(04-22-2015, 06:43 PM)Flashhelix Wrote:(04-22-2015, 06:35 PM)OttoVann Wrote: A lot of people here outright ignore anything that someone posts who joined recently, posts little, or lacks high value-rep.
I haven't seen anything even remotely resembling this. Hint-hint. If you post, and then somebody with a higher rep posts, then people start responding to that person's post instead of yours, chances are that those people know that person, and are their friends. So if we're gonna start demonizing having friends on the RPC then I think there's gonna be a serious case of butts in the mustard, friend
But no one said we are demonizing having friends until you did, and we both know that you knew that wasn't my point. I'm also skeptical that hiding the fact that someone joined two weeks ago versus two years ago does that, or that someone who has 30 posts compared to 3000 posts all of a sudden having an equalized voice ala post count/rep hidden does that.
(04-22-2015, 06:43 PM)Melkire Wrote:(04-22-2015, 06:35 PM)OttoVann Wrote: A lot of people here outright ignore anything that someone posts who joined recently, posts little, or lacks high value-rep.
Hiding these things, while possibly worthwhile, doesn't stop this from happening, at least not according to my previous moderating experiences. People respond more frequently to people they know or have interacted with before. That's just how it is. That's just how people are.
Thought I'd point that out.
Oh I know it wont stop it, and theres nothing wrong with people being dismissive of those that aren't their friends, that's their choice. But it does lessen the effect when everyones posts are normalized in there efficacy when a majority of forum goers on any forum use seniority markers to gauge how much value to give a post they just read.
