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At first glance, I liked the sound of a venue like Ask Our Mentors where members can pose critical questions and mentors can respond. However, now I wonder whether the group of mentors might now become somewhat "sticky", and fixed - at most - to its current membership.

This isn't a criticism so much as a curiosity. That said, I'm making the following assumptions:

• Most posts that get a peer review are for specific responses to questions as opposed to simple back-and-forth banter.


• Individuals who want specific answers to a question will now tend to only use the Ask Our Mentors forum.

If these assumptions are true (and they might not be), then I would think that:

• Anybody who isn't a mentor today might have a hard time becoming one.


• The universe of mentors will only get smaller over time (due to negative karma earned within here) - not bigger.

So in the spirit of the Ask Our Mentors forum, I guess my question is this: do I have a reason to be concerned?

Edited: The decision to move this original post from the Ask Our Mentors forum to the General Discussion forum rendered references like "this forum" confusing, so I clarified them.

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