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1. As they should be. You can't trust someone who's been here for a week or even a month. It takes time to build trust with any relationship, even with Bnet.
2. I don't think you're being "shafted" for joining after Halo 3. There title is not important. I could care less about mine. You can have it if you want.
3. It's a good thing because it's gives members something to strive for. Which means that members will make more quality posts. That's what I tihnk anyways.
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Posted by: The First Legend
#1 And I'm guessing the metrics, judging by your comment "but given that you can't boost this rating" it is based on join dates. The reason is simple, post count can be quickly raised by posting a lot, and there is no other type of content to be judged on, as quality of posting cannot be measured, nor can a karma system be implimented where positive karma is awarded, as there are no features for this, so by common sense, join dates are one of me major metrics.
#2 So this means everyone who, like myself, joined for halo 3 is going to get a massive shaft, for not being here sooner. That sucks
#3 So according to your own post, you made something which is a perk for spammers, but has little meaning, and something which myself and others feel will promote elitism. How is this a good thing again?
Posted by: Achronos
#1 No, it uses many multiple combinations of metrics from your activity on the site. Each metric is then given different weights and add or subtracted from the total score depending on if it is a positive or negative metric. Bans/warnings are a big negative, although different lengths of bans are weighted differently, and the length of time they affect your score varies as well.
#2 But no, I'm not telling you how it is calculated. You don't need to know, because it doesn't matter. Not even the mods can see your score. This score has been calculated for everyone for over a year, it is well established, and is fairly accurate. Enough for these kinds of positive reinforcement rewards, anyway.
#3 You're getting pretty bent out of shape over this. Any particular reason? None of the titles are negative, and the vast majority of the membership is still "Member." I'm aware of the quality over quantity arguement, but given that you can't boost this rating, and giving the general quality level of a lot of posts here right now, you can't really tell me that this, of all things, is going to hurt post quality. The people with the titles are the positive members. If a positive member does something negative, their title drops. In the end, it is really not that meaningful, but it does provide a nice little perk to those people who are the duplicate account creating spammers that this site is often known for.
Posted by: The First Legend
People are so slow, the entire system is based on trust, which is awarded either by post count, or join date, then dropped by reports, bans, etc. This means at root people who either post a lot, or have been here a while are rewarded, not based on the content of their post, but instead by the quantity, or join date. I'm sorry if I favor quality over quantity. Look at foman, I dont think there are many more "trusted" members, hell he ran ARG, yet he isnt even a heroic member. I have a feeling join dates play a BIG part in the trust rating.
So achronos, why dont you tell us what makes up that trust rating?