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Nominal Animal:
I often argue with the experts, either because I want to know exactly why we disagree, or because they consider their expert status more important than providing correct information.  So no, I don't like the idea for such badges.  Besides, I'm too easy to socially manipulate – that kind of sparkly things easily lead me astray –, but cannot in good conscience really claim to be an expert on anything; definitely don't have any accredited paperwork saying so.  I really dislike the Stack Exchange voting mechanism, because it pushes most popular answers at the top, with the assumption that they are the most correct or most useful.  Yet, popularity is no indication of correctness or usefulness; only popularity.  I don't like popularity games.

What I would love to see, instead, is an Agree button.  While functionality would be the same as with the Thanks button (which I admit I often use to indicate the combination of agreement and gratitude), its use and usefulness really would be orthogonal.

In many ways, such an "X, Y, and Z agree" list at the end of the post might actually serve the need Dave is wondering about this.  Having the list of users who do actually agree would be essential for example new users to evaluate the value of such agreement, by simply clicking on the names and looking at those members most recent posts.  No better way to evaluate someones output, than actually looking at said output in its proper context (reading entire threads discussing problems).
It would be an easy, quick way for other members to show their agreement, without filling the thread with "Agreed." type of posts (which we seem to avoid).

I often find myself wanting to just show that I agree with a post, because I myself have an earlier post on some aspect of the topic at hand, and simply just agree with a later post.  Right now, I'm limited to "Thanking", or posting a silly "I agree." post, so I usually don't, unless I have additional related examples/suggestions/etc.
I'm hoping it would not be seen as a "DO THIS!" endorsement, but more like nods and agreement when discussing a problem over a coffee or other beverage among colleagues, in a poster session in an academic environment, or when helping a coworker with an annoying or problematic detail.

Of course, this has its own risks, and might not work too well either; I'm no expert.
alexnoot:
May I please be titled 'Expert lurker'? Or maybe 'Expert procrastinator'? Can't really decide, but it must be shiny either way...

But seriously though. I mostly lurk here, I enjoy reading all the insightful posts from other members. Having been here a while, I feel there are some users that you just recognize as 'trusted' based on what you've read from them in other posts. I don't feel like labels would help in any way in this matter. And, as mentioned by several others, who's to decide what 'expert' means, and who's worthy of such titles? Seems like a lot of work, and a lot of potential complaints.
I don't post much myself, mainly because I don't feel like I have much to contribute, and also sorting my thoughts into lines of readable text representing what I want to say often takes more effort than it should. At the time of writing this, I have 21 posts and 21 thanks (mostly from topics started by a certain you-know-who). My 1:1 ratio feels pretty worthless and undeserved in my opinion, likes thanks are often 'abused' and don't necessarily always represent good content/answers. Some users really do deserve them, but at the end of the day they're still just internet points.

Having more trust 'forced' upon me by means of expert labels would only feel more intimidating, how could my tiny opinion ever have any weight against an expert, etc? New users will need to learn for themselves who to trust and not to trust, and if they only come by for an easy answer - never to return, are they wanted as users anyway?
RoGeorge:



--- Quote from: MK14 on February 16, 2022, 06:43:51 pm ---10 Fingers = 2^10 = 1024 Thanks needed.

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Wow, correct!  Thanks giving!
MK14, please accept a few more medals:

Sredni:

--- Quote from: PKTKS on February 15, 2022, 09:18:39 am ---stackoverflow  forum does that with an alternative approach which IMHO functions very well when searching  answers for particular recurrent issues...

The FORUM RATES ANSWERS  .... instead of particular egos...
answers are voted and achieves a "mark" which otherwise function as a very good directive...

It should be  approximately the same thing where users with a high number of collected marks are obviously rated better....

better than egos.
2 cents.
Paul

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This.
Just change (or maybe add, because of retrocompability problems) the "Thanks" button into a "X members think this is a good technical solution" or something like that. Not as ambiguous as a generic "thanks".
But do not add a counter in the poster's profile. And don't bother to make the names known, it will become unwieldy once users are instructed to vote for good technical answers as much as possible..
This will prevent 'point farming' and ego problems (something that can be found on Stack Exchange)

Make the answer count, not who posted it.
I may be the world's most revered expert in boiled eggs, but my casserole might suck big time.
If I serve you boiled eggs, you will reward my eggs and beginners will know my boiled eggs are good.
If I serve you a casserole, nobody will eat it ("think it is a good culinary solution") and beginners might want to try something else on the menu.


bdunham7:

--- Quote from: alexnoot on February 16, 2022, 06:54:04 pm ---May I please be titled 'Expert lurker'? Or maybe 'Expert procrastinator'? Can't really decide, but it must be shiny either way...

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Just for fun I went back and thanked all your posts.  Your ratio should be about 200% by now, so possibly the highest on EEVBlog. Expect a medal in the mail.   :-DD

I think of EEVBlog as a peer group.  That doesn't mean we are all the same or have the same level of expertise, but rather that the overall tone is more dialectic than help desk.  Gettiing a 'correct' answer to a specific question misses the point, although if an answer is truly needed, often one is provided.  The fact that answers may differ is not a bug, it's a feature. 
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