Has the 'Respected Member' tag had its day?

[Dan]

Surely every member is respected.

It sounds ever so cliquey.

I think in the current times when everybody should be totally equal, denoting who's 'respected' it a bit cheeky.

It used to be called "Elite Member" - Christ, imagine if we had that these days?!?!?!
On TilersForums.com it's now 'Trusted Advisor' but even then the advice changes and it's marking old now inaccurate posts as if the post should be trusted. And it can cause a bit of a shitstorm every now and again because some poor sod has tiled their bathroom the old way and their tiles are falling off.

I've put a poll up to get a feel for it. But it's not to say if either outcome is clear - that we will go for it.

It's up for discussion.

Please be professional with your replies. That said we wont be warning anybody for speaking out. This is my own thread and my chin can take it.

 

[MDJ]

How can you qualify as an Administrator if you are barely around for most of the time to do any Administration?

You is taking the p!ss.

Ah archly, you still drinking that manc canal water?

 

[EalingBadger]

I don't think we owe anything to any one member. We can't do. I love those who contribute loads and help. But one day a few, as always, screw it up for the masses. And it backfires.

I think he gets respect automatically because his content is accurate. His peers already know he's respected. He doesnt need a badge. Surely.

His peers may very well do, but people that pop in for a bit of urgent advice do not have the luxury of having built up a long history of understanding who's who. I think some kind of badge helps them as they have no other basis upon which to judge whether the advice offered by one is any better than that offered by another.

 

[Spoon]

I have finally voted. For "Yes"
If the members have been given this for a reason my the powers that be then all is good... They have earned their "Respected" badge. But as 'respect' in real life, this should depends on the behaviour of said person.

 

[MDJ]

I have finally voted. For "Yes"
If the members have been given this for a reason my the powers that be then all is good... They have earned their "Respected" badge. But as 'respect' in real life, this should depends on the behaviour of said person.

Chicken La la la la la.

 

[Spoon]

Chicken La la la la la.

What for mate?
I had to vote one way or the other..

and it was the only way I could see how the vote was going..

 

[MDJ]

What for mate?
I had to vote one way or the other..

and it was the only way I could see how the vote was going..

I would have voted yes, but decided to vote no to be awkward lol

 

[Spoon]

The vote is meaningless anyhow... The powers that be will decide and thats the way it will go...
As I said earlier, they need to remove all of them if they are going remove tags.

 

[ruston]

I would have voted yes, but decided to vote no to be awkward lol

That's not like you Mike.

 

[Intoelectrics]

there are 5 options I can see.

1. rated by your customers (Original Poster)
2. rated by your peers
3. rated by the moderators/staff
4. a combination of above
5. not rated at all

I wonder if this may be a poll worth posting?
I understand this is not a democracy, but it might help the staff to get an idea of what people are looking for.

I agree with this,
You don't have to give the member any specific title but rather something like a star or badge system. Where the poster gets awarded (through nomination) a star. Something similar to the military or hotel ratings for example. Where a long serving poster who has offered sound advice on many occasions and is respected by his/her peers would say be a "5 star member"
Perhaps it doesn't even have to reflect the amount of time spent or posts made on the forum but rather the quality of the posts as per voted by the members/admin.

 

[Intoelectrics]

The reason I feel a star award system would work better than a title, is that a title can be interpreted to infer authority rather than quality. It can also give the person with the title a superior sense of authority over others where this is totally unjustified.

 

[GMES]

Hi hairy, nice to see you around, I suppose your earning millions with the business, hope so, is Glenn still working for you?

No mate, not seen him for quite a while now.
I spoke on the phone with him about 6 months ago but that's it, he's ok from what he said.

 

[davesparks]

And whether it's fair for all. As it doesn't seem it to me being an outsider.

It isn't fair for all, but I don't see that as any reason to change it.
The idea of everything being all fair and equal is a nonsense, some people are worthy of far more respect than others so why not recognise this?

 

[ferg]

It isn't fair for all, but I don't see that as any reason to change it.
The idea of everything being all fair and equal is a nonsense, some people are worthy of far more respect than others so why not recognise this?

For god's sake Dave.. will you please just say what you mean for once.

I can never tell what you are thinking with all the ----- footing around you do.

 

[static zap]

Personally I found him quite difficult. I honestly thought he would go against the clear intent of a Reg just to pick a fight.

--I just label that as manly behavior--
My daughter is always telling me off for "Simplifying the world" Into stereo types.
(It could be a Public-Forum-Persona he puts on,
Much like Super-mans dual identity)... (man/mouse)
We come home to relax - (or be a gossiping aunt), the Mum figure Solving everyone else's problems !..etc
(Opinion coming from a "Secret Squirrel"-- or do I have a multiple personality disorder ?)

 

[rapparee]

The reason I feel a star award system would work better than a title, is that a title can be interpreted to infer authority rather than quality. It can also give the person with the title a superior sense of authority over others where this is totally unjustified.

No, I don't think a star system would work.


If I were to get into a dispute with you on some innocuous non electrical thread, such as Brexit or whatever. You could follow me around the forum voting me down.


It would also encourage certain cliques to boost each others posts in order to gain a higher star status.


Or am I just too Machiavellian?

 

[ipf]

No, I don't think a star system would work.

Or am I just too Machiavellian?

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You could well be, for starters........

Try a star/delta system

 

[James]

There are always people who will try to beat the system, whatever the system is.
however I am totally in favour of the star system.

infact, it would be good to put in a little maths, i.e. if you vote down a post that has mostly positive clicks, it knocks a point of your own score.

if to get 5 stars you needed say 1000 points, the odd disagreement would not harm your score if each vote only counted for 1 point.
however, the person voting down many posts would loose plenty themselves.

 

[James]

You could well be, for starters........

Try a star/delta system

star delta is so old hat, you should be moving to soft start or inverter.
KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES!!

 

[rapparee]

There are always people who will try to beat the system, whatever the system is.
however I am totally in favour of the star system.

infact, it would be good to put in a little maths, i.e. if you vote down a post that has mostly positive clicks, it knocks a point of your own score.

if to get 5 stars you needed say 1000 points, the odd disagreement would not harm your score if each vote only counted for 1 point.
however, the person voting down many posts would loose plenty themselves.

But then that enforces herd like mentality, with people afraid to go against the grain.

I remember different members would "dumb" anything posted by someone they didn't like.

 

[ipf]

star delta is so old hat, you should be moving to soft start or inverter.
KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES!!

I much preferred the Guardian......the old Manchester one.