(04-22-2015, 06:35 PM)OttoVann Wrote: Don't intentionally misconstrue me.  A lot of people here outright ignore anything that someone posts who joined recently, posts little, or lacks high value-rep.  This is not at all about new people being swayed to anything.  This isn't about stopping popular people from being liked, it's about hiding post-counts/join dates get typically ignored.  A lot of us have been around a lot of forums for a long time, and we all know it happens.  Why not just remove many of the common tools that people use to easily discriminate?Really? Our community is so small that everyone knows everyone else, who is hiding those post counts supposed to fool?
More importantly, if we're actually being honest, most 'popular' people here sequester themselves away into google hangouts and skype group chats and ignore almost everyone here not in those groups, that are invite only.
Ultimately I really feel that this is an overall positive and mature community that has provided a generally phenomenal atmosphere since I first joined it. We don't require a heavy hand to do so, and certainly don't need the scissors taken away from us so that we don't hurt ourselves. A little reminder of the ancient wisdom of Wyld Stallyns is, I suspect, all that is really needed most of the time: "Be excellent to each other."Â
I think moderator input to posters perceived as causing problems is all that would be helpful in most cases (we do not have any real trolls here, its part of why I love this community). This input should perhaps be more quick to respond than it is at the moment (and the usual process of closing threads and whatnot is always an unfortunate necessity). But heavy-handed attempts to shape the community from the top are both unnecessary, and likely to cause more harm than good to this environment.
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