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Comment no thanks (Score 2, Interesting) 115

You can't effectively rank developers. First there are just too many to rank. Even in college football, where thousands of people are paid everyday to monitor it, they don't try to rank all of the ~119 Div 1 teams, just the top 25. Secondly there isn't a simple metric to rank developers. It's about as smart as saying look I did the most work on this project because I wrote the most lines of code.

This could even have a negative effect if developers get concerned about their ranking and try to game the system instead of making quality contributions to projects.
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Why Trolls and Flames Happen 331

AnonymousHack writes "New Scientist examines why people are in general more rude and abusive online. 'Psychologically, we are "distant" from the person we're talking to and less focused on our own identity. As a result we're more prone to aggressive behavior' says one psychologist, who also cites research showing messages received by email are always perceived more negatively than on the phone." Just more proof for the Greater Internet F***wad Theory.

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