adanieljohnson1

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I like the idea of the 10 year member thread but wanted to see what others think about providing a little more seniority to those who come on here day in and day out? Not big perks but more perks than the average member... I think a good post count goal would be 6000 posts! I don't care if we only count posts that show on the avatar or if we include ALL posts combined (which would probably put me around 6,000 to 8,000 posts total since 2008) in order to get the perks... I will list some ideas of perks and don't mind other peoples ideas being included...

1: private room.
2: username bolded and colored(can be one color for all as to not get confused as a mod or admin.)
3: ability to change the member stamp below the username(eg: tech regular.)
4: ability to change username once over the life of the account upon request.
5: opens ability to get posts added to post count for key sections such as the Texas section for me or Florida section for the Florida members and so on (kill section not included)


I will add more ideas as I go but I am on my cell and want to post this up pretty fast...

metalmilitia606

iTrader: (8)

I do believe club rsx has a post reward system. I think it would fit in nicely here.

Sladester2

iTrader: (1)

Good idea

baalic

iTrader: (8)

I never post as much as i should

RPM WS6

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I dislike the idea. It's one thing to offer rewards for long time membership status, which cannot be artifically inflated, but when you offer rewards for simple post count all you do is encourage post-whoring.

We disabled post count in non-tech sections for a reason. To bring it back to the regional sections (as you have suggested) is not the right move IMO.

01ssreda4

iTrader: (96)

I get all the #1 perks for having the highest "fake" posts. Check my stats

PontiacFan

iTrader: (104)

Post Count? No.
Quality over Quantity.

Starz T/A 17

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I see it on here and on every other forum that Im on, people attempt to post whole to meet requirements to post in classifieds or gain other benefits that are meant for members. The more benefits you give for a high post count the more stupid posts you will get.

And I agree with the quality over quantity thing too. The only reason the classifieds are restricted is to try and keep new people from ripping members off (and this site is an information site before a classifieds site). But to restrict other information is just stupid. This forum should be open so information is available to everyone that is willing to learn. And honestly I doubt most long term members would care if they had a 5 or 10 year member stamp or had their user name a different color. Your join date is right there so people know how long you have been around. And honestly I could care less how long someone has been on here as long as they post quality information and not just random crap.

MasterTomos

iTrader: (15)

Do you guys really think people would post up more stupid crap so they could get their user name bolded and the color changed?

adanieljohnson1

iTrader: (1)

All good points, however the perks are ideas so they don't ALL have to be included... if post count for regenal section is not a good idea then it doesn't have to be included... also to weed out post ****** all you have to do is also put a time frame requirement on it such as the 6000 post status doesn't count unless you have been a member for 5 years! I still think its a good idea because it could be tweeked in order to weed out the people that are just simply posting to be trolls... I'm not trying to set easy requirements! As you can see I don't even qualify for this yet but we do have some that do... I believe they need pats on the back for there contrabutions that they have provided with information and good reads!

egott_91

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Interesting idea. I'd like to see where this goes.

NC01TA

Exactly. I post frequently in the "What's It Worth' section (posts do NOT count there by the way) to assist others, plain and simple. I don't need 'credit' for the number of posts or special colors or whatever. C'mon...

adanieljohnson1

iTrader: (1)

I see what you are saying but if we go by this then we could also say that we don't need a member since date or a post count what so ever and that it could only be seen by mods and admins! We don't need any of it but that's why its called perks...

82cetuner

iTrader: (9)

rewards should be givin with time not post count, cuase then your random joe is ganna reply to every single post he can every say

one fast zo6

iTrader: (490)

i like trader rating LOL as the measuring stick

RedRocketZ28

iTrader: (19)

I dig your sarcasm.

OP, dumb idea.

RPM WS6

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Agreed, very good points.

Actually, there are some sites that have completely removed post count from all members. And I know that there are some staff members on this site over the years that have suggested doing away with post count here as well. I don't necessarily agree myself, but there are some that have this opinion.

As for "member since" dates, that's a whole different thing. You can't artifically inflate that like you can with post count. There is not nearly enough staff on this site to read every single post every single day, so there would be plenty of post whoring to gain these "perks".

babbage1109

iTrader: (11)

We have enough terrible pointless threads that come on here daily. We don't need to give people a reason....isn't that the reason people came to tech. For technical advice. Not for bull threads asking if you like shoes or watches or stupid viral videos from the Internet

aquariussuperman

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Sorry guys, I've abused the post count to get to 50 just so I could sell in the classifieds. I am an active member of other boards and just wanted to use the popularity to get some of my stuff sold. It worked well, but I am guilty of padding my responses. Thanks for the site, though.

demonspeed

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Right. I don't see the point.

However...

I miss the days when one had to post something completely unique to gain a custom title What were some of you guys doing back in 2003 when I was a newb?