| FrancisNobleman said: 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 ? |
I think I'd qualify for this rather exclusive club but even I don't think it's a good idea.
Firstly acting like a human being on the forums should be expected, normal behaviour i.e. something you are supposed to do, not something that needs to be rewarded.
Secondly, the occasional ban never hurt anyone but is necessary from time to time ot make people pull their heads in. Many long time, quality posters have a few bans under their belts and I wouldn't want them excluded from any discussion because of an occasional slip up. I've even seen new users who hit this website with a little too much, let's say, enthusiasm, reform and become excellent contributors after being handed out a few bans and learning what is and isn't acceptable around here.
Also, as has already been alluded to, having an exclusionary policy that punishes new users simply isn't fair.
Finally I don't think the 'reward' for belonging to such a club would be sufficient to motivate people to avoid bans, an exclusive club needs to have a hook, something cool like free booze or cigars, not sure how that would work here.
