Site Suggestion: Respect Meters.

[Gaisuto]

Does anything think that there should be some kind of meter under every person's name? Like if they are well known and not a total dumbass you'd pick very respectful and their rating would show under their name?

And if someone was a total troll/dumbass, you'd put him with Negative?

Just a thought

 

[Smef]

The postcounter serves the purpose you are talking about in a way. If someone starts flaming with only 7 posts, you know they are a moron. IF someone with a few hundred posts (or even 1000) starts flaming, you know it is not their usual character. If someone is flaming all the time, they will get banned, and so their postcount won't get very high. Someone with a high postcount has been around a while and probably doesn't flame all the time.

 

[ent]

i reckon hp meters, rankings and all that stuff is pointless. it's a forum, not a game. all it would do is create more traffic for the server which already can't take it.

 

[Opium]

i reckon hp meters, rankings and all that stuff is pointless. it's a forum, not a game. all it would do is create more traffic for the server which already can't take it.

exactly

I also believe that a respect meter wouldn't be that great a thing because respect is not something you can show in a meter, everyone has a different level of respect for everyone else on the board. Once you become familar with the board you'll know who you respect, who you hate and who you think are just loafers.

 

[T-hug]

The page isn't wide enough to fit a meter for me!
lol j/k, I think it's a great idea.

 

[Dogg Thang]

I remember when I first found this place, I posted on some issue to do with the site or boards. I can't remember the issue itself but, as I was new and didn't know the board all that well, I remember saying that maybe me opinion shouldn't count because I wasn't around long enough.

Tempest replied saying basically that my opinion was as valid as anyone else's and that a low post count did not devalue how any suggestions would be taken. That was the day I knew I'd be sticking around here because it showed a level of maturity and common sense. Basically it seems that people are treated with respect here automatically unless they act like an ass.

That's a great (and rare) thing. So I don't think we need a respect meter or whatever. Like Ent and Opium say, it's not a game and the respect will come from how you post...

Just my opinion.

Dogg.

 

[sigfried]

No to the idea it's useless.