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Re:Why Stack Overflow Sucks and Participating There is Impos... by rtghnyhjm on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @12:20PM (#2166313)
Because at low reps they are an anti-spam measure.

If I have demonstrated I'm not a spammer by having a solid score on SO then I should be allowed to post a comment straight away on cooking.

That's the reason for the 100rep liking bonus - it's a grandfather clause

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Re:Why Stack Overflow Sucks and Participating There is Impos... by bherms on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @12:37PM (#2166379)
This ^

edit: I was asked a question which was perfectly answered by rtg. Should've provided more substance, but I wanted to endorse this as being exactly what I was talking about.

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