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06-30-2015 02:58 PM - edited 06-30-2015 02:58 PM
I'm not a fan of labels on people here or anywhere else, but as others have said before just about every social media site has some form of labeling their members, adding "ranks," that sort of thing. Before the switch to this new forum, some of us noticed post counts and sometimes ascribed meanings to them (negative or positive), even though the number itself didn't really tell us much of anything of substance. Now we have these odd rankings, which also tell us little or nothing.
I'm more interested in what's written in a post than in the post count or rank and I try very hard to be accepting of all the posters, no matter how the forum tries to assign labels.
I don't see anything wrong with posters asking questions. No one can be here 365/24/7 (I doubt anyone would want to be!) so we never know when the question and answers will be new to someone reading here. As that saying goes, in the end "it's all good."
06-30-2015 07:32 PM
When I came on these "new and improved" boards the first day, everything was so hard to read. The only words I could see were "Super Contributor." I actually thought someone had given themselves that nickname. And then I thought, Man, they're writing ALL the posts!
06-30-2015 08:20 PM
07-01-2015 08:22 PM - edited 07-01-2015 08:23 PM
07-01-2015 10:49 PM - edited 07-01-2015 11:58 PM
I found something from another bulletin board, that seems to use these same "rankings."
Here's the info:
Ranking Overview
What
The short phrase that appears with your user name in your posts is your rank.
Why
Ranks are used to indicate the number, quality, and impact of your posts. As you spend more time in the community participating, your ranking level will progress.
How
The Community has a distinct set of ranking ladders which match your natural behavioral tendencies to either collect, contribute, or advise within the threads.
A community member starts as a “New Member” and depending on how often you visit and what you contribute will move through the following rankings.
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This is where it differs from the Q board. The board I found has three levels - "Member," "Collector," and "Contributor." The Q board skips the "Member" and "Collector" levels and goes straight to the "Contributor" levels. These are all the ranks listed under the "Contributor" level:
Occasional Contributor
Contributor
Frequent Contributor
Regular Contributor
Super Contributor
Valued Contributor
Trusted Contributor
Respected Contributor
Esteemed Contributor
Honored Contributor
Outstanding Contributor
Acclaimed Contributor
Exalted Contributor
Whew! There's no "Queen," so I guess I can stop worrying!
07-01-2015 10:54 PM
SuiGeneris wrote:I found something from another bulletin board, that seems to use these same "rankings."
Here's the info:
Ranking Overview
What
The short phrase that appears with your user name in your posts is your rank.
Why
Ranks are used to indicate the number, quality, and impact of your posts. As you spend more time in the community participating, your ranking level will progress.
How
The Community has a distinct set of ranking ladders which match your natural behavioral tendencies to either collect, contribute, or advise within the threads.
A community member starts as a “New Member” and depending on how often you visit and what you contribute will move through the following rankings.
-------------------------------------------------------
This is where it differs from the Q board. The board I found has three levels - "Member," "Collector," and "Contributor." The Q board skips the "Member" and "Collector" levels and goes straight to the "Contributor" levels. These are all the levels listed:
Occasional Contributor
Contributor
Frequent Contributor
Regular Contributor
Super Contributor
Valued Contributor
Trusted Contributor
Respected Contributor
Esteemed Contributor
Honored Contributor
Outstanding Contributor
Acclaimed Contributor
Exalted Contributor
Whew! There's no "Queen," so I guess I can stop worrying!
@SuiGeneris, You got me at "Exalted!" You really did make me laugh out loud, and now I've scared my cat!
07-01-2015 11:05 PM
I'm just glad they don't have an "Uber Contributor" on there!
(Maybe I shouldn't be posting this. I don't want to give them any ideas.)
07-01-2015 11:09 PM - edited 07-01-2015 11:25 PM
@scotttie wrote:I think it has to do with how many posts you had before they changed the forums. I think I'm, what, a super contributor? I haven't been here very much at all since the changeover so it has to be because of my previous post count. I believe the mods addressed this when they said they were only going to go back as far as the year 200? and so people would lose lots of their posts. It's my understanding that this "rating" was to make up for that.
Not something I care about at all. But that's my understanding.
*****
I don't give a ratz azz about the ratings but it appears to be more more than how many posts you have or stars. I think I have fewer posts listed than you.
I wish they would do away with the ratings though since it causes confusion and some hard feelings.
I'll trade my rating for a piece of good milk chocolate.
07-01-2015 11:31 PM
i dont know what they mean and rarely pay attention to that new feature. it doesnt bother me one way or another. i do know that mine changed sometime yesterday because i received a notification.
07-01-2015 11:35 PM
Oh my! Exalted Contributor?! Can you give me a Hallelujah? LOL
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs46/f/2009/150/c/8/HALLELUJAH_by_Cats_Eye_93.jpg
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