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    It's both. So users can get whatever intrinsic or extrinsic reward they want for answering questions but the askers still get their answers. Commented Sep 11, 2008 at 12:03
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    +1 Excellent point. It cannot be collaborative because we do not have joint goals beyond are own; and the points proces is clearly about personal points only,there are no points for collaboration,for getting to the most correct answer. Commented Dec 12, 2010 at 13:55
  • @PerformanceDBA There are points for collaboration. Maybe there should be more. Commented Oct 25, 2017 at 14:06