Anyway, let's say a user asks a question that's pretty broad. Maybe something like "How does pattern-matching work in Scala?" That's an answerable question, but it's really hard to make a good answer quickly. It takes a lot of work. People aren't going to answer it immediately.
But people are going to want an answer to that question. It gets upvoted. Maybe it sits there for *months* without an answer. Perhaps someone puts a +200 bounty on it. It gets featured. Some Scala pro takes the time to sit down and write out a 1500 word answer that explains it *perfectly*. That user gets a ton of up…