Thought

[RageAndLov]

On another forum I am at, there is a reputation system. Everyone can give everyone a good, neutral or bad rep and the possibility to state the reason why. It will really show more how popular you are on the BBS than how good your posts really are, but nothing is perfect.

[AllIn All It's Not So Bad]

Originally Posted by Al Coholic

The goal here is actually to give users a model of a good poster and for those that need it some kind of goal to attain in order to get good habits. A good poster, besides following some basic etiquette, should contribute. This could be by being insightful, funny, or just being the spark that starts conversation. Often here that spark is an accident of unusual user habits. Some notable times this place was teeming with activity have been:

Bighead and BPB's trolling
Renato's revelation (he's a pedofile)
Ousting BKDH as a troll

It would be nice to complement that kind of activity with a steady stream of new ideas, so I think a few stats about threads could help. Quantifying the quality of a user through statistics is never going to be accurate, but maybe it'd be something. Perhaps just adding depth to the stats would be something.

For example, I have
1,126 posts
89 threads
2560 posts were generated in those threads

>So I have almost .08 threads per day, something I could improve on.
>My threadost ratio is 1:12. Not bad
>I generate an average of 28.76 replies per thread*
>My postsosts generated ratio is 1:2. Double! Meaning I've actually brought out twice as much activity as I've made.**


*Bulk threads: This may be a little abstract, but I think if there were a way to flag threads like '____ vs ____' the postcount thread, and other drivel as bulk, that'd make this a lot more accurate. Those threads would then not be counted in the stats as they and the replies they generate are not really contribution.

**Counting my own posts within those threads.

In thinking about what's realistic and not, I've decided to throw out the idea of rating these statistics, BUT I think it couldn't hurt to have them. If some mention of them is made in the forum guidlines, then maybe new users would try to gain respect by contributing, and stats are somewhat of a way to tell if you're doing a decent job. Shitty new users may even face jeers of "your stats are gay" and the like. If anything it might be a simple nudge in a positive direction if the stats were a bit deeper.

ooooh. that was my thread that made renato reveal his secret(now i remember). i was starting to ask my self "how the fuck did renato become a pedofile?"

[T-6005]

No. Just no. This is idiotic.

Attempting to grade a user past a certain threshold of productivity is beyond insane - it presupposes not only that you can exclude frivolous threads, but (based solely on that distinction and extrapolated) that somewhere you can differentiate worthwhile discussion from discussion that doesn't have the distinction of meeting some arbitrary bar, and the entire eventual spectrum it entails.

The problem with that? It's a fucking fan forum. If you can't pick up on the problem after that simple statement, then I can't help you at all.

[Al Coholic]

Clearly you're just jealous you didn't think of the idea of expanding statistics.

(I've throw out the idea of rating them)


(Fuck you)

[randy]

I don´t think it would work,this place is made for Offspring fans,so the users who post at the General Chat would not be ranked at all,I don´t know if you get what I mean,but my thought is that Al Coholic just want to be told he´s the "best user",I don´t know,I don´t want to argue,but that´s just what I think.

[Al Coholic]

Nah, that's stupid. Don't be so stupid. I'm just talking about stats now, not rating them.


But, do you think I'm the best? Cause a freind of mine wanted to know.

[Apathy]

As interesting I think it would be to look through them, it's a bad idea. Out of all the trolls and spammers nothing is worse than postcount whores, and this would just create a whole new class of people who get butthurt about trying to expand their e-credibility through incredulous matters.

[rhoonie]

Originally Posted by T-6005

I thought of another hole, specifically concerning who's going to be doing all of this rating.

ahhahahahaha

[ad8]

I'm with Apathy here. It's bad enough right now with people spamming the boards just to get a custom user title. I understand that people might think about the quality of their posts if we had a rating system, but on the other hand there would also be bragging about how much of a "quality poster" was and others weren't.