Technician Status on Site

[EricTheCarGuy]

That’s sort of the philosophy behind the ‘tachs’ below the posters name, the more posts, the more experience here on the forum which does count for something.

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[dreamer2355]

This would start the whole experience vs certs vs book smart debate on the forums and i am not sure i want to be apart of that._x000D_
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I think we all do a good job of politely correcting each others ‘mistakes’ as well as adding any additional information we m

[twiggy]

There are many other people who work jobs indirectly supporting the auto industry that can have valuable insight and there are many folks with extensive experience working on cars as a hobby that would feel left out with such a system

[dreamer2355]

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There are many other people who work jobs indirectly supporting the auto industry that can have valuable insight and there are many folks with extensive experience working on cars as a hobby that would feel left

[SpawnedX]

The system works flawlessly on other sites. Techs are a known source of good information and a reputation system controlled by the community helps to highlight the non-techs who are just as knowledgeable eventually granting them what would be called an ho

[dreamer2355]

Its also going to show alot of favoritism as well as going back to another thread, been harder for a new tech to gain a reputation right off the bat in the forums._x000D_
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Besides, what it stopping people lying about if there really a tech and really have cert

[EricTheCarGuy]

The new forum has ‘karma’ which I think will cover what you’re asking.

[SpawnedX]

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Sounds like a switch to vBulletin is coming.

[Wyatt Talley]

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Sounds like a switch to vBulletin is coming.

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not vbulletin but something that is more streamlined and manageable than this current forum. Also with most of the functions of most of the best forum

[moparfan]

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This would start the whole experience vs certs vs book smart debate on the forums and i am not sure i want to be apart of that._x000D_
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I think we all do a good job of politely correcting each others ‘mistakes’ as wel

[EricTheCarGuy]

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i agree with dreamer on this one. no one person is perfect! no one person has experianced everything! we help one another and i am happy to see some one find my screw up or miss understanding and correct it and vis

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