Status Bars

[Lerch]

So I'm just tossing this out there, but would it be possible to change the Status Bars from 'time on site' to a post count?
Say every 200 posts you get a silver bar, every 400 a gold bar? Then when you get some horribly high count it becomes a solid gold bar?

Comments?

[commando]

i like that idea


you have my vote

[Lerch]

Excellent.

We could also keep the 'New User' title for about..25 posts?

[Juice]

http://www.cadet-world.com/cwforums/showthread.php?p=626012#post626012

JB

[Andy]

http://www.cadet-world.com/cwforums/showthread.php?p=626012#post626012

JB

Well, excuse me for being at work and not being able to add to teh discussion. :p

[Kortytoh]

We had that system on the "old" CW, using stars and wreaths and other manner of doo-dahs.

This resulted in unscrupulous members artificially inflating their post count by trolling through threads and agreeing with everybody. Ridiculous amounts of posts under five words led to the introduction of a word minimum (considerably higher than it is today), but this only resulted in the advent of the infamous "ACME Post Filler" and variations thereof. The result of this was that the site's noise-to-signal ratio went through the roof and the boards became impossible to navigate.

The "Red Button Event" ended all this, and brought some relevance back to the site. Although today's noise-to-signal ratio is (in my opinion) arguably as high as in the "Stars and Wreaths" heyday, I do not even want to imagine what would happen if we brought back post count-based status indicators.

There are other ways to distinguish quality posting, but I will not get into that (should be studying right now).

For the record, the "Stars and Wreaths" period forms part of the "Second CW" era.

[Juice]

Well, excuse me for being at work and not being able to add to teh discussion. :p
Hence the announcement ;) Those of us in the discussion already knew what we talked about :p

JB

[Barbie]

That'd be cool actually . . .

[Andy]

We had that system on the "old" CW, using stars and wreaths and other manner of doo-dahs.

This resulted in unscrupulous members artificially inflating their post count by trolling through threads and agreeing with everybody. Ridiculous amounts of posts under five words led to the introduction of a word minimum (considerably higher than it is today), but this only resulted in the advent of the infamous "ACME Post Filler" and variations thereof. The result of this was that the site's noise-to-signal ratio went through the roof and the boards became impossible to navigate.

The "Red Button Event" ended all this, and brought some relevance back to the site. Although today's noise-to-signal ratio is (in my opinion) arguably as high as in the "Stars and Wreaths" heyday, I do not even want to imagine what would happen if we brought back post count-based status indicators.

There are other ways to distinguish quality posting, but I will not get into that (should be studying right now).

For the record, the "Stars and Wreaths" period forms part of the "Second CW" era.
actually, that reminds me of the comment/post "voting" system for sites like engadget and anandtech. :p

[S Urbanoski]

That'd be cool actually . . .

This was brought up as a suggestion in the open chat session - And the solution that was reached with the users and staff in the discussion was that the current system would change to allow for inactive users to lose their bars, until becoming active again.

As previously stated, the reason we will not return to a post count based reward system is to dissuade users from being rewarded for 'filler' or 'inflation' posts.

There was also a time that the only way to get a custom avatar was to get 10,000 posts. *shudder*

[TiffanyAbbott]

There was also a time that the only way to get a custom avatar was to get 10,000 posts. *shudder*


Ah dang, where was I when this was going on?

I like the current system. Sure my pretty gold bars are pretty, but that's just it, they don't do anything.

[M. Arnott]

This was brought up as a suggestion in the open chat session - And the solution that was reached with the users and staff in the discussion was that the current system would change to allow for inactive users to lose their bars, until becoming active again.

Perhaps the bars could be replaced with the words "Inactive user" for all inactive users.

[pimp_squeak]

Ah dang, where was I when this was going on?

I like the current system. Sure my pretty gold bars are pretty, but that's just it, they don't do anything.

I'm fairly certain that you would have hated it then....incidences of postwhoring would be far too commonplace to enjoy the board as it is now...

[Lt(N) Deck]

Perhaps the bars could be replaced with the words "Inactive user" for all inactive users.

I don't think we need to make it that obvious. If a member hasn't posted in 6 months, odds are small that you are going to be reading their posts anyways, so you are rarely going to come across these member's posts anyways, unless you browsing through the back pages of the forums.

KD

[*E*Louth]

Hi, one thing I noticed is that since you decided to take away status bars when users are inactive for a month....well what's going to happen during the summer when everyone's at camp?

[Andy]

I'm thinking if you just send them a PM confirming that you're going to camp - they'll put you on 'camp break' or something.

[Lt(N) Deck]

Hi, one thing I noticed is that since you decided to take away status bars when users are inactive for a month....well what's going to happen during the summer when everyone's at camp?


If you read the thread that ASLt Braet linked to, you will note that the time period we chose is 6 months, not 1. You need not worry about being away for one month.

And, as mentioned in that thread, if someone logs back in after a period of inactivity, it will be noted each month when we do the "housekeeping." They will be moved back to their regular status at that time. If they want to move back more quickly than that, they can send a PM to myself or NCDT Merrall.

KD

[Bill Z Fan]

Can we have more than two gold bars then?
I mean some people have been around here for a longgggggggggggggggg time.

[Scuba_Guy]

Use 4 gold bars!

[HunterR]

well, why not diamond bars? that would be kool, but i seen sum1 on here since like 2000, with only 2 bars... i think there shouold be more bars