Experts Exchange

Came across an interesting site today, the Experts Exchange. Apparently it's been around for quite some time --- since 1996. It's what one might call a "helping community," where people can ask, in this case, technical IT-related questions, and "experts" are rated and graded by the askers. The community judges its own members in a kind of knowledge meritocracy. I found the "accepted answer" feature especially interesting: imagine posting a note to ask a question on some technical programming issue. You'll get a half-dozen or more answers. One hits the nail on the head. This one becomes, to you the asker, the "accepted answer". (Imagine if this sort of thing existed for medicine. Patients post questions, doctors answer. The answer that works gets the gold star. The community takes note. Nah. Nevergonna happen... :-) Posted by brian at October 27, 2002 11:15 AM