Not to worry. We're all foolish. You're in good company. ;-)

Agreed

 

While I agree that it is difficult to assess a user's skill level , I think it is safe to at least know what their interests are and what they work with.
For example:

Fantomas
Known Member

Joined.....
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General Interests: Embedded electronics, RF design
Specific interests/field/work: medical equipment pcb design

 

Eric is "well-known" and I am "Fanatic".

Those expresions do not denote how much he knows (and how good he is at explaining and helping) and how much I ignore.

BTW:

I don't pay much attention to popularity. That can be pretty subjective. Instead, I prefer to read a given member's responses. Usually, the folks of substance can be readily identified in short order.

The fact that someone here has collected many "thanks" or "like" is not a sign of "popularity" but that he run across a lot of grateful people.

Note to self: stop posting on something I actually I care little of. If at all. Enough for me.