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Designated "Expert" Forum Users?

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magic:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 15, 2022, 05:02:58 am ---
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 15, 2022, 04:40:34 am ---I don't understand what is wrong with the existing Thanked User system here. The first one to answer with the nearest solution is marked by consensus.

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It's used a bit but I guess not often enough to be really useful. No one looks every beginner thread and gives a rate unlike say StackExchange.
Maybe it's just not possible on a chat forum based system to solve this, it's just the wrong platform to even try? Horses for courses so to speak. Stack Exchange will always do it way better?

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The problem may remain, not every thread will get an answer from a designated expert and then :-//

I'm not on SE but it is my understanding that their continue to feed their "experts" more and more badges and internet points to keep that carrot dangling in front of them :D

wilfred:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 15, 2022, 05:08:53 am ---
--- Quote from: fourfathom on February 15, 2022, 04:38:52 am ---I hang out on a non-technical forum where members can give other members up-votes or down-votes.  I think I have only up-votes there (because that's the kind of person I am!) but I still don't like it.  When politics or other opinions run hot the votes end up showing who is "in the club" and who is out.  Perhaps on this engineering forum this wouldn't be as much of a problem, but in any case I don't think the "expert" status is needed.  This is a public-access forum, anybody asking questions here should know that, and from what I've seen any "wrong" information gets corrected (or at least well-discussed) pretty quickly.
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Way back we trialed a rating system of some sort here (thumbs up/down was it?), but IIRC it was abused with people just voting down people they didn't like. I think we did a poll and the majorty voted to remove it in favour of a simple Thanks system.

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The majority of those who responded is still a miniscule proportion of forum members. Most polls I've observed here are unrepresentative due to the self selecting nature of the respondents.

wilfred:

--- Quote from: MrMobodies on February 15, 2022, 04:48:12 am ---Maybe I misunderstand but I thought that was what the moderators were for nominated to a board/subject of their expertise.

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Ha Ha. The moderators are here to sort the chaff from other chaff.

PKTKS:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 15, 2022, 03:45:38 am ---
I think it's an interesting idea in principle.
It's possible in the SMF forum software to have additional categories that where members can be allocated into groups which shows up under their username, just like we currently have for Frequent Contributor, Supporter etc.

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Anyway, thoughts please...

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stackoverflow/stackexchange  forum(s) 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

tautech:
Fair, right/correct identification of Experts and proper implementation won't be possible although it's an admirable pursuit.

Another point to consider is marking members as Experts will flood their inbox with requests for help, something that for the good of the forum should only happen on the forum !
How an Expert might manage such an influx of pleas for help is of course their own business however also consider this has the potential to have them leave or be less active on the forum.

Sure there are massively tall poppies in their chosen fields here there are also some that post rarely that are certainly world leading experts in their fields. Each year we gain more but until they become very well known or you engage with them privately you'd have absolutely no idea of their technical ability.
Some are retired or near to and desire to pass on their knowledge yet others like Tim (T3sl4co1l), so young yet so knowledgeable go to great lengths in his posts providing detailed discussion to explore and instigate deep thought.

My list would present a good number but T3sl4co1l would be #1 for his contributions to other members.

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