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No to the first set because people would just spam more than they already do...

As for the second one, some of those are good, but the advanced ones should not be allowed. I think the titles should be easy for anyone to unlock.

This was suggested before - and I must say, I'm content with the system we already have. The titles may encourage spamming a lot, which is definitely something that should be discouraged. Also, the titles aren't necessarily synonymous with the corresponding post count; for instance, "Ultimate Scratcher" may deal with somebody with a ridiculously high post count, like me, but that doesn't mean they're a good Scratcher - a number of people exclusively use the forums.

Also, I'm a little bit against the moderator-chosen titles - it could make some people feel worse than others who have better titles. Also, bans are generally private, so we don't like to advertise or even tell people that certain people are banned.

I don't agree with these. Your post count does NOT directly correlate to your programming ability. I was a pretty advanced Scratcher when I started using the forums a couple months ago...

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

I don't agree with these. Your post count does NOT directly correlate to your programming ability. I was a pretty advanced Scratcher when I started using the forums a couple months ago...

That is true except i started using forums 2009-02-25 22:52:07.

coolstuff wrote:

hdarken wrote:

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

I don't agree with these. Your post count does NOT directly correlate to your programming ability. I was a pretty advanced Scratcher when I started using the forums a couple months ago...

That is true except i started using forums 2009-02-25 22:52:07.

I'm not quite sure how that is relevant to ScratchReallyROCKS's post... S/he was referring to post counts, not the day one started using the forums.

I don't mind saying that I am a he.    And yes. coolstuff is right. I was saying that, just because your post count is high doesn't mean you are a good Programmer.

I do agree with archmage about spam, but it could be experimental for a while, these are just guidelines as i said.

As for coolstuff these are just names i gave, i hope scratch team use one or twobut i really hope they change my ideas if this was to be brought in. I did notmean for these to be what what scratch team would name them, but somewhere along these names.

I disagree on this...

dav09 wrote:

Posts     Titles/statuses
1-10 New scratcher New forumer?
10-50 Basic Scratcher Having that amount of posts doesn't mean you're "basic"...
50-100 Semi-Basic scratcher As above...
100-250 semi experienced scratcher As above...
250-500 Experienced scratcher Maybe - unless the posts come from chat.
500-1000 Semi expert Post counts don't show if you're an expert or not.
1000-2000 almost Expert (not a good name) Nah...
2000-3000 Expert Scratcher If anything it should be Expert Forumer.
3000+ Ultimate Scratcher Ultimate Forumer - but people are crossing this limit all the time.

Having a high post count doesn't mean you're a skilled Scratcher; there have been polls over what users do most, forums or projects, and it seemed that to reach a high post count you have to spend your time foruming far more than learning new Scratch.

Posts are not a measure of how good a scratcher you are or even how helpful your posts are, they are a measure of how much you post.

e.g:

Person1: "lol hi hi guys"
Person2: "Please do not spam the forums"
Person1: "NOOOO"
Person1: "shut up u"
Person3: "Person2 is right, don't just spam the forums to get posts, its annoying"
Person1: "u r annoyin"
Person1: "u cnt tell me wat 2 do, u is 4 ranks below me noob"
Admin: "This thread has no purpose, LOCKS"


Even though person 2, 3 and admin are making more useful posts, person1 has more posts than all of them put together and a higher rank.

Last edited by colorfusion (2010-07-24 08:07:29)

I get your point but what about the auto system with posts, and others who are great scratchers but are not on scratch team...

henley wrote:

dav09 wrote:

I think there should be many ranks on the forum other than new member and scratcher

Those are NOT the only ones.

Banned
New Scratcher
Scratcher
Community Moderator
Scratch Team
ScratchR

Banned: A Scratcher, or New Scratcher that got punished for doing something(s) bad. I think that banned users rank a 1-3/10

New Scratcher: A Scratcher that has recently joined the community. Although some people don't like them because they are considered "N00BZ". Community Ranking: 2-5/10

Scratcher: A member of the Scratch community that has been on Scratch for a while. Since the majority of the community interacted with are Scratchers, they have a very wide range of ranking. Community Ranking: 2-8/10

Community Moderator: A Scratcher that moderates and helps the Scratch Community. Community Ranking: 5-8

Scratch Team: A Scratcher that is like a Community Moderator, only better, with more privleges, and duties. Community Ranking: 6-9

ScratchR: A Scratch Team member that helps to develop/has developed a version of Scratch. Community Ranking: 7-10

I listed them from lowest to highest on what you want to be. "You" being a relative term.

"Banned" is no longer a status.

Scratch Team and ScratchR are practically the same thing - they pretty much both develop Scratch.

I think that the way things are now (At least concerning post count) are fine.