There is, but it involves a little effort. For me I use Google. What ever topic I search, I add the word Maemo to it. Most things Maemo have been discussed here and Google crawls this site so relevant posts usually turn up on the first page of Google's search results.

As to ranking or categorizing of members I don't think that is necessary because of the thanks system.

Not because of the number of thanks posted but because every member has access to every other members thanks statistics with just 2 clicks from any post you read.

You can click on a members name and then choose to view their profile or view other posts made by them. Once you are at their profile page you can view what expertise they choose to mention in their "about me".

However, it has been my experience that some of the best information comes from members who say very little about them selves for what ever reason. That's why I use the 'Thanks" system.

In that same profile page you can choose to see all statistics and in addition to posts you can view the threads started by the member, posts where they received thanks, as well as posts where they have given thanks.

In my humble opinion, those last three items tell the most about a members intent, knowledge, and willingness to share accurate and timely information.

I suspect that with most members you will find that their first threads asked some pretty basic questions about the OS or the device. Maybe some of the same questions you had when you first started... For those members that contribute you will see the topics of their threads progress as they learn more until they too are posting threads that show how to do interesting and useful things. Others may propose equally useful ideas or invite us to think about things we may not have even imagined before.

Thanked posts will show you the quality of a members posts, and posts that they thanked will show what qualities they value in others. All this useful information is just two or three clicks away from any post you read on this forum.

Welcome aboard MrGrim, no one has ever had to apologize for asking questions or proposing solutions. Don't put too much into post count, familiarize yourself with the many resources available here, and most of all... have fun.