[darkchasma]

Fools aside, this is a horrible idea. There are no experts here. There are loud people, and people with friends, but no community votes up the experts, only the eloquent, or the charismatic. Einstein wasn't president, JFK was. Some occasions, that's okay, but if I'm paying actual money, it certainly isn't.

[saryant]

I've seen people ask questions about Scala on SO and get answers from Martin Odersky, the language's inventor.

I'd say that counts as an expert.

[darkchasma]

I agree 100%, and it's my point.

[dionidium]

You don't think the top users on SO are experts?

[pekk]

The question is whether they are domain experts or SO experts

[sklivvz1971]

That's a false dichotomy.