Meme: Fastest Gun in the West (FGITW)
Originator: Omer van Kloeten Omer van Kloeten
First Heard: September 11th, 2008
Definition: A problem identified as a side-effect of sorting votes by descending score where first-posted answers are quickly up-voted, trumping vote opportunities for people who sit down and answer a question in a long, thorough way.
Background: This problem was originally identified on UserVoice.com and reposted to meta.stackexchange.com here: Fastest Gun in the West Problem Fastest Gun in the West Problem. Whether the FGITW problem is actually a problem has been a source of controversy. Many considered it a feature — get fast answers, by design. Various solutions were suggested including this one (Randomly reorder all answers posted within 10 minutes of each other Randomly reorder all answers posted within 10 minutes of each other), which was eventually implemented, inciting another protest labeled "The Slowest Cheater in the East (SCITE) problem The Slowest Cheater in the East (SCITE) problem".
Meme: Fastest Gun in the West (FGITW)
Originator: Omer van Kloeten
First Heard: September 11th, 2008
Definition: A problem identified as a side-effect of sorting votes by descending score where first-posted answers are quickly up-voted, trumping vote opportunities for people who sit down and answer a question in a long, thorough way.
Background: This problem was originally identified on UserVoice.com and reposted to meta.stackexchange.com here: Fastest Gun in the West Problem. Whether the FGITW problem is actually a problem has been a source of controversy. Many considered it a feature — get fast answers, by design. Various solutions were suggested including this one (Randomly reorder all answers posted within 10 minutes of each other), which was eventually implemented, inciting another protest labeled "The Slowest Cheater in the East (SCITE) problem".
Meme: Fastest Gun in the West (FGITW)
Originator: Omer van Kloeten
First Heard: September 11th, 2008
Definition: A problem identified as a side-effect of sorting votes by descending score where first-posted answers are quickly up-voted, trumping vote opportunities for people who sit down and answer a question in a long, thorough way.
Background: This problem was originally identified on UserVoice.com and reposted to meta.stackexchange.com here: Fastest Gun in the West Problem. Whether the FGITW problem is actually a problem has been a source of controversy. Many considered it a feature — get fast answers, by design. Various solutions were suggested including this one (Randomly reorder all answers posted within 10 minutes of each other), which was eventually implemented, inciting another protest labeled "The Slowest Cheater in the East (SCITE) problem".
Meme: Fastest Gun in the West (FGITW)
Originator: Omer van Kloeten
First Heard: September 11th, 2008
Definition: A problem identified as a side-effect of sorting votes by descending score where first-posted answers are quickly up-voted, trumping vote opportunities for people who sit down and answer a question in a long, thorough way.
Background: This problem was originally identified on UserVoice.com and reposted to meta.stackoverflowstackexchange.com here: Fastest Gun in the West Problem. Whether the FGITW problem is actually a problem has been a source of controversy. Many considered it a feature — get fast answers, by design. Various solutions were suggested including this one (Randomly reorder all answers posted within 10 minutes of each other), which was eventually implemented, inciting another protest labeled "The Slowest Cheater in the East (SCITE) problem".
Meme: Fastest Gun in the West (FGITW)
Originator: Omer van Kloeten
First Heard: September 11th, 2008
Definition: A problem identified as a side-effect of sorting votes by descending score where first-posted answers are quickly up-voted, trumping vote opportunities for people who sit down and answer a question in a long, thorough way.
Background: This problem was originally identified on UserVoice.com and reposted to meta.stackoverflow.com here: Fastest Gun in the West Problem. Whether the FGITW problem is actually a problem has been a source of controversy. Many considered it a feature — get fast answers, by design. Various solutions were suggested including this one (Randomly reorder all answers posted within 10 minutes of each other), which was eventually implemented, inciting another protest labeled "The Slowest Cheater in the East (SCITE) problem".
Meme: Fastest Gun in the West (FGITW)
Originator: Omer van Kloeten
First Heard: September 11th, 2008
Definition: A problem identified as a side-effect of sorting votes by descending score where first-posted answers are quickly up-voted, trumping vote opportunities for people who sit down and answer a question in a long, thorough way.
Background: This problem was originally identified on UserVoice.com and reposted to meta.stackexchange.com here: Fastest Gun in the West Problem. Whether the FGITW problem is actually a problem has been a source of controversy. Many considered it a feature — get fast answers, by design. Various solutions were suggested including this one (Randomly reorder all answers posted within 10 minutes of each other), which was eventually implemented, inciting another protest labeled "The Slowest Cheater in the East (SCITE) problem".
Meme: Fastest Gun in the West (FGITW)
Originator: Omer van Kloeten Omer van Kloeten
First Heard: September 11th, 2008
Definition: A problem identified as a side-effect of sorting votes by descending score where first-posted answers are quickly up-voted, trumping vote opportunities for people who sit down and answer a question in a long, thorough way.
Background: This problem was originally identified on UserVoice.com and reposted to meta.stackoverflow.com here: Fastest Gun in the West Problem. Whether the FGITW problem is actually a problem has been a source of controversy. Many considered it a feature — get fast answers, by design. Various solutions were suggested including this one (Randomly reorder all answers posted within 10 minutes of each other), which was eventually implemented, inciting another protest labeled "The Slowest Cheater in the East (SCITE) problem".
Meme: Fastest Gun in the West (FGITW)
Originator: Omer van Kloeten
First Heard: September 11th, 2008
Definition: A problem identified as a side-effect of sorting votes by descending score where first-posted answers are quickly up-voted, trumping vote opportunities for people who sit down and answer a question in a long, thorough way.
Background: This problem was originally identified on UserVoice.com and reposted to meta.stackoverflow.com here: Fastest Gun in the West Problem. Whether the FGITW problem is actually a problem has been a source of controversy. Many considered it a feature — get fast answers, by design. Various solutions were suggested including this one (Randomly reorder all answers posted within 10 minutes of each other), which was eventually implemented, inciting another protest labeled "The Slowest Cheater in the East (SCITE) problem".
Meme: Fastest Gun in the West (FGITW)
Originator: Omer van Kloeten
First Heard: September 11th, 2008
Definition: A problem identified as a side-effect of sorting votes by descending score where first-posted answers are quickly up-voted, trumping vote opportunities for people who sit down and answer a question in a long, thorough way.
Background: This problem was originally identified on UserVoice.com and reposted to meta.stackoverflow.com here: Fastest Gun in the West Problem. Whether the FGITW problem is actually a problem has been a source of controversy. Many considered it a feature — get fast answers, by design. Various solutions were suggested including this one (Randomly reorder all answers posted within 10 minutes of each other), which was eventually implemented, inciting another protest labeled "The Slowest Cheater in the East (SCITE) problem".
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