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Designated "Expert" Forum Users?

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tszaboo:
Well, now we have a situation, where the same question could be answered by a professional with a degree, who has 20 years of experience, and only had a few hundred posts in the forum.
Or Jimmy, who is 14, doesn't really understand what voltage is, but spent a lot of time to ramble in the offtopic section, collecting thousands of posts. For a newcomer, it's not obvious who is who.
Or an actual expert, who cannot take no for an answer, and is going to go to the absolute end with their false reality, and is going to defame everyone who is in the way, just because they have some narcissistic mental disorder. I actually worked with this person, it is not pleasant.

At the end, this is not a site for bug bounties, freelance help, or to post every single technical questions because you actually have no idea what you are supposed to do at your job. It's a forum.

HobGoblyn:
I’ve had a lot of help from various people over the years, some obviously experts, some not so expert but have had the same problems I’m currently having, and know how to solve them.

Likewise, I’m no expert but occasionally see someone post something that I can help them with.

The problem I can foresee is that people may skip the non experts advice and only take notice of those deemed knowledgeable.

This would stop many people bothering to try to help as they are ignored, and those really knowledgable people would effectively have a full time job just answering questions.

I often learn more from a thread where two or three people have different opinions on how to do something properly than one person giving the “correct” answer.

I can see the merit in thinking this is a good idea, but I don’t think it works in reality. If someone gives bad advice, it usually doesn’t take that long for those more knowledgeable in that area to point out they are wrong.

TLDR:

If it isn’t broke, don’t try to fix it

EEVblog:

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--- Quote from: amyk on February 15, 2022, 04:30:12 am ---Where's the "I like it, but only if I can be one" choice? :P
More seriously, I usually pay less attention to who posted something, than what they posted. From that perspective, emphasising the former wouldn't be a good idea.

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That's what I do in most cases too. I guess it's more for newbies who get a whole bunch of responses and don't have the technical ability to judge each post on its technical merits.
Although we do have the Thanks system for posts.

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Firstly determining who is (not) worth listening to is a valuable life skill for many reasons and in many circumstances. Newbies might as well learn such discrimination ASAP.

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Yes, I was thinking this and agree.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: jpanhalt on February 15, 2022, 09:33:02 pm ---It just occurred to me.  Maybe "Influencer" maybe be more appropriate?  ;)  At least that plays well on Twitter and FB. (sarc.)

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Searching for a puke emoji to add to the forum...

thm_w:
Anyone who feels their expertise is relevant could add it to the "Personal Text" field in their profile. Yansi, tom66, Teslacoil, etc have done that already.
If someone does it who is not an expert, they can get called out. If its a legit callout, mod can edit it permanently to "doofus" or equivalent  >:D

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