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Poll: Should AT eliminate post count and member titles?

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mind you, everyone just assumes i'm an elite neffer due to my postcount/join date 🙁

so i say just get rid of the join date 😉
 
Dug, a glance at the top ten Ot posts will tell us if you are out of bed "down under". You can run, but you can't hide😉
 
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Originally posted by: RossMAN
I'm all for it.
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Why are you for it? you're one of the few that has a special title.
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I post here because it's one of my favorite communities and I love it here not because of a custom title. It would be nice to see RossMAN with a joined date and that's it. Then the only way you're distinguished from other forum members is your join date and content of your posts.

I'm still the same RossMAN I was when I was made the transition from
Junior -> Senior -> Golden -> Platinum -> Diamond -> Elite -> Chief Ferengi -> Grand Nagus
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You know... I was thinking about what you said here and I feel that I'm not the same guy I was when I joined here.

I was barely computer literate when I started lurking here. I've learned a lot here and now my "duties" here are miles from what I started doing... or even what I was like 6 months ago.

I know this is due to the changemy age difference and naturally my interests have changed a lot, but I thought I'd mention that I'm not the same guy I was 4 years ago 😉
 
Originally posted by: skyking
Dug, a glance at the top ten Ot posts will tell us if you are out of bed "down under". You can run, but you can't hide😉
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😱

i try to entertain, help a few people out in video, be as friendly as possible, and have some fun, plus i like posting a lot 😉

The trick is to keep that above the 'neffing' line, and i think most of the time i succeed...at least i hope so 🙁
 
Originally posted by: Triumph
No, because we're not all equal. Should we remove grades from school because all students are equal regardless of the quality of their work?
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Until postcount somehow accurately reflects the quality of one's post, its not a comparable situation.
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Originally posted by: RossMAN
I'm all for it.
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Why are you for it? you're one of the few that has a special title.
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I post here because it's one of my favorite communities and I love it here not because of a custom title. It would be nice to see RossMAN with a joined date and that's it. Then the only way you're distinguished from other forum members is your join date and content of your posts.

I'm still the same RossMAN I was when I was made the transition from
Junior -> Senior -> Golden -> Platinum -> Diamond -> Elite -> Chief Ferengi -> Grand Nagus
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what spurred this on?
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The mod-OP'ed thread about all this stuff, someone mentioned that if no one neffed, the quality of posts would go up.
 
Originally posted by: z0mb13
eliminating post count is a VERY BAD idea

would be VERY hard to spot the newly registered free ipod guys

also eliminates a way to find the active users, people that posts here a lot

usually I gauge the poster's quality by a combination of join date and post count (and custom title of course)

take away these and u might as well take away usernames
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Great point, they are usefull in the FS&T forums.
 
Originally posted by: ruffilb
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Originally posted by: RossMAN
I'm all for it.
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Why are you for it? you're one of the few that has a special title.
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I post here because it's one of my favorite communities and I love it here not because of a custom title. It would be nice to see RossMAN with a joined date and that's it. Then the only way you're distinguished from other forum members is your join date and content of your posts.

I'm still the same RossMAN I was when I was made the transition from
Junior -> Senior -> Golden -> Platinum -> Diamond -> Elite -> Chief Ferengi -> Grand Nagus
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what spurred this on?
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The mod-OP'ed thread about all this stuff, someone mentioned that if no one neffed, the quality of posts would go up.
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eliminating postcount and member titles won't stop neffing.

 
You should be known for the content of your posts, not your postcount or a title.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
They should eliminate visable user names and icons too, and ban signatures. make it completely random.
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Exactly, where do we draw the line?

How about no posts PERIOD! Then we REALLY have everyone equal! Or no forum!

I think that the point here lies in equality of opportunity vs. equality of outcome.

Quality posts are not improved by postcount. Someone with any # of posts can make a great post, and vice versa.
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: ruffilb
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: yellowfiero
Originally posted by: RossMAN
I'm all for it.
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Why are you for it? you're one of the few that has a special title.
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I post here because it's one of my favorite communities and I love it here not because of a custom title. It would be nice to see RossMAN with a joined date and that's it. Then the only way you're distinguished from other forum members is your join date and content of your posts.

I'm still the same RossMAN I was when I was made the transition from
Junior -> Senior -> Golden -> Platinum -> Diamond -> Elite -> Chief Ferengi -> Grand Nagus
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what spurred this on?
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The mod-OP'ed thread about all this stuff, someone mentioned that if no one neffed, the quality of posts would go up.
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eliminating postcount and member titles won't stop neffing.
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no, it won't.

I don't see how equality is a valid argument either, can someone enlighten me? :/
 
"Yes, all forum members should be equal" that sounds like commie talk to me

i don't support communist crap
 
Postcount? Sure, why not, I'm not paricularly attached to it, but keep join date I think. It give some idea about a member's age and maturity.

As for titles, I'm a little split. The postcount-generated titles I don't really care about, but the custom titles I think designate some actual contribution to the forums (except possibly in my case, I'm still unsure how they thought giving me a title was a good idea 😛). But titles like NFS4's and your own title RossMAN and Brutuskend's title all help show that you've made contributions to this forum that deserve recognition. So while I think it might not be a bad idea for the postcount-generated titles to go away, I think that the custom ones should stay, but I might be a little biased there. 😉

ZV
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Postcount? Sure, why not, I'm not paricularly attached to it, but keep join date I think. It give some idea about a member's age and maturity.
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Don't you think that the actual POSTS give the best indication of maturity?
 
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Damn I should have created a 3rd option "I don't really care either way"
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I'll wait to vote until you add that option. 🙂
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Consider it done 🙂
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Well that's what I would have voted for 🙁

New poll needed, not new answer 😉
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Negatron.
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Ban! 😉
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Well, for people who are new to this site, postcount does provide some indication of which people have truly been around for a while... moreso than join date provides.

I suggest this: posts in OT and P&N do NOT count toward total posts.
Nef posts in other forums result in vacations

A little policing up front by the mods to make it clear that it'll be enforced, and all should go well.

Oh, and then create a homework help in math and physics forum, so I can get credit for those helpful posts that normally occur in OT 🙂
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Well thought out as usual, Dr Pizza! :thumbsup:

(P.S. -- don't count this post! 😱 )
 
Originally posted by: Evadman
You should be known for the content of your posts, not your postcount or a title.
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Thus my suggestion to not include OT or P&N in postcount as the content, in general, is meaningless.
 
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