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Originally Posted by ~KnuckleDuster~
I have some knowledge I said im not a guru. Some members are gurus and have alot less posts than me but they dont post as much hardly at all. You just have to learn the turds from the nerds.
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Again, how small or large a board is shouldn't dictate how organized it should be.
You are failing to see the correct format from a new members point of view. Keep the best interest of the members and the board in top view.
When a new member joins, they see 'Rating'. wtf, rating could mean all sorts of things. I'm sure a lot of people first see it as a way to gauge how much a member knows. They may think it's the same thing as 'Reputation' which is an option other boards have. So first and foremost I'm sure we all can agree that 'Rating' should be changed to 'Trader Rating'.
When a new member joins, they don't know who the "turds and nerds", as you put it, are on the forum. They have no clue. The only thing they have to go off of is join date and forum supporter icons, including the ever-misleading 'Rating' count.
Total number of posts is the best indicator of what someone knows whether you want to admit that to yourself or not - it's true. You have 6000 posts, you know quite a bit. Someone who has 20 posts would MORE THAN LIKELY not know as much as you.
You are making an assumption that members want to or need to learn the social dynamics of the board. That shouldn't be the case. This board should be easy to navigate and filter out information both for new and senior members. Sure, you and I know who knows their sh*t and who doesn't, because we've been here long enough and spent a lot of time on the boards. When I first joined this board I had no damn clue and the indicators given to me didn't help me at all and they still don't to this day.
I think the board needs to be open to new ideas and be a little more progressive.
I've done a lot of contributing to this board since I've joined and will continue to contribute in the future. I finally got to the bottom of the Avenir mystery in 2007 once and for all since the time this board was created back in 2000 and I've even offered to make a sr20forum.com FAQ with Shawn B but no one on this board wanted to support doing it so I never got it off the ground and that's where it stays to this day.
The point is to look at this from a new members point of view. Adding total post count and changing 'Rating' to 'Trader Rating' will only help people integrate into the board faster and appreciate the board more. That will only result in more and happier new members in the future.
-G
