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  • Questions with these badges (1) are typically already exhaustively answered, so there's little chance of having something to contribute yourself (which sometimes happens with HNQ), (2) may not be that relevant any more, (3) are much less likely to appear on smaller sites (where we may miss even really popular questions) and (4) I'm, without much data, inclined to say are the less interesting questions (and yes, interesting is good - something that every person and their dog finds via Google is probably very useful, but (a) I'd find it if I cared and (b) I probably don't even use those tools) Commented Oct 17, 2018 at 22:22
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    Everyone has different reasons for visiting sites, but I most of the time I click on HNQs because they look interesting. I usually visit sites to learn, not to answer. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 1:21
  • How can "goodness" be measured? ... Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 9:09
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    SE already captures some good measures of question quality, e.g. views and votes. Those stats are used at the basis of the question and answer badges already, so SE thinks that those are acceptable values to base rewards upon. This proposal extends what is already done to also aid in populating a list of good questions. Commented Oct 18, 2018 at 12:49
  • @user202729, I think Monica Cellio and gnat's answers give very good ideas on how to measure it Commented Oct 20, 2018 at 0:22