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>>For myself, I don't really care about the system. If someone thanks me for assistance by posting back to one of my answers, that's more than enough. I don't do this for any reason other than giving folks a hand in what can be a very difficult profession. Plently of people did the same for me when I was first starting, so I'm just returning their favors. Whether or not they "reward" me with stars is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.
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>>I certainly hope that no one takes the "standings" as any indicator of technical accuracy. While it may be some indication of a person's abilities, it's no guarantee that the answer given is correct.
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>I think it's more of an indicator of who has devoted the most time to help here. That does count IMO...

Sure, it counts, but again it's no assurance of technical accuracy. However, I think that over the long term, a bad solution may cause more problems than the original question was meant to solve. Caveat emptor. Let the buyer beware. You get what you pay for. No warrenties intended or implied.< g >