afraid they won't get as much credit for them.
I am awarding best answer points to whomever gives a good workaround for this problem or another way to look at it that might make it seem more positive.
2006-07-01
08:08:09
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electroberry1
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