- AlexZander
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- Exalted Mythic Member
I'm not that active, but never dead.
This entire time I was under the impression that the 'Karma' or 'Trust level' that someone would have WOULD NOT be visible to them, and perhaps visible to the moderators. Even though I like the idea, having ranks or trust level visible would degrade these forums even more, as people would try as hard as they can to exploit the system, if they could figure out, reverse engineer, test, or whatever they can to understand how a higher level could be acheived.
Anything that resembles, could resemble, or is an implied 'competition' would have attempts to be explioted untill a way is figured out how to. As such, these 'rewards' you speak off would have be given out in a similar way that moderation on the forums is given out. I'm pretty sure, from what I have heard from people that have gained modship, is that they didn't see it coming(I could be wrong, I have been before). Rewards should be the same, just automated. You're on the site for a while, make good posts and generally try to be a good member, when suddenly, you get a PM saying that you have received the option to do something special that others don't have.
This is where wording I think would be very important. The english language is complex, and something as small as using the wrong words could hamper the system. As such, words such as "receive, and given", should be used over words such as "Unlocked, and Acheived". Such wording would give the proper impression of being 'rewarded' for good behaviour, instead of being 'awarded' for acomplishing some kind of goal.
Anyways, I need to go to work now, I'll see how this discussion develops tomorrow.
-Alex : /