Just dump the entire thing. IMO it just incentivizes some users who are more interested in quantity versus quality of posts anyway...
Except there is a vast majority of members who post once or twice and are never heard from again. That doesn't demonstrate commitment to the forum.Length of membership is arguably a better indicator of how "committed" or "invested" someone is to this community.
The Admins have been very quite on this mess, can we get some clarification on what is going on?
Except there is a vast majority of members who post once or twice and are never heard from again. That doesn't demonstrate commitment to the forum.
As for not giving the post ranges for each title, I have no official answer but if I remember correctly, in the past the ranges were not added to the FAQs until members figured them out and they became common knowledge.
That's a very good point that I didn't think of. Maybe we need to change this into a mod/admin game. Members like figuring out demi games when they have minimal clues!And since the Memberlist is deactivated it makes it even harder.
I'm not a vBulletin expert and have no idea how any of this works. I can edit posts and ban people. Anything more complicated than that goes over my head.I guess the new rankings only apply to active members, as DoFoT9 (not active since 22/12/12) or -aggie- (no post since 13/07/12 - the last post strangely being "I hope that means he's not going to post any more.") are still 604s, albeit having more than 16,000 posts.
While I like the idea of a game, something like the "P6" can people throw off quite far, as we normally know, what CPUs or chipsets have been used in Intel Macs since 2006, but I never came upon a "P6" Mac, thus who knows, if there might be a "P7" or similar CPU in there which has not been used too?That's a very good point that I didn't think of. Maybe we need to change this into a mod/admin game. Members like figuring out demi games when they have minimal clues!
Hmm, still clicking on all the high post count bastards I can think of last time I checked the Memberlist.
While I like the idea of a game, something like the "P6" can people throw off quite far, as we normally know, what CPUs or chipsets have been used in Intel Macs since 2006, but I never came upon a "P6" Mac, thus who knows, if there might be a "P7" or similar CPU in there which has not been used too?
Someone mentioned it earlier but I'll say it again: Doctor Q does extrapolate the top 50 posters every 6 months.
I still own a "P6" MacBook Pro.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Macintosh_models_grouped_by_CPU_type#P6
I was expecting some members to like this and others to give a great big "Meh." I honestly didn't think anyone would get upset about it. It's a completely meaningless title that provides no value other than a little fun. Reading this thread, I'm struggling to understand the issue and why this is such a big problem. Please clue me in. I don't like being out of the loop.
As for not giving the post ranges for each title, I have no official answer but if I remember correctly, in the past the ranges were not added to the FAQs until members figured them out and they became common knowledge.
I'm sorry, why exactly would I need to piece together the details of the new user titles when it can easily be given out by the very people who changed them? The whole change, if you could have read my entire post, is something I couldn't care less about. I do care that is causes unnecessary confusion and now you're saying to me that it wouldn't be that hard to figure out. That is great, have at it and get back to me.I don't think it would be too hard to go back though one of Doctor Q's ranking threads that are posted twice a year and piece together what they are, but perhaps those ranks already reached should be posted in the FAQ leaving new unknown ones as a secret.
I'm in the "meh" camp until some mod decides to tell me to figure it out for myself. Just give people the list, is it that hard? Perhaps it was fun when the community was smaller and it could actually be called a community, but now it is clearly a cluster ****.I was expecting some members to like this and others to give a great big "Meh." I honestly didn't think anyone would get upset about it. It's a completely meaningless title that provides no value other than a little fun. Reading this thread, I'm struggling to understand the issue and why this is such a big problem. Please clue me in. I don't like being out of the loop.
As for not giving the post ranges for each title, I have no official answer but if I remember correctly, in the past the ranges were not added to the FAQs until members figured them out and they became common knowledge.
I'm sorry, why exactly would I need to piece together the details of the new user titles when it can easily be given out by the very people who changed them? The whole change, if you could have read my entire post, is something I couldn't care less about. I do care that is causes unnecessary confusion and now you're saying to me that it wouldn't be that hard to figure out. That is great, have at it and get back to me.
...Like I said, change my title to anything you want. Hell, change it every day, but why unnecessarily confuse members?
... Some people obviously care quite a lot about these labels and wear them as if they were medals.
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I'm in the "meh" camp until some mod decides to tell me to figure it out for myself. Just give people the list, is it that hard? Perhaps it was fun when the community was smaller and it could actually be called a community, but now it is clearly a cluster ****.
Like I said, change my title to anything you want. Hell, change it every day, but why unnecessarily confuse members?
I'm with you. I'd go further and say that it should either:
(1) Mean something that is useful and widely understood
(2) Or be removed completely.
Yeah, like this guy
Being discussed and implemented are 2 different things. I would assume once implemented happened that the new list would be posted.In case anyone missed it, here is the thread where user title changes were proposed and discussed in public: Maybe some more CPU titles after G5
Granted. I just posted that link for those that felt there was no input from the members; it was their proposal to begin with!Being discussed and implemented are 2 different things.
Where's the fun in that?I would assume once implemented happened that the new list would be posted.