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Re: Toymods forums at a new low
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Wed, 19 January 2005 21:51
 
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I have to say that there as been a distinct lack of thourght put into some of the threads lately. Without going in to specifics, I'm making a generalisation that forums on the whole are becoming more popular and there are more cropping up. with that you generally get a small percentage of the technically minded, the general majority that want to learn more (from said technical minded) and the people who's car didn't start this morning and beleive that everyone on the forums will know the solution and cheap (read free) answer to their problem and gain extra power from that answer.
I'm a member on several forums both Toyota and inferior, This site is by far and away the most useful and informative forum I use however it is also one of the oldest.
One thing I have noticed becomming an increasing tread is needing to qualify for posting in all areas of a forum.
Currently Toymods forums has a rather meaningless status system where the number of posts gives you a status rating. Stealing from another forum, they have a status based on where you actually post giving you a qualitiy of posting not just a number.
For example there are 3 different Status types
1. Technical Poster
2. General Poster
3. Salesman.
Everyone who joins the forums firstly needs to be Validated buy a validated member to post in the For Sale and Technical areas.
Once validated the Status appears as "L-Plater" from there ones status changes depending on where the person most regularly posts to gain status like this:
L-Plater (initial status) 0-25 posts cannot post in sales or tech
Non-Technical Poster 25-50 posts access to all areas
From here the status is based on where you most post in levels
Level 1 - Technical Poster
Level 2 - Technical Poster
Level 3 - Technical Poster
Level 4 - Technical Poster
Level 5 - Technical Poster
Top Level Technical Poster
Level 1 - General Poster
Level 2 - General Poster
Level 3 - General Poster
Level 4 - General Poster
Level 5 - General Poster
Top level General Poster
Level 1 - Salesman
Level 2 - Salesman
Level 3 - Salesman
Level 4 - Salesman
Level 5 - Salesman
Top Level Salesman
Once posting you get a status that basically Identifies your (I suppose) Usefullness to the forum and respect from those below. The inability for L-Platers to post in Tech and sales means they are more likly to search to find the answer.
This might help solve the School Holiday "I want NAWS on mums 2003 Corolla" Syndrome and hopefully give respect to those who deserve it.
This Type of setup I realise may not be completely suitable for Toymods, and I realise that initially it would put more work in the hands of the moderators. But there has been suggestion of upgrading the website and some of the things mentioned above might be a useful addition and make the "trouble makers" and sales people stand out a little more making monitoring a little easyier.
This is mearly a suggestion to keep the crap to a minimum as I do miss the quality of the old tech threads
Cheers
Simon.
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Toobs | Wed, 19 January 2005 11:29 |
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Joshstix | Wed, 19 January 2005 23:37 |
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Lambolica | Thu, 20 January 2005 01:41 |
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THE WITZL | Thu, 20 January 2005 03:07 |
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