The little SAP flag - should it inspire confidence?

Hi,
sorry, just have to have a little rant here -
I've been browsing some of the forums I like to frequent recently and I noticed a new and highly active poster - "Excellent" I thought! Then I saw that the new poster was from SAP! "Brilliant!", I thought. "We're going to get a lot more help on this topic - great stuff."
Then I started reading some of the replies.
"Not so brilliant" ,I thought.
"Incorrect/false information", I thought.
So I responded to the posts and corrected where I could, and gave a little advise.
Now I'm used to reading wrong and misleading info in the forums - but not from posters with the little SAP flag against their name.
I'm wondering if SAP should have a policy of junior employee SCN members (users with less than several hundred forum points perhaps) not having the little SAP flag against their name.
I trust the advise given to me by someone with the SAP affiliation - and if I didn't know any better I'd take their word as gospel - yes I'm a bit gullible...
This in mind - is there some process to "certify" SAP employees before they post in SCN - or some guidelines for SAP employees so that they only post when they know the answer?
Driving along the snow filled mountain passes of technical forums is hard enough - but when the little flags that supposedly mark the way direct you off a cliff - it becomes a tricky proposition indeed.
rant over.
Cheers,
Chris

Hi Marilyn and Chris,
I've frankly been scared off from using the "Abuse" button to report incorrect information because none of the categories describe the case of incorrect answers and I can't find any documentation of what happens when that button is pressed.
Maybe there can be a little "When to use the abuse button" section added to the Rules of Engagement? - [http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/HOME/RulesofEngagement]
With regards to the SAP employee posting wrong answers issues - this is definitely a black-eye for SAP whenever it happens. It sounds to me like responsible participation on SCN is something that all SAP groups should be aware of internally. Since I don't have a little flag by my name, there is no way I can tell if this is the case or not
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