"The gamification of this site no longer fulfills its intended purpose."
I'm curious, where have you seen the purpose of what you call gamification documented here? Are you sure that the intentions of those who put it in places are being interpreted correctly?
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Hi Marto, this is great question, made me think long time. I took this for granted! Aristotle forgive me! Is it not? I think in a more broad sense, it was to reward morally superior behavior and punish morally inferior behavior, but I don't think it accomplishes that. Your questions are good but what it used to accomplish should not be what we should focus on now but what is it 1. de facto accomplishing (systemic discrimination) 2. GOING to accomplish in the future 3. what it COULD accomplish if it was improved.
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I suggest you read and understand the wiki entry for gamification. The facts reported by Your_Mother show that people who have been here much less than you (in one example 4 months) have more XP than you, which proves your argument of discrimination to be false. If people expend more effort in something they tend to reap the 'rewards'. XP has no tangible rewards, consider it a fairly meaningless virtual badge of honour. Few privileges are gained after the very early levels. Acquisition of XP is a by product of helping people and making a positive contribution. If this is your goal consider spending your time in a manner that will gain you some.
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I think exactly the opposite is true. While you complain that it's not fair that you're younger (my kids use this on me all the time, and I tell them that that will be remedied in time when they're adults and I'm dead) and that the constituency of PM is lower so it takes more time to rise in the ranks.
Instead of "millenializing" this issue and expecting the site to bend to your childish wants, start/continue contributing to the site. Do the best you can possibly do to add as much value as possible, then the votes will come. Yes it's true that the fewer site visitors will result in fewer votes overall, but to discount the past time and effort that poured into this site which gave it it's vast wealth of knowledge (and asking those monks to 'step down') is the definition of the problems with the millennial generation. Don't ask for it on a platter, earn the damn title, and if it takes you longer, then it will be all that much sweeter a prize.
I'm a generation X'er so I witnessed the growth and standardization of the internet and a lot of the technology we use daily now, and I appreciate all of it, because dammit, when I was 7, *I* was the remote control for my parents, and I'm proud of that because it's part of who I am today.
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