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Re: Why upvote code if it doesn't work?
by phydeauxarff (Priest) on Sep 16, 2003 at 17:52 UTC
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Could be any number of reasons for this
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The monk posting is well respected and/or really popular and is getting the vote because they are usually right and/or just plain popular.
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The monk voting looked at the code, thought it looked right and voted on it..hey, the poster made a mistake, it is possible that the voter did to...we are only human
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the person voting was just trying to use up all their votes so they could get some XP....don't tisk, everyone has done it at some point ;-)
If you notice that a post is wrong, then go ahead and (gently) correct the poster with your own post....we are all here to learn something and you don't learn if nobody points out your mistakes.
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Re: Why upvote code if it doesn't work?
by hossman (Prior) on Sep 16, 2003 at 17:54 UTC
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Some examples of nodes would be usefull for people to see what you mean.
I can't rememer casting any votes recently, but I can think of at least one reasons for voting for a node without trying to run any code in it: "The contents of the node, in my opinion, has some value".
Nodes aren't just about code .. maybe there was a good idea expressed in the text, maybe there were good intentions expressed in teh code, maybe the code did something very cool -- even if it didn't directly relate to whatever node it is in response to.
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Re: Why upvote code if it doesn't work?
by dsb (Chaplain) on Sep 17, 2003 at 16:34 UTC
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Generally speaking, I vote less on the code in a node(rhyme), and more on the intent of the poster. Considering how many people go to Bulletin Boards and essentially ask other people to write their scripts for them, I think a person who has taken an honest shot and is asking a legitimate question does deserve a bit of credit.
On a sidenote, I choose to refrain from the Great XP Debate. =)
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Re: Why upvote code if it doesn't work?
by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Sep 16, 2003 at 23:54 UTC
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Considering that people often reply to a posting
without having read the posting they reply to fully, does
it really surprise you non-working code gets upvoted?
This entire XP thing is a joke. It's only there so the
author(s) of the site can show off their knowledge of
HTML widgets. Don't let the ++ and -- labels give you any impression of their
meaning - the authors might as well have put yellow, Wednesday,
Queen of clubs and Can of tuna
there.
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if only i were better at detecting whether tongues were firmly in cheeks i'd not have to waste bytes on the subject of XP...
XP has not been a waste for me, even if i am not interested in the XP of the author, the reputation a posting gets provides a way to navigate thru the informational labyrinth that is PM.
for example, i remember being attracted to the spiralling quine node, also Abigail IIs n-queens regex, because it was linked to by the best nodes. page, and many others, &c &c,
apologies for stating the obvious...
...wufnik
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I agree. Other peoples opinions don't matter at all.
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