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Those are some wonderful ideas there Recon. I don't know how the "trust" system is going to work, probably wouldn't understand it if it was in plain English. However I think that the "profit incentive" here is really beneficial. However it's the rewards that should be considered. For anything remote like this to work I believe that users shouldn't have the option(s) to do any of the following with the "Trust Credit (TC)."
* Have custom Avatars
* Have custom Titles
* Post any sort of pictures
* Have colored posts (they're for important members/admins).
* Silly/Non-sense or anything that could be abused.
Things that I could see working would be:
* Buy Avatars like Picture Packs on Xbox Live / Personalize Avatar with pre-built components. (*)
* Allow a user to purchase the option to display his/her Join Date (Big "if" on this if any of this is considered).
* Buy a hint to where a B.net Easter Egg is hidden.
* A user could get enough points to perhaps interview a Ninja? (Appropriate/Mature conversation from both parties. Heck it could even be posted on the <gasp!> Front Page).
* Maybe a "Get out of Jail Free Card?" Something where they could wipe 1 and only 1 warning out of their records (however being a good member they wouldn't have any, so this entire thing is useless).
* Maybe a user could get enough points that he/she could trade them in for like a 10 dollar Bungie Store gift card?
Con's seem easier to think of rather than Pro's. However with what could happen I see a reason why it shouldn't happen. Before anyone says it, Yes! I'm contradicting myself. Role-playing might be helpful somewhere in life.
Some of the reasons why I think it shouldn't happen is due to elitism. Sure people are getting these "TC" points and are making beneficial contributions to the community. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that in my opinion. However they're reason for it might not be what you think it would. What is the purpose of someone helping the community if they're just trying to achieve Trust Points? Sure they're helping, but it's for the wrong reason. It's like helping an elderly women across the street and asking her for 5 bucks for the service when you get to the other side. It's a double-edged sword that could turn on you anytime. Some might say "So what! Why do we care as long as they're contributing?" Well let me ask you this, "Why contribute when you're not going to do it for the right reason?" If your going to help the community for the sole purpose of getting "Trust Credits," then you're obviously not going to do good at contributing, rather you're going to spam "goodness." And as I would like to think any spam is not deserving of this site. No matter it's intentions.
Contributing to this community means that you're going to sacrifice time, energy, and perhaps dinner to do it. You're going to have to sacrifice pride, honor, and even homework. This community requires a-lot from it's members, you can find out about all that it requires by reading it's guides: Terms of Use & Code of Conduct. Now to sacrifice any part of yourself for any cause, person, etc., is going to require that you do it 100%. You can't just say "I wan't to start a Political movement," or, "I want to overthrow this evil dictator," without doing it with full commitment. So even if you do commit 100% you need to have a legitmate reason. You can't say that you want to overthrow a dictator to establish a dictatorship. Where is the benefit in that? There isn't any! You can't start a Political movement so that you can use your status to get kickbacks!
What I'm saying is that you need to: sacrifice yourself, commit yourself, and have honor with yourself to successfully contribute to this community. Otherwise you're just another person with another opinion to express. Sure it's great to read opinions and discuss them, however, it's a different story to take an idea, see it to fruition, and then give it to someone willingly so that you can help them. You can always give a homeless man/woman a few dollars, however, most people never give them what they want...companionship. It's not often that you take time to sit down with someone, talk with them about their lives, feed them, comfort them, and then actually <gasp!> enjoy being human! So what is the point of all of this philosophical babble? It is quite simple. The point I'm trying to make is:
Without sacrifice, commitment, honor, and legitimacy you can't contribute to any facet of human relations (Reality of Cyberspace).
So do I think that Recon's idea is great, sure. Do I think we should try and reward members based on their "trust," sure. However, I think that we all need to make sure that we check and verify that we are contributing to this great community for proper reasons; that we're not doing it for some stupid Internet achievement. That we are contributing because we are a community, comrades, geeks, fans, and any other <insert noun> you can think of. We are here because we all have a love for Bungie and it's games, we want to let someone know of our best idea for Halo 3, that we want to complain about something to hopefully make Halo/Bungie better. We're all here for the same reason(s): Companionship, Friendship, & Bungie. So let's make sure that we keep that in mind when we're all posting. We're here for Bungie and the Community, let's post that way and be rewarded in the same manner as long as we're here for them. (Hint: My Thesis for this entire blob of Shenanigans called "English").
[Edited on 05.03.2007 7:06 PM PDT]