But why is the goal of voting an example important? For me, what matters is creating your own example, and helping those who put theirs.
I agree with you. Receiving votes on our posts and comments is only an instrument to help us build better content. The content and how people use it is what matters.
Although the karma voting system provides imperfect information, it provides cheap imperfect information. Separating the question and answer seems like an easy way to make better use of the information that the votes provide. One benefit that I see from the separation is that you receive slightly more detailed feedback, like in a case where some people might upvote your post because of the thoughts that your question provokes but others may downvote the post because they take issue with your example. If enough people downvote the post because of the answer despite the quality of discussion that they think your question provides (which seems pretty unlikely), the post might become buried because of its low rating.
I agree with you. Receiving votes on our posts and comments is only an instrument to help us build better content. The content and how people use it is what matters.
Although the karma voting system provides imperfect information, it provides cheap imperfect information. Separating the question and answer seems like an easy way to make better use of the information that the votes provide. One benefit that I see from the separation is that you receive slightly more detailed feedback, like in a case where some people might upvote your post because of the thoughts that your question provokes but others may downvote the post because they take issue with your example. If enough people downvote the post because of the answer despite the quality of discussion that they think your question provides (which seems pretty unlikely), the post might become buried because of its low rating.