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Posted by: Big Black Bear
Now, be clear, I'm not suggesting any sort of elitism here. I'm just saying that if you give people a positive reason to link their accounts, you may see more people do it.
Bear, good post. However this one point stuck out for me.
This is not anyone's fault (least of all yours, you simply have made it so apparent to me). We have become a community which doesn't fear elitism, as such, we fear people thinking we seek it (deep down we all want to excel, we naturally put ourselves before others, that is human nature and anyone who disagrees that we all seek to improve our position in The World is a liar).
Now, we don't fear elitism in this community, but we do fear the word itself and we fear that we might be judged 'elitists' by our fellow members and it is rediculous.
Incentive is not elitism, ok? I am completely all for forums where you need to be a member for a year or forums where you need a gamertag or additional avatars and features for productive members. These are brilliant ideas and would be beneficial to a community which, it seems, knows it has nothing to lose.
I won't bring any specific political examples into this but; when you have a classless society, people will always find a niche, a foothold to exploit and ascend through. I see it everyday in The Flood's sub-culture or the barbarism of The Halo 3 Forum. I don't know why we don't channel this positively and give our members something to strive for.
Elitism will, no doubt, emerge regardless of access to privelidges so why not change it to incentive and potential goals for the community? Any person who actually acts elitist (note; elitist, not truthful or motivated, true elitism) would instantly be put down to square one.
Wow, sorry. I am really burnt out from study and I am off my face on insomnia. I won't drag this any further off topic but read my post and understand it. Thank you, Bear, for making the cogs inside my head turn. You shouldn't have to specify that you aren't advocating elitism in your suggestions and it is high time other people realise this. Incentive, not elitism. It has taken on the same connotations as 'hacker' or 'genocidal maniac' and it is way out of control in The Septagon.
uhh... back on topic! *cough*.
[Edited on 10.25.2007 6:52 AM PDT]