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Designated "Expert" Forum Users?
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on February 22, 2022, 08:23:35 am ---According to my poll public opinion is mostly against the thanked counter in every post, but it's not as unpopular as the expert idea
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FWTW I've just gone and added my 'No' (i.e. dislike showing the thanked count) to that, but I don't want to get embroiled in another tread about this.
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 22, 2022, 11:34:37 am ---
When it was first introduced almost everyone liked the idea of having the ability to Thank a post. It was a nice way to say you appreciated the effort that went into the post, or agree with it etc, without pollutiing the thread with a copy of the post and a :-+ +1 :clap: etc
Essentially it rewards good and often extensive technical posts. A little deserving dopamine hit for the author.
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It has a bit more utility than merely providing a dopamine hit.
It provides positive feedback. You can use it to gauge interest in what you're posting even if people haven't posted any follow-ups to what you're saying. If you post something on "current project X" and get half a dozen "thanks" but no posts in response, then people probably found your description of "current project X" interesting and it's probably OK to post further updates on the project as and when. If it passes by without "thanks" or posts in response then it, then nobody was interested and you're probably better off keeping schtum.
The "thanks" button fulfills this feedback rĂ´le nicely, one can indicate interest without polluting threads with "Interesting" or "keep us updated" messages. In a way it can act in place of those little cues we give off in physical conversation to indicate that people aren't boring us (yet), the little nods and "Umhum"s. OK, there are some people who will carry on regardless, like the strange thread where currently one person is talking to themselves (and one other forum member occasionally interjects) and has been doing so for 7 pages so far despite there being no interest shown by the world in general. In real life the yawning and looking at watches would have killed a physical conversation monologue like that dead in two minutes.
The logical conclusion here would be to also have a "bored" button as a negative feedback mechanism, but that's way too abrupt and abrasive compared to the subtle real life cues one gives off when being bored witless to be a realistic suggestion.
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: Labrat101 on February 22, 2022, 12:49:31 pm ---I am thinking that in "Theory" this would be a great idea .. But as with all what I have seen so far Theory and practice are totally distorted .
Some of the so called Experts are really good at copy & Paste and have not got a clue . & could out smart anyone with a twisted tongue.
On the other hand there are some real born Genuineness here and they stay in the shadows .
The only way to Find real experts would be to Prove it with some Certification's
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No, that's just a good way of finding people who are good at acquiring certifications.
All the genuinely smart and/or knowledgeable people I've ever known didn't need paper certification to demonstrate how good they were, people could figure out how smart and/or knowledgeable they were within a few minutes of talking to them. Some of them might incidentally have acquired certifications and titles along the way, some hadn't. In fact in my experience if there is any correlation between "smart" and "paper qualified" it's that the outstandingly brilliant fair poorly when it comes to the academic type of paper qualifications; they are often bored rigid at school because it moves too slowly for them, they get a bad reputation with the more stupid type of teacher, and end up with poor school results and a bad taste in their mouths from dealing with the academic world.
Labrat101:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on February 22, 2022, 04:19:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: Labrat101 on February 22, 2022, 12:49:31 pm ---I am thinking that in "Theory" this would be a great idea .. But as with all what I have seen so far Theory and practice are totally distorted .
Some of the so called Experts are really good at copy & Paste and have not got a clue . & could out smart anyone with a twisted tongue.
On the other hand there are some real born Genuineness here and they stay in the shadows .
The only way to Find real experts would be to Prove it with some Certification's
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No, that's just a good way of finding people who are good at acquiring certifications.
All the genuinely smart and/or knowledgeable people I've ever known didn't need paper certification to demonstrate how good they were, people could figure out how smart and/or knowledgeable they were within a few minutes of talking to them. Some of them might incidentally have acquired certifications and titles along the way, some hadn't. In fact in my experience if there is any correlation between "smart" and "paper qualified" it's that the outstandingly brilliant fair poorly when it comes to the academic type of paper qualifications; they are often bored rigid at school because it moves too slowly for them, they get a bad reputation with the more stupid type of teacher, and end up with poor school results and a bad taste in their mouths from dealing with the academic world.
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Where did I mention paper certification.. ? . Only you mention it .
fourfathom:
--- Quote from: Labrat101 on February 22, 2022, 04:52:05 pm ---Where did I mention paper certification.. ? . Only you mention it .
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So what kind of certification did you have in mind?
I may or may not be an "Expert", but I'm damn good in a few areas and pretty good in many. If I had to provide certification, I might be theoretically able to find my High School diploma -- that's it for paper, or for any "official" type of certification.
BTW, this has been a fun discussion. It's enjoyable but I hope nothing comes of it.
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