Who is a real expert ?

Hi Firat,

Yes ofcourse you are an expert. Don't beat yourself to hard over this...

So, this post will add a few points to my account ;-)

Best regards, Enrico Migchels

Hi Firat,

Yes it is.

There is a saying about this:

''in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king'' (read: expert)

Best regards, Enrico Migchels

Hi Firat,

'Ask the Expert' is separate from the small badges you earn from posting content/answering questions.

Many of our 'Ask the Experts' are nominated by our manufacturers, however some experts are retired workers who are interested in giving back helping the next generation of electronics engineers.  Our 'Ask the Experts' are featured on the Expert landing page and then placed into a queue where they can be selected from the queue for a 2 week feature on the home page.  If you have an expert you would like to nominate (You can nominate yourself if you'd like to be an element14 'Ask the Expert') please send an email to communitymanager@premierfarnell.com with the following information:

• Expert's  Email address & First & Last Name
  
• High resolution photo of  the expert
• Expert’s element14 user name and password (the expert must have an element14 profile) - the password will be used to set up the discussion thread for the expert
  
• 2 questions that we can use  to “seed” the discussion thread
• A bio of the expert’s  background and areas of expertise

Expectations of Experts:

Just popped back in here to rid myself of a message from 'jenafir' who had something 'really important' to tell me.

This is an interesting question.  Do you realize how many sites on the web are trying to be 'communities' and trying to rig up various artificial methods to force/lure/entice people to post messages.  Just like you've discovered, the title of 'expert' is just a method to get you to post and doesn't say anything about the content. (Ka-ching, 3 points!).  There are other places that let web users answer questions, then vote on the best answer.  That doesn't always work either.

I'm at a company where they advertise over 35 years of experience in that technology.  I've been here 7 years.  I'm the expert.  Originally by default, but I'm learning.....

Steve

As for the 'jenafir' business, you should have received a forwarded email days ago.

Then for the 'expert' designation, how, then, does one differentiate between the true expert and the one who posts a lot of messages?  It seems to me that both would get the expert designation and probably have the same point levels.  So basically you've reiterated the exact original complaint.  He didn't feel he was an expert but, as you say, he was 'rewarded' for being active by achieving the title 'expert'.  So we've come entirely in a circle. ;-)