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Posted by: Recon Number 54
Posted by: Jujubes
Posted by: Recon Number 54
Just an idea off of the top of my head... but curious as to what people think.
Imagine a user option to "opt out" of titles. And when you do, you don't see the titles of any members. Everyone (except the web team and ninja) shows up as "member". But by selecting this option, the displayed title for the member (to those who are opting in and seeing/displaying titles) is something to indicate that they "aren't playing the game". For example, the term "Member" but the text of the title is in gold to show that they don't want their title shown and they can't see (and don't care about) yours. I predict war between the title-people and the non-title-people.
Why?
The point of opting out is a clear marker of indiffernce, and blindness to the subject. If I were one of the people who opted out, no one could claim that I cared about titles or thought higher of some members than others based on the color of their title bar. My altered title color would show that I can't SEE those things, and so, they don't influence me.
In other words, I would be the Swiss. Counting my incredibly secure money, following efficient schedules, eating chocolate efficiently, checking the time on an incredibly accurate timepiece and polishing my precisely made and maintained rifle in case anyone wants to test how serious I am about my neutrality, and occasionally taking time out to guard the Pope.
Don't forget about the people who would opt out to make a statement. Then you'd have the people who don't opt out that want to pigeon-hole the opt out people as [insert insult]. Not saying it won't work or that it's a bad idea, but a visible or latent and resurgent trend will probably be a small group of people bringing up the conflict. If nothing else it will be new members asking what's up, and newbie threads have a tendency to stir up conversation between experienced members.