Forum Discussion
Jan 23, 2017
What defines an "expert"?
Under My Dashboard -> My Feed we have: Newest, Popular, Experts, and Unanswered. So my question is: what defines an expert, and how are posts determined to surface in that view?
- Nov 02, 2017
Great questions. Other thread with similar questions at: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Tech-Community-Blog/Microsoft-Tech-Community-July-5-Release-Profile-Page-update/bc-p/84981
SergeiBaklan
Jan 23, 2017MVP
Loryan only asked the question, my guess was this categorization is based on answers. Anyway, of course, only community manager could clarify, e.g. AnnaChu
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Jan 23, 2017Hi Sergei,
yes he dit but since he has a green cirkel around his picture he is a MVP :-) MS itself is blue and thought community manager is red.
Microsoft employees - Like you, they are members of the community around Microsoft products, and we encourage them to share their knowledge, expertise, and opinions on this platform.
Community Managers - Our community managers are here to encourage conversation, provide direction, answer questions, and keep the community healthy.
MVPs - MVPs are recognized technology experts who passionately share their knowledge and expertise with the community.
Similarly, you may notice badges and ranks next to usernames. Badges are achievements you can unlock. Ranks, like “MVP”, can either be assigned or earned through participation.
kr,
Paul
- SergeiBaklanJan 23, 2017MVP
Hi Paul - yes, i know, thank you. My point was the post appears in Experts category of the dashboard not when one of MVP:s, etc. initiates the conversation, but only when one of them answers on the question. But again, that's only my guess.
- AnnaChuJan 23, 2017
Microsoft
Hi everyone, when you click on 'My Home' and click to view conversations involving 'Experts' you are looking at all conversations involving product experts at Microsoft or MVPs. As per the screenshot from Deleted MVPs have green rings around their avatar and product experts at Microsoft have blue rings. Hope this clarifies!
- Jan 24, 2017Thanks Anna, but what determines which conversations from experts are surfaced under "Experts" in "My Home"?
There are a number of MVPs and other experts on here answering questions and posting but I tend to see the same faces listed.
Is there a logic around how many responses were marked as answers, how many likes and other things that determine which experts get surfaced?