Tech support section

[Bazadar]

Maybe just add a disagree option to the 4 options to the right ? Also i think post count really doesnt mean much? I only mainly post on threads with a user having an issue and try to help, As i work in IT supporting hardware and software of all types, And only post if i believe ill be helping them.

 

And now i've got +1 posts to my total posts....yay!

[zehao39]

may be a LMG forum expert test when they pass the the test they can get the title. May be only who have reach enough agree or best answer can apply for the test.

[zehao39]

Just now, DarkShadowUK said:

Maybe just add a disagree option to the 4 options to the right ? Also i think post count really doesnt mean much? I only mainly post on threads with a user having an issue and try to help, As i work in IT supporting hardware and software of all types, And only post if i believe ill be helping them.

 

And now i've got +1 posts to my total posts....yay!

may be they can have a test for the LMG expert and every can apply?

[Clanscorpia]

@Godlygamer23 @Ryan_Vickers What do you guys think?

[Hackentosher]

1 hour ago, DarkShadowUK said:

Maybe just add a disagree option to the 4 options to the right ? Also i think post count really doesnt mean much? 

The mods have enough trolling to deal with, they don't need a button people can mash just to be a dick head. 

[LogicalDrm]

1 hour ago, zehao39 said:

may be when they have enough agree or best answer they can take a test. Then they can be titled

 

Sorry to be cynical but who will make the "test"? Agree and Best Answer (if counted) are only pointing towards good reputation. Problem with them is, that also OT counts. And people there agree on very weird statements.

 

1 hour ago, Clanscorpia said:

Being voted by the community? And a lot of people dont hit agree or best answer

 

That could work. Or people could just vote for their friends.

 

1 hour ago, DarkShadowUK said:

Maybe just add a disagree option to the 4 options to the right ?

This is latest suggestion thread about that:

 

[Bazadar]

6 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

The mods have enough trolling to deal with, they don't need a button people can mash just to be a dick head. 

Good point, I think nothing will really work otherwise it would already be built into the forum, Guess its just down to the users of the forum helping one another and making sure if someone gives incorrect advise, help out and advise why ect

[Godlygamer23]

2 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

@Godlygamer23 @Ryan_Vickers What do you guys think?

Post count does not imply experience or otherwise inherently. At best, it provides experience with the forum itself, but that's it. 

 

For example, Louis from YouTube created an account on here that he hardly ever uses. If anyone knows who he is, they'd know that he has a lot of experience dealing with electronics. In this case, his post count does not imply inexperience with electronics in any regard. 

 

A lot of troubleshooting threads involves going for the most likely scenario and working from there. If someone states an answer you believe to be incorrect, the best thing to do is to correct them. 

[Clanscorpia]

8 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Post count does not imply experience or otherwise inherently. At best, it provides experience with the forum itself, but that's it. 

 

For example, Louis from YouTube created an account on here that he hardly ever uses. If anyone knows who he is, they'd know that he has a lot of experience dealing with electronics. In this case, his post count does not imply inexperience with electronics in any regard. 

 

A lot of troubleshooting threads involves going for the most likely scenario and working from there. If someone states an answer you believe to be incorrect, the best thing to do is to correct them. 

What about the badges? the voting being an expert

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I see a few issues with this.  First, a section for tech support doesn't make a whole lot of sense on a forum where the entire forum is basically tech support

Second, if we limit people under 500 posts from posting, how will they ever get enough to start?  Third, some people, although brand new, are very knowledgeable so it doesn't make sense to paint them all with the same brush.

We considered briefly limiting posting in general discussion to people over 100 considering how many incorrectly post there vs the correct subforum, but it was deemed unfair and impractical for a few reasons, some of which resembling the above.

 

In short, don't hold your breath that this will happen.

[Clanscorpia]

15 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I see a few issues with this.  First, a section for tech support doesn't make a whole lot of sense on a forum where the entire forum is basically tech support

Second, if we limit people under 500 posts from posting, how will they ever get enough to start?  Third, some people, although brand new, are very knowledgeable so it doesn't make sense to paint them all with the same brush.

We considered briefly limiting posting in general discussion to people over 100 considering how many incorrectly post there vs the correct subforum, but it was deemed unfair and impractical for a few reasons, some of which resembling the above.

 

In short, don't hold your breath that this will happen.

What about the badges and the voting on people being experts

[Godlygamer23]

29 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

What about the badges and the voting on people being experts

We already had that. It was called Trusted Advisor. We stopped using it.

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1 hour ago, Clanscorpia said:

What about the badges and the voting on people being experts

This:

53 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

We already had that. It was called Trusted Advisor. We stopped using it.

That said, it doesn't strike me at first glance as a bad idea necessarily.  We should be more specific though - people trusted in photography, in audio, in graphics cards, etc. if we were to do it.

[Clanscorpia]

19 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

This:

That said, it doesn't strike me at first glance as a bad idea necessarily.  We should be more specific though - people trusted in photography, in audio, in graphics cards, etc. if we were to do it.

How hard would it be to implement? 

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15 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

How hard would it be to implement? 

I'm not sure... I suppose it would only be as hard as having a couple different badges to give out and then we'd just routinely check for people who've been really good in those areas.

[Godlygamer23]

46 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

This:

That said, it doesn't strike me at first glance as a bad idea necessarily.  We should be more specific though - people trusted in photography, in audio, in graphics cards, etc. if we were to do it.

It was already a thing. 

[GreezyJeezy]

i clearly have over 500 posts 

[Ganz]

As stated post count is not a reflection of knowledge.  Sometimes people with a lot of posts blow (a lot) of hot air, whereas some with low post counts say little, but the little they say is powerful.

[2FA]

I kind of like Tomshardware's system where best answers selected by the OP contribute towards badge progress which you can then display if you so choose.