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Experts-Exchange.com (EE) is a membership-based website for people in information technology (IT) related jobs to ask each other for tech help and network. It was founded in 1996. At Experts Exchange, users are awarded points for answering questions asked by other users or writing articles the general community values as resourceful. This results in a competition for obtaining more points to achieve various experts' certifications. The site offers a paid membership service that offers full access to those who primarily use the website to get their IT and tech questions solved. By actively participating in answering questions, users can earn points in order to gain premium membership. Those who obtain 3,000 overall points are given access to all features of the web site known as ''premium services'', and they need to obtain at least 3,000 points in the previous month, 50,000 points in the previous 12 months, or 5 million lifetime points to retain these privileges.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Experts Exchange Updates Points System )〕 == Topic Areas, points, rankings, administrators == Once a user is registered on the site, they can ask a question and tag it with relevant “Topic Areas” that categorize the type of help the asker is looking for. Other users have alerts set up for Topic Areas that they would like to answer questions in, and once the question is tagged, they are notified either on-site or by email that a question in their favorite area has been asked. The experts comment to pose solutions, and the asker is expected to select one or more comments that best solve the problem as the answer, and to grade the answer (from A for excellent answers to C for answers that helped a bit but didn't provide a complete solution) in order to award points to the most helpful experts. If the awarded solution or grade is disputed, a Moderator will evaluate all responses and may change the distribution of points or the grade. The maximum point value for a question is 500 points and the minimum is 20. Based on Experts Exchange guidelines, 500 points should be assigned to questions of a high level of difficulty, for an urgent request, or where some other large time or cost savings benefit will be gained by the asker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Experts-Exchange's Help Page )〕 However, members with a premium services subscription often assign the maximum point value to their simple or intermediate questions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Experts-Exchange's Topic )〕 This patented system (U.S. Patent 6,064,978〔. United States Patent (16 May 2000).〕) allows users to accumulate points to achieve two main goals: to earn a free account and certifications in topic areas. After the first 10,000 points, a user is named a “qualified expert” and earns a free membership for a month.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How Do I Earn A Free membership )〕 Each month thereafter, the expert must earn 3,000 to maintain the free account. Points are part of a ranking system to certify that experts have proven their knowledge and skill set in a given area. Users can also earn points by writing how-to articles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Expert Benefits )〕 A high ranking in most topic areas is generally indicative of an expert who devotes a substantial amount of time and may have a high level of expertise. The list of top experts includes a number of Microsoft MVPs as well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FlyGuyBob's Member Profile )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Exchange_Admin's Member Profile )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aneeshattingal's Member Profile )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Experts Exchange Community News )〕 In 2004, Microsoft Exchange team wrote that Experts-Exchange was among the communities they actively looked into to find people who would make good candidates for Exchange MVPs. Volunteer members with various administrative privileges maintain the site by resolving arguments, closing questions left open by the asker, and assisting members with their site-related questions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Experts-Exchange」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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