Suggestion - Added Rank

[Cat]

Trivial little thing, but a useful tool to show how long the club's been around, and the impact and significance it's had on Australian collecting and community.

Could we have a ranking that is for early members of the club, the 'Founders'* if you will, from back when you were advertising in paper magazines/ newspapers.

Be nice to see who's still around.


If only I could find my darn membership card.


*Except something that doesn't sound as pretentious.
'The 13'? 'Diacloners'? (We were before the current iteration ie website based
There's easily a billion better ones than that.

[Paulbot]

I worry this would reignite the arguments that were taking place these week in the "don't care anymore" thread.

[Trent]

As long as it was purely so you could identify the members that were there at the start, so to speak, for example a Diaclone symbol/image/whatever like what Cat suggested next to their name, why would it be a problem? Provided those people didn't receive any perks that other members that came after would be forever excluded from achieving then I see it as a non-issue.

[Omega Metro]

Is it really necessary? There is already a 'mines bigger/better than yours' mentality going on on this forum.

[Megatron]

Is it really necessary? There is already a 'mines bigger/better than yours' mentality going on on this forum.

Sorry to hear you feel that way. This board, as with any community, isn't without its issues but I can definitely say that compared to most of the other Transformers boards out there, they are quite minor and you couldn't ask for a nicer bunch of people. If you feel that someone here has a superiority complex, I can assure you that such views do not reflect the majority. Give them a chance.

[1AZRAEL1]

What irondude said.

I've been around for a while and personally have not seen a "mine's bigger than yours" mentality. Things got out of hand and taken out of context over in the other thread so we need to chill.

Not sure we need a new rank for those that have been around since the beginning, but I'd be curious to see those that are still around.

[Trent]

Is it really necessary? There is already a 'mines bigger/better than yours' mentality going on on this forum.

I disagree. This is the most accepting and inclusive board I have been a part of. While posts can sometimes be interpreted as a bit high and mighty, it is 99.9% of the time a misunderstanding or poor choice of words.

[iamirondude]

it's a pretty good bunch of people here and i like how everyone is pretty much treated as a equal. i'm a member of other fan sites and i've seen how some of them treat people who aren't really up there in the terms of fandom like toys,movies,comics etc.etc. but i don't really care if here had a ranking system like cat suggested. also too it may help people to look for a member who is more knowledgeable than they are to help navigate their way around the board.

[Cat]

I worry this would reignite the arguments that were taking place these week in the "don't care anymore" thread.

I wasn't aware of any recent arguments. It seems I have impeccable timing. :S

I just thought of it as another neat little notation, somewhere on the Profile, that ultimately means nothing.

Using myself as an example here: I may have been an early club member, but I'm a late and infrequent board member. I'm not therefore more trustworthy than someone who joined in 2010, but posts daily and has a thousand positive trades and sales.

In other words, I don't see it as something that would influence reputation, BUT on reflection, I can see how others could perceive otherwise.

Maybe (and I'm talking strictly theoretically as I actually think it'd be difficult to do) it'd be a neat little widget only viewable on someone's actual profile page.

It's not really to celebrate specific individuals at all, but more about showing the longetivity of the overall club, if that makes sense.

Not to attempt to influence some kind of superiority or self-importance. Just as something that is viewable that could also be argued as 'elitist', like 'join date' or 'post count'.

Again, to use myself as an example, and going slightly off what my idea was, but to address how some are viewing it: joined the club early on, may have done things in hobby that may have once counted as something (even I'd dispute that) but have done little on here, and would say that my opinion matters less than those who have showed actual commitment to the club and/or board.