How do you judge the value of expertise on the Web? Does it differ from your notion of expertise in face-to-face settings? Why or why not?
I think the value of the expertise depends on the forum or given context of the discussion same as face-to-face settings. For example, I would lend a lot of credit to a professor's point of view that he made in class on the educational system, much more than I would lend to someone just randomly discussing the subject at a crosswalk or coffee shop. The same goes for online, forums such as Quora where professionals lend their opinions, questions and answers, are going to hold much more weight than that of a random tirade that John Doe has posted on Facebook that day about the education system. I think one has to judge the value of expertise on the web the same way they do face-to-face, by establishing if the source is credible or not. This is not so easy to do online and sometimes people digest anything they see online as truth, which is very dangerous. In fact, if anything, one should be more skeptical of Web sources, until proven a viable and reliable resource. Face-to-face it is a little easier to see expertise first hand or discount it, face time does much to clarify. www.quora.com
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