Great points phi and thales, thanks for your input!

Another idea: If the person has a specialty in some subject, you have the title say "Physicist" or "Engineer" or whatever. You'd just have a little option thingy for it in User CP. If the person had no specialty, then they'd be "All of the above" or something like that... I don't know what it should be. This way the people could make the title suit what they really are.

While I like the idea of illuding to peoples area of expertise I don't think it should be part of the user title. Perhaps it can be lumped into the Join date/Location/Posts area.

 

There is also the obvious fact that a distinction may be needed between; interested in and expert in, as some of the younger members, while no less important are usually less informed.

edit: oops, why can't I delete this? I goofed and now I can't delete it...

 

Go ahead, delete it for me. Thanks.

The whole quark lepton atom things seems a little bit too Quantum physics, maybe a more broad one that encompases all science.

perhaps the rankings should be removed. they have no real purpose, do they?

I dunno, it shows how devoted a person is to the site. I dont see anything too wrong with it

I think we should have some sort of title, even if it's something the mods give us, but this system is kind of boring. The new one should be interesting. You know what I mean?

 

And the "Specialty" thing would be nice, too.

If someone would come up with a more interesting post ranking thing (like the one we have already, I'm sure blike would put it up.

Did you see the ones earlier in this thread?

Maybe:

New' date=' 0 posts

Fresh, 30 posts

Growing, 100 posts

Student, 250 posts

6th Grader, 500 posts

Experienced, 750 posts

Dedicated, 1000 posts

Expert, 1500 posts

Veteran, 2500 posts

Old Fart, 5000 posts

[/quote']

Except replace Old Fart with something else...

That would be pretty cool if after we got some attention on the forums, the moderators would give us titles.

That would be pretty cool if after we got some attention on the forums, the moderators would give us titles.

 

We'd constantly be getting requests for custom titles. afaik, that's why we don't do it atm.

Can't you just make them get titles ONLY if the mods want them to, and if they ask, they get "Doesn't Read the Rules" title or something.

yea thats reasonable. But giving people with more status on the site features like choosing a title would be pretty cool. I dont suggest just handing them out, they would have to be very well established

Can't you just make them get titles ONLY if the mods want them to, and if they ask, they get "Doesn't Read the Rules" title or something.

 

No point in randomly insulting people

 

I don't honestly see the point of it. We don't particularly need custom titles: if they weren't available to me, I don't think I'd care very much.

I don't honestly see the point of it. We don't particularly need custom titles: if they weren't available to me, I don't think I'd care very much.

I AGREE! There are a few folks here, like Cap'n, who have a lot of posts but try to contribute something meaningful each time they post. Others like to chat up the threads with useless comments and spammy remarks that add nothing. These folks are the ones who would abuse any new system you adopted.

I AGREE! There are a few folks here, like Cap'n, who have a lot of posts but try to contribute something meaningful each time they post. Others like to chat up the threads with useless comments and spammy remarks that add nothing. These folks are the ones who would abuse any new system you adopted.

 

And this is indeed the reason we've not done it. I think there's a lot of spamming that does go on around here and I try and delete it when possible. Any extra incentives to spam even more really aren't worth the trouble, and waste all the mods time deleting spam and soforth.