Posted by: nick19100
Well what did you expect? This forum's community has degraded completely in the last year.That's what they say every year.
It's an inherent fact that the admins fail to recognize as a leech on the quality, content, and overall well-being of the forums. It doesn't take a rocket scientists, let alone a programmer, to discover that titles were a bad idea. Yet they continue to exist?You recognise that there are positives and negatives to practically every design? You're completely ignoring the positives, in order to insinuate the admins aren't smart enough to recognise the flaws in their design.
A good designer (in any field) understands that their decisions won't be popular with every person, and that every choice made has undesirable consequences along with the benefits. And smart designers not only recognises this, but are sensible enough to weigh up the pros and cons, and decide whether their decision leads to a net improvement of their system.
In this case, the titles add value to accounts and discourage users from receiving infractions against their account. So they decided to put it in, believing those benefits to be worth the cost of potential elitism.
I think it's fine to discuss the pros and cons of forum titles. However, I get the impression you believe there are no benefits, and anyone who considers keeping the titles must be too dense to grasp your flawless point of view, and if only they saw the light, they'd change their mind in a heartbeat. But that's because you're not even attempting to be objective.
tl;dr version. Before accusing someone of "failing" to understand your reasoning, make sure you successfully understand their reasoning first. That way you can actually have a back and forth to discuss whether the benefits are worth the drawbacks.
Edit: Ok so I re-re-read the OP much more literally, and touche to you good sir. However, I suspect the fine chap I quoted also missed the satire, so I'm good.
[Edited on 09.13.2011 6:50 PM PDT]