I’m ENFP. Wild ideas just come to me.

For context, you have to read @grayruby’s post.

Something happened to me, which was breeding ground for this idea. siggy47 asked me to check the accuracy of an explanation of Satoshi Nakamoto given by a Japanese expert. So, I applied my Japanese language skills and did so. Yesterday, I found out that @metkram had done extensive research on the do’s and dont’s of running. I wanted to find out more, so I zapped him more than my default zap and requested him to share his knowledge. And he did!

*What if we can adopt something from LinkedIn? Have a field in the Settings page, in which we can type one area of specialisation ourselves. Peer recognition is important, so when we know that a Stacker is particularly knowledgeable in an area, we can go to his profile and type the niche for him.

Basically, self-declared expertise & peer-validated expertise.

I think the idea of cross-posting could be revisited. Perhaps some territory founders will like to pool their efforts and run a public awareness campaign or draw attention to an issue concurrently. For example, the founders of ~Music and ~HealthAndFitness could release a post on what music do you listen to when you work out? on their territories.

Meaning, @Undisciplined posts this question on ~HealthAndFitness and chooses it to appear on ~Music. This should lead to a lively and robust exchange of ideas.

I think some Stackers merely confine their posting efforts to one or two territories. If they don’t venture out and explore other territories, then other territories must be brought to the forefront of their minds.

My thinking is that people will stay longer on SN if they feel that they can make a unique contribution to the community. Collaborative posts tend to attract many comments, so newbies may be more inclined to speak up. I think it can be quite intimidating to put yourself out there, especially with assmilking posts being the rage these days. I mean, some people wear it like a badge of honour, but the more thin-skinned Stackers would feel a greater inertia to post and comment.

Sorry that I rushed this out. I need to fold my laundry and take two hungry kids out for breakfast. But you know, done is better than perfect.