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    This is the last thing that I, a 9665-rep user, needed to see. I'm already hooked, man! Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 22:59
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    Lol, most of these answers are by users between 19-21K rep here on meta. Commented Nov 11, 2010 at 23:15
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    I don't think that 20k rep users are more thrustworthy than 10k users. I believe after 10k one has proven one's dedication and that one knows the way around SO. I'd rather give the proposed priviledges directly to 10k users. At the moment, they don't gain much power. Commented Nov 12, 2010 at 17:55
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    @Georg: When you have as many users above 20k as SO has (which correlates to the number of users total), it might be worth giving them some additional privileges to reduce moderator load — and I think that should be the goal of any of these high-rep privileges. SO is getting a lot more 10kers, and the specific rep requirement is higher to both reduce the number of users (thus hopefully avoid some abuse) and make it meaningful+fun. The latter includes not swamping users with a ton of new abilities at once, which is already a problem with 10k. Commented Nov 12, 2010 at 18:07
  • I'm not saying these users should be forced to spend more of their time moderating, but if they want to, giving them the tools to do so is a good thing. I'm using "moderation" broadly as "actual power to effect change" rather than specifically limiting other users; e.g. tag synonyms are change without limiting other users (but they'd also make a bad 20k ability, I think). Commented Nov 12, 2010 at 18:10
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    This list of privileges that 10k users don't have is useful: blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation Commented Nov 13, 2010 at 18:13
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    I propose the inability to answer questions that don't already have several answers. This is to take the stress of always needing to be the first to give a decent answer off their backs. (With the added bonus that other people on stackoverflow also get a chance to contribute) ;) Commented Nov 16, 2010 at 10:11
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    @Joren that would just increase the number of bounties offered. Also, Jon Skeet would kill you. Commented Dec 17, 2010 at 17:51
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    How about, the higher over 20k you are, the more points you get for upvotes, accepts ... yes I am lazily trying to increase my rep, what of it! Commented Feb 5, 2011 at 22:14
  • Jeff, shouldn't you tag this as status-complete already? :) Commented Feb 11, 2011 at 6:58
  • @Jeff: Why is this listed as "Trusted user", and not as three separate privileges? Other privileges that are reached at the same rep level aren't grouped together, and "trusted user" doesn't sound like a privilege, but more like a state. Commented Feb 11, 2011 at 11:27
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    Someone voted to close as No Repro, presumably because there is a 20k privilege now and thus no need to fill the gap… neglecting the obvious fact that it was this very question that filled that gap in the first place. Commented Jun 26, 2017 at 4:27