Ididmyc600
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As I trawl through the new posts and see something I can reply to, I often ask myself, "how much about PC's does this guy/girl know". Ok some of them have followed advice and posted their specs so you could presume they are pretty savvy, however coming from a support desk background I have dealt with everyone from newbies with no idea what a mouse is to those who have used PC;s for a while.
My proposal is a scale next to the name with 1 being a complete novice to 10 being someone who has worked with PC's for a while and is pretty competent at most if not all aspects of PC's.
This means that people answering his questions could do so with either a breakdown of the fix or simply a quick guide dependant on the rating.
The user could during the course of his stay at techspot adjust the scale accordingly as his knowledge grows.
I do understand that their are different sections of the forum, for instance when it comes to malware removal I rate a 2, someone like howard would rate a 10.
I can see that there are 12 different subject catagories covered by techspot, maybe adding to the users profile a list of the catagories and the relevant scale would allow people to check the profile and see how competent they are at a particular subject.
Regards
My proposal is a scale next to the name with 1 being a complete novice to 10 being someone who has worked with PC's for a while and is pretty competent at most if not all aspects of PC's.
This means that people answering his questions could do so with either a breakdown of the fix or simply a quick guide dependant on the rating.
The user could during the course of his stay at techspot adjust the scale accordingly as his knowledge grows.
I do understand that their are different sections of the forum, for instance when it comes to malware removal I rate a 2, someone like howard would rate a 10.
I can see that there are 12 different subject catagories covered by techspot, maybe adding to the users profile a list of the catagories and the relevant scale would allow people to check the profile and see how competent they are at a particular subject.
Regards