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God made 10 kinds of people. Those who understand binary and those who don't.
Posted by: Primo84
It's common knowledge that the quality of posting on the Bungie.net forums, especially while Bungie is dark, is sometimes lacking. This isn't surprising; this community features an extremely wide range of ages, so the content of what we post should be expected to vary dramatically.
With that being said, I like to think that with age comes some wisdom. There currently is nothing in place that records a user's literal age, and for privacy reasons it should remain that way. Luckily for us, there already exists a system that (theoretically) tracks one's time and general behavior on Bungie.net: forum titles.
If we assume that the older members of this site are the most wise, and they generally are, then it can further be determined that, given the forum title system, said members are already designated as such in the public forums.
The Mythic Members.
Unfortunately, a common trend I can personally attest to witnessing is the migration of older members into private groups. While I wont state my own opinion, many Mythic Members seem to feel that, as older members of the site, more is expected of them. Because of this, the rules are enforced more harshly upon them. There's essentially a target on the backs of our top tier of members.
The fix I'm proposing is that regulation be loosened for those members who obtain Mythic status.
Mythic Members are inarguably the content creators on these forums. Even when a user of a lesser title group manages to create a quality thread/post, especially here in the Septagon, it's usually a rehash or direct reference to an older thread, most likely created by a user that is now mythic. Mythics essentially enable younger and less experienced users to create quality posts.
In fact, it may be more beneficial to cut down on nonsense and enforce moderation on non-Mythic Members even more rigidly, so they have only the example of Mythic posting to influence their own habits.
By loosening the reigns on the blue bars and knuckling down on non-Mythics, the quality of posts Mythic Members create will trickle down and influence the legendary, heroic, and ordinary members of this site, benefiting all.
Mythics are the content creators, so they should be free to do so for the greater good.
Septagon, if the shoe fits... if it doesn't, there's nothing to see here.
Many people don't read anything but the first and last sentences of great swaths of text. If that were the case, the OT reads as such
"It's common knowledge that the quality of posting on the Bungie.net forums, especially while Bungie is dark, is sometimes lacking.
Mythics are the content creators, so they should be free to do so for the greater good."
Primo, if you simply called out the Mythics to step up their game, that would have been inspiring. As it stands, you announce to the world that Blues are the only individuals with good ideas or at least the wisdom to do so with genius.
"Mythic Members are inarguably the content creators on these forums."
Seriously? I know that I've been trolling for awhile so maybe my voice doesn't matter, but it's this type of elitist attitude that needs to be stamped out of a community. Why would anyone else want to be a part of a group that is only recognized by the color of their posts?
"Mythics essentially enable younger and less experienced users to create quality posts."
Again with the rhetoric. Thankfully every good and perfect thing comes from the Blues. If this is true, I point back to my original statement for the first and last sentence of your post. Don't claim that everything good is from Mythic members, then state that posts are lacking. Yes, the circular logic is that Mythics need to post more in order to show the unwashed masses what true posting wisdom is, and in order to do so Blues need freedom.
"In fact, it may be more beneficial to cut down on nonsense and enforce moderation on non-Mythic Members even more rigidly, so they have only the example of Mythic posting to influence their own habits."
Uh, what? Saying that you want to hold others to a standard you're unwilling to bear is off-putting to say it mildly. And really, what's the point? So people will look up to you? Why don't we allow people to only read Mythic posts? Then they're REALLY get with the program.
"many Mythic Members seem to feel that, as older members of the site, more is expected of them. Because of this, the rules are enforced more harshly upon them. There's essentially a target on the backs of our top tier of members."
Why shouldn't there be a higher standard for Mythic members. I guess Uncle Ben was wrong when he said "With great power comes great responsibility."
I'm disappointed that this wasn't a call to arms. I thought this could be a rallying cry for those of us determined to dialog about thoughts, dreams and heavenly sevens. This discourse could have been more, but instead I've found it lacking. What's really disturbing is the support that it's garnered. I apologize if I'm reading too much into it, but I'm afraid that instead others aren't.
JTS