2009/6/29 Charlie Poole <charlie@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > I was curious about why a guy had earned 145 karma points on > my nunit-3.0 project, so I looked at his karma page and figured > out it's because he asked a question and accepted my answer. > > https://answers.launchpad.net/nunit-3.0/+question/75090 > > It does seem odd that using Answers for team communication > would earn points, since it's not a behavior I'd like to > encourage. I'd like to understand precise why... - If it's that you don't want to use the Answers interface at all therefore don't want to use it -- well, again I'd be interested in why, but also Launchpad should probably have a way for projects to specify how they want to do user support, whether through Answers or otherwise. - If it's that you like karma and like answers but don't think asking a question counts as "really participating" in the project in the same way that say proposing a merge to fix a bug does, then I kind of agree... - If it's that you think it should earn karma but not too much then I also agree, and would say that it's probably because Launchpad normalizes across karma so that you get more points for less-frequently used apps, like answers compared to bugs. (I think.) This to me seems wrong; I think it should be roughly proportional to the amount of value the action contributes, though machines will never get it quite right. I do think in this case the answer app served some value by giving the person useful information, though maybe it was not the best question ever. > What's a good way to handle such questions? I think you did the right thing by answering his question as you did, and by asking here. -- Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>
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