[image] This seems completely unnecessary. EDIT: I also don’t understand the reason for unilaterally making this change and not letting the community decide.

Community members are intended to read this field on other people’s profiles to determine how complex or summarized your reply to a person can be. We will not be giving any benefits to people who choose a higher level of experience, and it is not particularly intended to indicate anything about a pe…

any1 December 11, 2025, 8:38pm 2

It was suggested here

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