Custom Title

[dragon wench]

[QUOTE=Phreddie]My original suggestion was to have this thread moved to the GameBanshee Discussion Forum, but I havent seen any SYM mods today so I dont if or when that will happen.[/QUOTE]

I very strongly object to it being moved to GB Discussion. Right now there is a lot of free flowing, and positive, conversation, and yes, some spam.

GB Discussion, for some obvious reasons, is far less tolerant of allowing conversations to twist and vend in a natural manner.

Though, *shrug* if that is what people want, than so be it. I am only one voice

[ch85us2001]

I agree with DW.

And SPAM!

Hopefully Buck notices this . . .

[Xandax]

[QUOTE=penguin_king]i wonder if we'd be able to get this thread stickied?[/QUOTE]


No - you wont

[Ravager]

To those people who think that setting a title to 50 posts would encourage post-farming...doesn't the current system do exactly the same thing by changing your title? Being a simple 'Member' may feel slightly excluding encouraging some people to go for the Exalted title. Of course, having more freedom over te actual title choice would might encourage a little more post-farming than there is now, would it really be that different? Just a thought...

[Vicsun]

[QUOTE=Curdis]In my self appointed role as Uberpartypooper (note the complete disregard for the cultural sensibilities in proper use of the umlat), I would shun any more of the 'fluffy dice' appearing on this forum. I long ago gave up hoping for sensible sig use here and have had the 'view signature' option turned off for over five years. If I could turn off: 'Display animated avatar', 'Stupid location', 'Demented Custom Title', 'Annoying Smilies' I'd do that too.

An option that included a negative contribution for useless spam towards total post count would also be a plus, although I favour more permanent solutions.....

Have a nice day - Curdis ![/QUOTE]

I actually made a thread about big annoying signatures a few months ago and Buck seemed to agree but then everyone kind of forgot about the whole thing and nothing happened.

edit: fwiw, I do find the fact that the average signature in SYM is three times the length of the average post quite funny

[C Elegans]

[QUOTE=ik911]When you post, the things you say decide whether or not you are as unique as you like to think you are.
[/QUOTE]

I completely agree with IK about this. I am not against custom titles, but not really for it either since I don't think it adds anything. I don't care about post count, title, location or sig, I usually don't even notice them. I care about the content of the post. I don't understand why custom titles is important to anyone - I happily remove my own if it disturbs people in some way.

[quote="Xandax]
I will however"]

This I agree with. There are enough meaningless one-sentence posts already IMO.

[Greg.]

[QUOTE=C Elegans]This I agree with. There are enough meaningless one-sentence posts already IMO.[/QUOTE]

Totally...








@Hill -

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where our average post count is 29/member... Is that just members who have posted, or all members, even those with no posts..? Custom titles are somewhat... iffy... certainly I think there should be more than member and exalted member...

[The Balance]

[QUOTE=Caenorhabditis Elegans]I am not against custom titles, but not really for it either since I don't think it adds anything. I don't care about post count, title, location or sig, I usually don't even notice them. I care about the content of the post. I don't understand why custom titles is important to anyone - I happily remove my own if it disturbs people in some way. [/QUOTE]

I agree, title adds nothing but.. perhaps.. it could be a sort of assurance.. i mean.. if i would have to choose some friends among a thousand guys i would make my choice following certain criteria ... ...
title, signature, location, nick, ... would help a lot in making the choice as they reflect something of our personality!
Of course, then is the content of the posts which reveals more but at impact ... ?? ... no ?
just my humble opinion.

[Ravager]

That would just lead to judging someone on first impressions, which isn't that great a thing to be doing.

@Vicsun, I agree about the signatures, I generally try to keep the size of mine down, not too small, but not too big either.
Though with the 300 character limit, there's only so much a person can put in anyway (inclusive of formatting and URLs).

[dragon wench]

I don't think it is right to judge on first impression, but I will say that I pay attention to a person's user name, signature, location etc.

Clearly, a person's posts are the most important thing, and that is what will catch my interest first, but once my curiosity is aroused I do look at the other stuff. I think that those choices can reveal quite a lot about somebody....
For example, such things can show an interest in literature or philosophy..

If a person has all kinds of numbers or Leet in their user name, I will instantly dismiss them. If their signature or location is badly spelled I tend to lose interest.. And, if they have a name along the lines of "Bad Boy Gamer," I won't even read their posts.

Obviously, you need to go beyond the superficial, but I do think that the way somebody chooses to present themselves can say a great deal.

[Ravager]

[QUOTE=dragon wench]If their signature or location is badly spelled I tend to lose interest..[/QUOTE]

Of course there is the possibilty that the person may struggle withe English language which may explain why someone has a badly spelled sig/location or they could have simply missed the mistake.

[dragon wench]

[QUOTE=Ravager]Of course there is the possibilty that the person may struggle withe English language which may explain why someone has a badly spelled sig/location or they could have simply missed the mistake.[/QUOTE]

Very true. I should have said, in the event where it is apparent English is their first language.
I have taught ESL, and I can generally pick up when English is not a poster's first language.

More often than not, non-native speakers actually try far harder with that sort of thing.

[Ravager]

If you're going off first appearances though, from only looking at a location, name and signature before looking at a post, is it that easy to identify whether that person has English as a first language?
It doesn't seem that much to base the decision on to me.

There are a lot of subtle nuances though, so it is easy to make such a mistake without realising it.

[Curdis]

[QUOTE=Vicsun]I actually made a thread about big annoying signatures a few months ago and Buck seemed to agree but then everyone kind of forgot about the whole thing and nothing happened.

edit: fwiw, I do find the fact that the average signature in SYM is three times the length of the average post quite funny[/QUOTE]Sorry I missed that thread Vicsun. I would have jumped on board in a second. At one stage I made up a 'joke' sig called the Warlord sig 'o' 's' word but stopped using it when I realised (having turned view sigs back on breifly) that lots of people had ones bigger than my parody. It is making a redesigned and breif reappearance now.

Re your fwiw, I found it funny, at first, but when I was on a dialup over 40km of copper, the joke got old much faster than my internet connection.

Surely this boils down to signal to noise?

I have found it endlessly fascinating to see the to and fro of the redesign debates over the last seven or so years, and it all comes down to 'fluffy dice'. At best they have no effect on overall performance and at worst they obscure the view of important things.

Less is more. - Curdis !

[C Elegans]

[QUOTE=Hill-Shatar]Besides, this is just like sigs. Another place to be creative. [/QUOTE]

[quote="The Balance]
<snip>...would help a lot in making the choice as they reflect something of our personality![/quote]

[quote=Dragon Wench]
If a person has all kinds of numbers or Leet in their user name"]

So the conclusion of these posts is that the freedom and creativity of having custom titles, would be to have even more opportunities to trigger other members prejudices

EDIT: Love your sig, Curdis Normally, I only read sigs when I mistake them for the actual post.

[dragon wench]

[QUOTE=Ravager]If you're going off first appearances though, from only looking at a location, name and signature before looking at a post, is it that easy to identify whether that person has English as a first language?
It doesn't seem that much to base the decision on to me.

There are a lot of subtle nuances though, so it is easy to make such a mistake without realising it.[/QUOTE]

I guess, come to think of it, the whole process is a bit subconscious...
And yes, I agree with you, there are many nuances..

[dragon wench]

[QUOTE=C Elegans] So the conclusion of these posts is that the freedom and creativity of having custom titles, would be to have even more opportunities to trigger other members prejudices [/QUOTE]

lol! Surely you jest CE... I mean I've never seen any prejudices around here against poorly formulated, superficial posts, filled with Leet, no.. never...
Perish the very thought..

j/k

[Aramant]

omg y u h8 me!!11!!!!

[Hill-Shatar]

[QUOTE=CE]This I agree with. There are enough meaningless one-sentence posts already IMO.[/QUOTE]

There will always be useless posts as long as the Exalted Rank is still there, and as long as some new members keep track of post count, C elegans.

[QUOTE=Gregthesleeper]where our average post count is 29/member... Is that just members who have posted, or all members, even those with no posts..?[/QUOTE]

Including those with zero, but many of these people wandered for a bit before leaving, and accepted their email confirmation. We also have tons of members with 10 or less posts. Anything for these people to find reasons to post more (hopefully helpful and discussion based posts, instead of creating another Succeeder Stronghold) could grealty increase GB's popularity, which can have other ramifications. Most definitely the majority in our favour.

[QUOTE=Dragon Wench]I don't think it is right to judge on first impression, but I will say that I pay attention to a person's user name, signature, location etc.[/QUOTE]

Well, I know that most people here tend to recognize people by their avatars... it's how Fiona, Lestat and C Elegans missed some small additions to my account five months ago. It was worth staying online so late to watch the confusion...

Either way, it's kind of hard not to notice someone's avatar, since they are so colourful and vibrant on your screen... I did miss Juniper's namechange because I payed too little attention to her screen name. Sigs, locations, posts... well, those I notice if there are major changes, such as a sudden neon signiture blaring from the screen.

Just for the prejudices post, if this comes about I'm changing the little title under my name to ''McDonald's Loving Moderator'', not out of truth, but to screw with your head.

[dragon wench]

[QUOTE=Hill-Shatar]Just for the prejudices post, if this comes about I'm changing the little title under my name to ''McDonald's Loving Moderator'', not out of truth, but to screw with your head. [/QUOTE]

lmao! I suppose that's less ambiguous than saying "I'm loving it!"