Like trainning a dog: is easier to get him to do tricks by throwing him a bone, than it is to get him to do the same by beating it.
I say that a section should be created in the forums that is locked for posting to everyone else but the users who've got great behavior that promote the civility of the website.
It could be a combination of:
- post count (I don't know, 3000 posts ?)
- moderation history: no bans on record
- user account active for at least 6 months
- moderator/admins decision on accepting a new batch of "well behaved users" to join the exclusive forums.
I think inside such exclusive forums moderation wouldn't even be necessary, because the people posting deserve to be there. Other users could still navigate through it to see what kinds of discussion a thread clean of problems would bring, and set the example for the community.
Can I request such thing, please ? Is it to hard to code into the vgchartz structure ?