member rating system isn't a reliable metric

Hi,

I just like to comment on the member rating system. It seems as though your senior memeber, experts, guru's etc... obtain that status simply by having a high number of posts. Let's face it: posting a lot of replies doesn't make someone an expert. Posting a lot of useful replies makes someone an expert.

Simply put LQ needs a way for members to give feedback on the performance of other members, and that feedback needs to be reflected in their on site ranking.

For instance this could be achieved by having a simple radio button UI appended to each reply not made by the thread's originator to the effect:

() solved problem
() helped but didn't solve the problem
() didn't help

linked to an integer variable for each member to be:

1) incremented by one if author's reply solved the problem
2) to be unchanged if the reply helped but didn't solve the problem
3) to be decremented by one if the reply didn't help

I believe a peer review rank system would raise the bar at LQ, keep members who don't have useful comments out of the discussion, and thus make the forum more productive and helpful for the community.

Thanks for reading!
Burlen