Do you think that 'Top Contributor's' in Yahoo are superior?

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I had always wondered what it would be like to earn my little gold crown. 
How to get it appeared to be one of those great mysteries but for years and years I just kept answering lots of questions. Sometimes my answers were reported and deleted by 'trusted members' and this was a big disappointment. Anyway after a really concerted effort suddenly I logged on one morning and there it was: My profile had become golden, I had been honoured by the 'great Yahoo' and given my crown. My life was now complete and a radiant smile spread across my little blank yahoo face. Then doubt began to spread in, was I really superior to all the average inferior 'Yahoo users' or was I just deluding myself, drawn in by my own lust for stardom? Where can I possibly go from here not that I have achieved my lifetime goal? Is this really as good as it gets. 
Please tell me that I am truly a superior, I really need you adoration or my crown might loose it's sparkle, I wont need my glasses to protect me from my own brilliance and my beautiful smile may vanish for ever.
Please help.

? · Accepted Answer

NOT  AT  ALL. A TC is just someone that answered the required # of answers and got the required # of best answers to meet the formula requirements for that category. It is just a meaningless Crown. 
It does not in any way indicate quality of answers by those that have it. 
 There  are  some  that   do  give   good  answers  but  sadly   that  is   becoming  the  minority.

Some  think  they  are superior  though  and   some  that  don't  have   one  think  it  is     something   special  and   something  to  strive  for.
It  is  easy    to  get that   crown and  this  category   shows  just  how  easy  it  is.
 Some   like  to  think   having  one   makes  them  an  expert  in  the  category  they  have  it  in or  that it  requires  knowledge when  in  fact  it  doesn't  as  some  answer  given  by  some   show  that  very  clearly..
It  is  not    a  choice   to  have  that  silly   crown and   many  of  the  good  users would  prefer  not  to  have  it. 
Some   users   need  the  crown which   indicates   something   lacking   in  them  or  their  lives   that  something  so  meaningless  is  important.
 In  this  category  some  of  the TC's  answers  are  so  wrong  that  having  one   and  being  lumped  in   with  them  is  an  embarrassment.

Fox · Answer

No.....

Having been here for 7 years I can personally tell you that being a TC means nothing really, it just means you've answered a lot of questions and gotten a percentage of BA's in one or more categories...nothing more.

I mean there's no time restriction or anything so if you're active on this site a long time like me it's not that surprising that you eventually become one.

So I would definitely say that if if being a TC (or becoming one) does actually mean something to you and actually makes you feel superior or to other users/people on here, then I would think that it would possibly hint to some unfortunate underlying issues that may need to be dealt with.

Anonymous · Answer

Not superior - just prolific! It is all about quantity, rather than quality.

Anonymous · Answer

well if this is how you got your TC crown...
http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100327020554AA6SxVl

then I would say no, having a TC crown does not make anyone superior

ADD: the TC status is for the QUANTITY of answers you give and the QUANTITY of best answers you are given, not for the quality as there is no computer algorithm that can calculate that

Anonymous · Answer

Nope. My badge comes and goes. Makes me no better or worse than anyone else here..

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