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I agree with both Vlamm and masseur regarding the title 'veteran', it is completely pointless. Unless 'veterans' are given special privelages, etc then it seems something of a silly title to me, it does create divisions and fences some members off from others. Having said that, the term is used so often that I think it would be very difficult to get rid of it. The terms I used before, les nouveaux veterans, etc are terms I have coined to help me in my history of Esato, they aren't terms I would want to apply to Esato in general.
I have always been in favour of scrapping those things, which set some members apart from others e.g. the post count. Perhaps a better system would be a choice of 'titles' one could take upon registering that would donate one's field of interest or area of expertise e.g. Sony-Ericsson, GPRS, Nokia, etc. Not only would it do away with the post count, but it would provide a means for members to identify those members who are best able to answer a question they have.
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Posted: 2004-12-14 01:45:12
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I have always been in favour of scrapping those things, which set some members apart from others e.g. the post count. Perhaps a better system would be a choice of 'titles' one could take upon registering that would donate one's field of interest or area of expertise e.g. Sony-Ericsson, GPRS, Nokia, etc. Not only would it do away with the post count, but it would provide a means for members to identify those members who are best able to answer a question they have.
I could'nt agree more with you more!
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Posted: 2004-12-14 01:49:44
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Some members seem to expect me to be 'elitist' or very much in favour of some sort of 'Esato elite', however, I am very much against the idea of any sort of 'class division' on Esato. I do think that more established members should be given a bit of respect if they provide useful information, just as newer members should be afforded that respect. The difficulty is that suggestions on this sort of thing seem to be greeted with a mixture of hysteria and mistrust. Any proposed change to how Esato operates, no matter how sensible or how insignificant the change may be, seems to be regarded as being an insult to laffen and/or the moderators, every member of Esato and Esato in general.
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Posted: 2004-12-14 01:56:37
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In my opinion a rather 'formally' change in the look of members identity won´t change anyone´s attitude towards the forum?! The 'veteran' thing is not so much about a prove of power or wisdom or whatever - unless I´m offending now someone feeling as veteran
For me it´s about the post count - at least it gives you an idea of the interest and relationship of the individual member with respect to this forum. A 500+ is of course quite a sign of 'veteranity' in this forum - this number of posts is a sign of either hard work or much fun or a little bit both of ´em - a sign of a positive members attitude.
And this is helpful in the beginning, because as a newbie you generally tend to rely on experienced members answers - hell I remember I was kind of upset when I got first time into a 'discussion' with a 500+ - and I bet I´m not the only one around here. And as long as you´re not a one time poster but willing to join the community you will learn that there are quite a few differences between a 500+ and another 500+ - but that´s not so important at the beginning when you´re asking for help because your phone broke on.
Any conclusion to draw? Go on esato - it´s good to be here..
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Posted: 2004-12-14 11:55:18
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When i first joined the first thing i thought was wow! Stuff for my T300!
I had no idea about this whole 500 post thing, and so called "hierarchy" in Esato, until i got to the 500 mark, and then other more established members started to drift away, and there are not that many older members left that we see posting on a regular basis.
But alot of the time, newbies are great because they give me info i dont even know! Like one newbie's first post was amazing, great info.
I don't think so, just welcome them and make friends, thats what i do. Pm them about their mobile phone and have a chat about the stuff they have and why they have joined, even try and help them!
That's the best way to make them feel welcome.
Or we could disable the post count, and everybody could be communists and all equal!
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Posted: 2004-12-14 12:31:38
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The post count is next to useless in my opinion, I don't think it gives a very good account of anything. Someone with a lot of posts may not necessarily be posting anything of any great use. I have always been, and still am, in favour of scrapping the post count.
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Posted: 2004-12-14 15:28:26
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Quote:this number of posts is a sign of either hard work or much fun or a little bit both of ´em - a sign of a positive members attitude.
this is enough 'anything' for me, but of course it must not be your understanding..
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Posted: 2004-12-14 15:34:29
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On 2004-12-14 11:55:18, fetzi wrote:
A 500+ is of course quite a sign of 'veteranity' in this forum - this number of posts is a sign of either hard work or much fun or a little bit both of ´em - a sign of a positive members attitude.
That's a fair point, but equally a high post count can be the result of posting lots of tosh. Some members seem to post just for the sake of it, perhaps to increase their post count. Some members seem to put a lot of stock in obtaining a high post count, personaly I don't. I prefer to take each member as I find them and not use a number to define them, instead relying on the quality of their posts and their attitude.
Having checked the rankings I see that I have the 9th highest number of posts, whilst pachy, a member I greatly respect, has the 13th highest number of posts. Does this mean that I have a more positive attitude towards Esato than pachy did? Does it make me more knowledgeable than pachy? Does it make me a better member than pachy?
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Posted: 2004-12-14 15:50:24
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Having checked the rankings I see that I have the 9th highest number of posts, whilst pachy, a member I greatly respect, has the 13th highest number of posts. Does this mean that I have a more positive attitude towards Esato than pachy did? Does it make me more knowledgeable than pachy? Does it make me a better member than pachy?
I just mentioned it to distinguish between members with a lot of posts and those without - where 500+ is a lot for me. How much more posts a member has is fortunately not so obvious because not always presented in the post and in my opinion negligible for the average user.
And yes, it´s good to take each member as you find it - but if you´re completely new to any forum and have nothing to rely on than the entry date and/or the number of posts (because you have absolute no idea of the peoples' behaviour or character) - what would you look after?
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Posted: 2004-12-14 16:10:17
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@fetzi
That is a very good point you raise about what newbies are to look to in order to find the appropriate person to seek advice from. I rather like the idea of members being able to select particular areas of expertise to be displayed in their posts, that would allow members to 'home in on' those members who had certain areas of expertise, they were interested in, listed.
There is also the idea of allowing members to rate each other based on how helpfull and/or informative one has been. I realise that such system isn't perfect, but it could work.
Another idea to help newbies is to allow individual threads to be rated. I have seen this feature on other forums and it might allow newbies to quickly identify those threads that the community regards highly. Perhaps Rubbish and other non-mobile related threads could be excluded from such a system to lessen the chance of members promoting their own threads or downgrading others'. If it was kept to mobile related threads then it could prove a valuable resource, especially for newbies.
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Posted: 2004-12-14 16:49:42
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