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by BigDaddyBS on July 12th, 2008
From all I've seen and heard, it's someone who will ask questions they KNOW will gather a lot of points... In other words:
Some will toss out a single seed (one question) and hope to reap a tree with a lotta fruit on it (a LOTTA points).
Some claim congratulatory questioners are points farmers because almost everyone who answers - congratulates the one for whom the question is asked - uprates the questioner - They would more prefer that the person who is being congratulated ask the question themselves. Seems a bit narcissistic to me to do so.)
Some will sow a field full of seeds (questions), hoping to reap a huge crop (points).
These are the questions that all look alike, but are all technically different, like "What do you think about <city, state>?" or "Would you live in <city, state>? Why?" where <city, state> changes, but the rest of the question doesn't really change that much, if at all.
In the latter case, though, there are those who are actually working to fill the AB database with valid question that ask opinionated answers, to provide a good searchable database for others. "Points-farmers" or not, they are providing a service for AB. (Except those asking "First thing you think of about the number XX" or the alphabet question in http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/486071 .) The others, to me, are filling the database with answers.
In many cases, with the exception of the latter parenthetical phrase, it seems to me that most people calling someone a "points farmer" are jealous that they hadn't thought of the idea being used themselves.
Do you get an alerts when someone "unlikes" your questions/comments/answers?
by Unicorn Man on December 13th, 2011
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I just joined and was wondering how the points and levels work, is there some place that explains how it works
by ChelseaLee on December 13th, 2011
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Have I single-handedly lowered the "Leaderboard" bar now that Bornabrit is gone? C'mon 40 answers?
by HoboJoe on November 7th, 2011
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You could break the point records here last week! Why you didn't do it?
by prof. mes solzhenitsy on December 30th, 2011
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Care to enter the Answer bag one horse race?
by Unicorn Man on October 26th, 2011
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