Drakku
Active Member
Most everything I would suggest has already been said and agreed upon a lot. So I will refrain.
But,
Suggestion, but with a question: Is it possible to utilize the post votes instead of the actual post count to determine the "rank" of the individual? That would cut down on people just doing post count to up their status, and, for the people that contribute, even if it's not very much, they can still improve.
For example: NewbA contributes to the discussion, is on topic, friendly, etc, his posts are consistently voted up. On +50 votes, he is considered an officially new member and can post his own topics. Since he has already proved himself valuable in the community, he has learned the extremely basic etiquette the internet is due.
In contrast: NewbB has been here a while, but is falling behind. He begins to be detrimental and negative, his vote count begins to drop, and he goes below 50 and is now, say, 45. He no longer can create his own topics and can only post replies, much like if he were a totally new member.
And lastly: NewbC joined during the Halloween rush and refuses to improve his behavior. His posts have been voted down so low, he's to -25. He has now been banned from posting for 1 month. No improvement once ban is lifted, (ie, votes down to -35), permaban. Etc.
Of course, if this isn't plausible, then uh.. disregard all that.
But moral of the story, if we do do a ranking system, it needs to be dynamic. Just because you earned it doesn't mean it's yours to keep indefinitely.
And, post votes would have to be higher levels than just 50s, obviously. Depending on how popular they become, I can see this getting abused. Members would need to understand, only vote up posts that contributed positively to the topic, vote down a post that's nothing but a copypasta "lol u r good."
But,
Suggestion, but with a question: Is it possible to utilize the post votes instead of the actual post count to determine the "rank" of the individual? That would cut down on people just doing post count to up their status, and, for the people that contribute, even if it's not very much, they can still improve.
For example: NewbA contributes to the discussion, is on topic, friendly, etc, his posts are consistently voted up. On +50 votes, he is considered an officially new member and can post his own topics. Since he has already proved himself valuable in the community, he has learned the extremely basic etiquette the internet is due.
In contrast: NewbB has been here a while, but is falling behind. He begins to be detrimental and negative, his vote count begins to drop, and he goes below 50 and is now, say, 45. He no longer can create his own topics and can only post replies, much like if he were a totally new member.
And lastly: NewbC joined during the Halloween rush and refuses to improve his behavior. His posts have been voted down so low, he's to -25. He has now been banned from posting for 1 month. No improvement once ban is lifted, (ie, votes down to -35), permaban. Etc.
Of course, if this isn't plausible, then uh.. disregard all that.
But moral of the story, if we do do a ranking system, it needs to be dynamic. Just because you earned it doesn't mean it's yours to keep indefinitely.
And, post votes would have to be higher levels than just 50s, obviously. Depending on how popular they become, I can see this getting abused. Members would need to understand, only vote up posts that contributed positively to the topic, vote down a post that's nothing but a copypasta "lol u r good."
