- Sick Pimpin
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Fight hard, break bones >{o
all of these system could work inside groups. if we were allowed to set what we want in the group, as admins, then we could pratically create our own site (only with less work and more fancy!).
everything from custom avatars to reputation systems could work if they were limited to groups. even the bigger groups like MBT and PF would have an easy time of managing these systems. if you could simply set what appears (for example, karma system, join date, custom avatar/bungie avatar, etc) then there would be no need to clog the forums with the same ideas that have been presented since '04.
if thats too much work, i'll understand, but i still dont see elitism as that big of a problem. at least on the other site; most of the people who posted in the public forums and were mean, were either new to the site, or just didn't explore it much. these people never tried to show 'elitism' with their join date or group status, but simply attacked people to be a-holes, without any real style. elitism is usaully only shown by total idiots and when they do try to point to their join date, they only make themselves look bad. i liked the join date, becuase it let me know who should know better, who will know better, and who is likely an alt and i should watch in my group.
i think the bnet community deserves a little more credit. of course there are 'conqs' and spammers and the like, but sensible and even most of the community (at least the chapter portion), can handle the responsibility of being appropriate. so my vote would be no powers and the simple focus on posting in the public threads, but some customization and tools for the groups.
[Edited on 03.26.2007 2:59 PM PDT]