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But there are also a fair number of subreddits that are the primary gathering place for that community, and thus the best place to go for advice on that topic.

With absolutely no way to vet, verify or validate anyone who proclaims to be the expert they say they are outside of asking, and hoping what you get isn't a complete fabrication.

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Could you not generate an "expert score" by comparing expert candidates with open data sources for domain expertise?

That's a really good question, the closest thing to this I think is the 'delta' feature on /r/changemyview. How do you see something like that operating in the reddit ecosystem?

You'd essentially build up a reputation score for Reddit users based on their post history, but this would assume you have some programatic method to verify their expertise between domain knowledge data sources and their comments. I would assume only someone like Facebook would have have the resources to accomplish such as task, as they own the platform, and are actively working to discriminate fact from fiction in user posts.

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