- person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.
- the chief male character in a book, play, or movie, who is typically identified with good qualities, and with whom the reader is expected to sympathize.
- (in mythology and folklore) a person of superhuman qualities and often semidivine origin, in particular one whose exploits were the subject of ancient Greek myths.
Stack Exchange sites are not mere social media but more like an encyclopedia for specific topics. Answering as well as asking good questions requires extensive research and being mindful of future readers.
Sad to see SE contributors are compared with FB users.
Haha, yea, this isn't like having a snap streak of showing a funny face to your friend for 3,144 days. But alas, the internet at large probably thinks that is a harder feat than this.
[ example meant to highlight the difference between a low-impact, low-effort comment from a social media site like reddit versus sites like SO where some degree of technical expertise is a precondition ]
How is throwaway comments and opinions on generic social media sites in any way comparable to answering questions on a very technical subject in order to assist people working in said technical area?
I don’t disagree with your statement at all. However, people who contribute useful edits to Wikipedia or high quality answers to Stack Overflow are doing a bit more work than your average Facebook poster :) sorry you’re getting buried on this, I assume your point wasn’t necessarily that it wasn’t more useful than that.
The way I see it, there’s not as much of a gap as people think between the 99th percentile and 50th percentile users, because being active on one of these sites isn’t that difficult. However, I think this person does stick out. It seems there is a massive gap between them and even second place. I think that’s what really makes this astonishing.
