John, once again, you're misrepresenting my views. I don't feel it's unintentional. And this time pretty badly. I'd love to say more, but the "rules" on what forum members can say to one another prohibit me from doing so. But either way, this is becoming a habit. Please stop it.
If you'd bother to carefully read what I said......I agreed with Marcia's point about what I'd be doing even if the MVP didn't exist. Sure, the MVP perks are cool - but I started doing what I've been doing before I even knew the MVP award was a possibility for me.
If you'd also bother to read what I said, I was addressing Marcia's statement about search and posting previous message IDs. Yes, Naomi does some of that (which is fine), but she also takes the time to provide many solutions on her own.
I'm not objecting to anything other than you misrepresenting me. If people want to strive to be an MVP, hey, that's great. But I would hope that they are also driven in some measurable way to help people. At a recent CodeCamp, I missed lunch with a friend because my session that ended at noon was followed by a number of questions afterwards. I hung around and tried to address every one.
Question for you - do you track the activities of 'many' MVPs on every forum where MVPs spend time?