Give regulars custom user titles

Dreamaker · 01-08-2009

This idea often gets thrown around (and unfortunately knocked by association) in many of the threads to do with reforming rep and VIP.

So Ive decided it's time to give it it's own thread so it can be judged on it's own merit, and not the merit of ideas it happens to be bundled in with.

Why are regulars unable to have a custom user title? On most forums this is a standard piece of customization just as the signature and avatar are.

The only possible reason I can think of against it is the risk of impersonation, which because of the way adisc is set up (VIPs are bold, staff are purple) is a non-issue.

tk7432 · 01-08-2009

I was getting curious about that and I do believe that it can be a form of uniqueness for every member of ADISC but it should have some limits such as minimum 250 posts. It would still be limited to some but it is quicker than waiting to become a VIP.

adaffme149 · 01-08-2009

And you can't be stripped of it once you obtain it because someone doesn't like your opinion and *finds* a way to word that "justly" [in their minds].

fuctifano · 01-08-2009

It encourages regulars to contribute well to the forum in order to try and become a VIP, so no.

adaffme149 · 01-08-2009

But it also lowers the pressure to stifle what you truly feel to try and gain some rep. "Fuck the truth, it gets me -rep'ed. I'll make this nice and sweet. Spoon feed them what they wanna hear; it'll get me up to VIP. Nobody likes the truth, it makes them mad. Fuck the truth." That sorta thing, y'know?

fuctifano · 01-08-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by adaffme149

But it also lowers the pressure to stifle what you truly feel to try and gain some rep. "Fuck the truth, it gets me -rep'ed. I'll make this nice and sweet. Spoon feed them what they wanna hear; it'll get me up to VIP. Nobody likes the truth, it makes them mad. Fuck the truth." That sorta thing, y'know?

I see what you're saying and that's a problem with people abusing the rep system if they disagree with what you say. But the staff will be able to help you with any enquiries to rep won't they?

Takashi · 01-08-2009

I like the idea but I think we need to set a post limit for that like if you have a post count 500 or more you get it. With that amount of posts it means that you want to be here and aren't just bsing to get the title.

adaffme149 · 01-08-2009

I like that, and I'm not even there yet. It'd be nice. I'm obviously not just saying it because I already have that, and I want the title, I'm saying it for the reason that:
After 500 posts, you will have shown quite a bit of how you are. You're bound to slip up within that long, if you're faking something. You're pretty narrowed down. You can't just make 500 BS/spam posts; you'll have had some deleted/caught by them. Even 500 posts of posting ways you don't feel; people will catch on if you're just posting to post, after that long. It seems pretty good of an idea to me... It makes me wanna work for it, and then I wouldn't get that sinking feeling everytime I post my true opinion, and then wait for the Neg-Rep Mafia to come kicking down my door.

**Charlie F** · 03-08-2009

Nooooooo.

It's nice to have a reward for being a VIP, a simple extra for contributing positively to the site.
I see no reason for Regulars to have it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by adaffme149

But it also lowers the pressure to stifle what you truly feel to try and gain some rep. "Fuck the truth, it gets me -rep'ed. I'll make this nice and sweet. Spoon feed them what they wanna hear; it'll get me up to VIP. Nobody likes the truth, it makes them mad. Fuck the truth." That sorta thing, y'know?

That's just absurd.

Firstly, what freak of nature is self-censoring their posts in order to gain a piece of text under their user-names?
Secondly the idea that expressing your true opinions results in negative rep (that isn't swiftly deleted) is just completely fictional.

Darkfinn · 03-08-2009

That is pretty much the way it works Charlie... like it or not. Though some people are too blind to see it.

I was VIP for less than a week this time before someone decided to take it because "I'm a horrible person."

Anyone else sick of this shit?

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01-08-2009	#1 (permalink)
Dreamaker Clever Title Pending Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Age: 16 Posts: 768 Threads: 56 Gallery Uploads: 12 Wiki Edits: 40 Blog Entries: 42 Reputation: 17	Give regulars custom user titles This idea often gets thrown around (and unfortunately knocked by association) in many of the threads to do with reforming rep and VIP. So Ive decided it's time to give it it's own thread so it can be judged on it's own merit, and not the merit of ideas it happens to be bundled in with. Why are regulars unable to have a custom user title? On most forums this is a standard piece of customization just as the signature and avatar are. The only possible reason I can think of against it is the risk of impersonation, which because of the way adisc is set up (VIPs are bold, staff are purple) is a non-issue.

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01-08-2009	#2 (permalink)
tk7432 Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: In my hood Age: 17 Posts: 842 Threads: 34 Wiki Edits: 2 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 6	I was getting curious about that and I do believe that it can be a form of uniqueness for every member of ADISC but it should have some limits such as minimum 250 posts. It would still be limited to some but it is quicker than waiting to become a VIP.

01-08-2009	#3 (permalink)
adaffme149 Yeah? Donor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Age: 18 Posts: 477 Threads: 33 Wiki Edits: 33 Reputation: 24	And you can't be stripped of it once you obtain it because someone doesn't like your opinion and finds a way to word that "justly" [in their minds].

01-08-2009	#4 (permalink)
fuctifano Regular Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Bo'ness, Scotland Posts: 236 Threads: 28 Reputation: 6	It encourages regulars to contribute well to the forum in order to try and become a VIP, so no.

01-08-2009	#5 (permalink)
adaffme149 Yeah? Donor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Age: 18 Posts: 477 Threads: 33 Wiki Edits: 33 Reputation: 24	But it also lowers the pressure to stifle what you truly feel to try and gain some rep. "Fuck the truth, it gets me -rep'ed. I'll make this nice and sweet. Spoon feed them what they wanna hear; it'll get me up to VIP. Nobody likes the truth, it makes them mad. Fuck the truth." That sorta thing, y'know?

01-08-2009	#7 (permalink)
Takashi Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Brandon, FL Age: 18 Posts: 2,158 Threads: 125 Gallery Uploads: 11 Blog Entries: 32 Reputation: 34	I like the idea but I think we need to set a post limit for that like if you have a post count 500 or more you get it. With that amount of posts it means that you want to be here and aren't just bsing to get the title.

01-08-2009	#8 (permalink)
adaffme149 Yeah? Donor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Age: 18 Posts: 477 Threads: 33 Wiki Edits: 33 Reputation: 24	I like that, and I'm not even there yet. It'd be nice. I'm obviously not just saying it because I already have that, and I want the title, I'm saying it for the reason that: After 500 posts, you will have shown quite a bit of how you are. You're bound to slip up within that long, if you're faking something. You're pretty narrowed down. You can't just make 500 BS/spam posts; you'll have had some deleted/caught by them. Even 500 posts of posting ways you don't feel; people will catch on if you're just posting to post, after that long. It seems pretty good of an idea to me... It makes me wanna work for it, and then I wouldn't get that sinking feeling everytime I post my true opinion, and then wait for the Neg-Rep Mafia to come kicking down my door.

03-08-2009	#10 (permalink)
Darkfinn Banned Donor Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Age: 25 Posts: 3,978 Threads: 84 Gallery Uploads: 18 Wiki Edits: 4 Blog Entries: 17 Reputation: 105	That is pretty much the way it works Charlie... like it or not. Though some people are too blind to see it. I was VIP for less than a week this time before someone decided to take it because "I'm a horrible person." Anyone else sick of this shit?