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Endorsing only similar skills? Really? What if I know I'm bad at something and decide to hire someone who's a professional in this area? And this person does a

• pavel_lishin 14y ago
  On the other hand, my wife endorsed me on several programming skills. She is not a programmer, so her recommendation is kind of pointless at best in this regard.
  • sabon 14y ago
    Sure. I'm not saying that letting anyone endorse is a solution. I'm saying that letting endorse only those who have similar skills is not an answer as well. It has to go deeper.
• eykanal 14y ago
  Point taken, which is why I suggest the second fix using weighting. That being said, limiting to similar skills—while eliminating a few potential genuine recommendations, like the situation you mention—would stop the bogus recommendations as well, and I would guess that there are many more bogus than genuine recommendations being handed out the way it is now. Also, do note that you're not really able to judge whether the work is professional or not. You can judge whether it works well, but for all you know the behind-the-scenes stuff could be a complete mess which will fall apart tomorrow. This applies to programming, construction, plumbing, managing a financial portfolio, anything. Unless you're an expert, you really can't judge someone's work on anything other than a very superficial level.
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