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[BC]

Matt, what number of posts have you set for the various 'levels of membership' here on vBulletin?

On a side note, I'd certainly like to see some slightly more 'interesting' descriptions instead of just 'member, senior member' etc. (maybe like Senior Guru for someone like Annette, Duster or yours truly )

(edit) And how can I forget Chicken? (/edit)

[Edited by BC on 08-28-2000 at 09:00 PM]

[Racin' Rob]

When I see Senior Member, it makes me think of some old person with a cane and what hair is left is gray.
:-)

[TheComputerGuy]

I do want to hear this from Matt. I mean do not give us a level and not tell us how to get to the next above. The levels do not a mean a lot to me, if someone can answer a question that i have i like them , whethera they may be a newbie or not,Annette should get something special because she has done a lot for this forum as far as post go.

chris

[JTY]

Yeah, what is up the member levels?

BC: I'd prefer to be a Linux Guru. Senior makes me think of old people.

[Racin' Rob]

It looks to me that the following outlines how you get to a certain level.

posts level
-----------------------
0-50 Junior Member
50-100 Member
100+ Senior Member

[JTY]

We also need a net.god user level.

[Annette]

Originally posted by TheComputerGuy
Annette should get something special because she has done a lot for this forum as far as post go.

chris

Chris, I know you're out of your mind, but I appreciate the gesture.

[BC]

ROFLMAO @ Annette!

Hmmm... Linux Guru sounds great, but I'm equally conversant at either Linux or NT, so I'm not so sure about that.

Here's my suggestions :

1-30 posts : startup dot.com member.
30-100 posts : junior guru wannabe.
100-150 posts : guru with grey streaks in his hair.
150-200 posts : WHL evangelist (with apologies to SitePoint's descriptions)
200+ posts : Hosting God (aka have way too much time on your hands)

Whaddya think?

[TheComputerGuy]

Annette, You haved help everyone on this forum at least twice, you helped me when i needed it. And You should be ADMIN. Don't be modest. Who has not been helped by Annette please raise your hand. I don't see anyone raising their hands, do you Annette?

[BC]

*timidly raises his hand*

Sorry, Annette, no credit where it's not due

But you'll get my vote for admin too if it comes around!

[Duster]

I don't much care for titles myself, nor attach any relevance to them. I judge the information posted on its own merits with perhaps some weighing by who said it and how cogent an argument they make. I've learned from people who were posting here long before I arrived, and from those who made their first posts after I arrived. The quality of their posts is far more important than the quantity.

While I would tend to doubt that this forum would become anything like those at ODP/dmoz, judging from the personalities here, I still wouldn't want to see any kind of class or elitist titles. For its higher level editors, ODP seems to a tract and promote the smug and arrogant, and they act as if no knowledge acquired before one became an editor is relevant.

For those who think senior means old, you need to expand your thinking. After all, senior high school students aren't old (unless you're in junior high or lower).

The bard said it well, "What's in a name? A rose would smell as sweet" (and an idiot is still an idiot even if he's made 100+ posts) Okay, he didn't say that last part, and you get the point. Quality, not quantity, is what counts.

[BC]

Duster, your points are taken. However, what I was more thinking along the lines of was of using titles with a slightly more humorous slant so as to serve the dual purpose of not only making newbies feel at ease, but inject a bit of lightness into the forum, which has occasionally got bogged down badly in terms of the topics being discussed.

(geez, I'm starting to sound like Duster! Is that a good thing? )

[Annette]

I lean more towards Duster's view - quality more than quantity. The things I do here, I do everywhere I go, and I don't think any more particularly of it in those other places than I do here. Although I wouldn't mind "Queen Bitch of the Universe", a moniker which I'm sure several people here would willingly let me have.


"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
--Thomas Jefferson--

[JTY]

I too agree with Duster.

[Duster]

Humorous titles could be nice. I admit that "junior member" and "senior member" are a bit droll, and really don't mean anything. Unfortunately, since they are a system setting based on number of posts, they probably don't allow for individual titles. If they did, I would suggest "Den mother" for Annette, who isn't even close to being the queen bitch of the universe, not even a royal princess (or pain). (I knew a few people who are much more qualified for the title than Annette).

Maybe something like

0-50 still has a real life
50-100 becoming a cyborg
100+ no life outside of cyberspace