- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
My ideas are as follow. Image signatures, and a rep type of system. Oh god, Bungie stated those ideas are not being implimented are they? Well, I overhauled the ideas of "freedom" and replaced them with "controlled freedom", to help keep the fourm from being filled with bad images and rep boosters.
My first idea of image signatures lowers the types of images to a select few. First off, screenshots already on Bungie.net could be used, along with appropiate text. This way, you could express your gamertag creatively, and still not have to see people's hairy bottoms every page. These could include pics of Zanzibar, like on the top of the fourm.
Another image signature idea of mine is slightly different. It would be a box with your logo and highest rank. It would then show the numbers and symbols. It wouldn't be an image signature, but at least it's a higher level of customization for people with linked gamertags.
For the "rep" idea, how about this: fourms are rated by people with a certain number of posts, a certain number of months on the fourms, and on if the moderators trust them or not. This way, 200-400 users could each vote on fourms. If a fourm needs locking, their votes could acculmulate and either raise the attention of the mods, or lock it. This way if a mod isn't on, the trusted users could lock threads that are innappropiate. They should not be influenced by opinion of thread, but on the appropriateness of the content.
Finally, how about different color backgrounds. A user could pick black, red or the standard blue background. That way, the fourm isn't always this monotonous blue.