Your status?

Dave**** · 26 May 2011 at 00:12

Just burn the forum with fire, then nuke it from orbit and put a pancake on it.... Only way to be sure!

On topic: I have been helped by people on this forum and I have never once looked at how many posts they have made and decided, based on that, if their answer was correct or not. But it seems like you did/do, OP. :confused:

But, thinking about it.. surely someone with less posts would be "less believed" (for use of some better words) than someone who has a crap load of posts you can trawl through to check out if they are legit or not?

And normally when someone does post some bull there is always people happy to say how wrong they are.

Tefal · 26 May 2011 at 00:13

Superewza said:
I can't stand rep systems... too time consuming for something i never take advantage of anyway.

How is something you don't use time consuming? :confused:

sigma said:
To stop people abusing it could you set limits say only thanking one person a max of twice a week and only a max of 2 thanks per day, or something along those lines?

wouldn't be enough to thank people who give you advice or those who consistently give advice.

Liampope · 26 May 2011 at 00:14

I think you're placing way to much importance on a title and a picture. It's not implying any sort of recognition or status other than post count, so why pretend it is and feel all hurt that you can't 'move up the ranks' as quick as you want? If you're genuinely helpful you'll build up a reputation for yourself anyway - not sure why you feel you need special recognition for that. If you dont want to help people for 'free' you dont have to. Forum's I've been on with reputation or thanks systems just seem to encourage sad popularity contests, 'us and them' attitudes with groups of 'elites' who think they own the place, etc, etc.

But then I'm an old git

Dont even see the point of the post count - I dont count the number of sentences I speak down the pub. And dont get me started on collecting 'friends' and 'liking' things - aaarrghghhh!

byteagig · 26 May 2011 at 00:21

lol we could have a like/dislike button on every post instead

Limpnoodle · 26 May 2011 at 00:22

Eating pork scratchings,

U MAD

PermaBanned · 26 May 2011 at 00:22

Tefal said:
How is something you don't use time consuming?

Because you still have to give rep, otherwise you're a bad person

Besides, takes up too much screen space - it's messy.

bledd · 26 May 2011 at 00:29

People are pretty quick on shooting down any bad advice given, you also see some great advice from new comers

I think this forum has matured too much to introduce a thank system now

Philtor · 26 May 2011 at 00:31

Liampope said:
I think you're placing way to much importance on a title and a picture. It's not implying any sort of recognition or status other than post count, so why pretend it is and feel all hurt that you can't 'move up the ranks' as quick as you want? If you're genuinely helpful you'll build up a reputation for yourself anyway - not sure why you feel you need special recognition for that. If you dont want to help people for 'free' you dont have to. Forum's I've been on with reputation or thanks systems just seem to encourage sad popularity contests, 'us and them' attitudes with groups of 'elites' who think they own the place, etc, etc.

But then I'm an old git Dont even see the point of the post count - I dont count the number of sentences I speak down the pub. And dont get me started on collecting 'friends' and 'liking' things - aaarrghghhh!

I didn't mean to open a can of worms

I just think the system is flawed. The Mods know exactly what im on about so i'll shut up now.

Tefal · 26 May 2011 at 00:32

bledd. said:
People are pretty quick on shooting down any bad advice given, you also see some great advice from new comers

what ever you do don't trust bledd.

Philtor · 26 May 2011 at 00:33

Limpnoodle said:
Eating pork scratchings,

U MAD

What's wrong with pork scratchings?

And why do you feel the need to check all my old post's??

Limpnoodle · 26 May 2011 at 00:38

philtorrens said:
What's wrong with pork scratchings? And why do you feel the need to check all my old post's??

idk, I just KILL YOU

)

bledd · 26 May 2011 at 00:39

Tefal said:
what ever you do don't trust bledd.

LOAM · 26 May 2011 at 00:47

Just turn your avatar off in user settings. I wish there was a setting to turn them all off tbh.

bledd · 26 May 2011 at 00:52

^you could adblock them

Tefal · 26 May 2011 at 00:53

LOAM said:
Just turn your avatar off in user settings.

it makes your posts irritatingly formatted.

I wish there was a setting to turn them all off tbh.

there is, and one to remove all sigs and even one to remove all images from posts.

LOAM · 26 May 2011 at 01:05

Wheres the setting to turn avs off ?

I'm old and blind

Nvm found it, excellent. That must be new to vb 4 ?

Maccy · 26 May 2011 at 01:11

I don't think we're running vb4 just yet.

LOAM · 26 May 2011 at 01:13

Indeed, ive just checked our own forums (of which I run) and its an option there as well. Seems its always been there leaving me to conclude that I'm an idiot

Rameses · 26 May 2011 at 01:30

I have no idea how people manage to get a PC like some in this very thread, you simply can't have that much meaningful to say on a daily basis! To dedicate yourself to a forum so much is....bonkers. A thanks system would easily feed forum-egos and create issues too.

Edrof · 26 May 2011 at 06:28

Yeah, a thank system would be Nepotism City. Anyway, isn't OP talking about the Man of Honour system, which is already implemented?