• Registered: 2004-11-19
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Topic: Forum Rank Suggestions... what do you use?

Hey PunBB Buddies!

I'm working on my ranks and need some clever ideas for ranks.  I also thought it would be fun to see what other people are using.

Do you have suggestions for my inkjet forum?

Also, when you post what you use, could you also post the # of posts until they achieve that rank?

Thanks in advance... I look forward to your cleaver suggestions and quick wit!

Rob Ludlow 
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  • From: France
  • Registered: 2004-11-06
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Re: Forum Rank Suggestions... what do you use?

Use none. Since it's based on the number of post, it's only a incent for people to flood, make noise and so on. On the profile, you have the date of registration and the number of post, if you want to "asses" an unkown poster (the original purpose of this thing), you can do it with that on your own.

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  • Registered: 2004-11-19
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Re: Forum Rank Suggestions... what do you use?

That's an interesting perspective... didn't really think about flooding.

I'm still curious about suggestions and what you use... if you do use them.

Rob Ludlow 
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  • Registered: 2005-01-16
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Re: Forum Rank Suggestions... what do you use?

Yeah...Mine are kind of weird...

0 - Neophyte
1 - Buzz-kill
10 - Cheesedoodle
23 - Ferdinand!
50 - Lemming Scout
100 - pHil
125 - Albino Moo-Bunny
150 - Lifeless Squid
175 - Can't Get A Date
200 - POSTING FRENZY!!!
225 - Life? Ha!
250 - I sold my soul to Zanthria
287 - Pony Playa'
302 - ~creeket~
333 - Mold-Spud-Dunce
349 - 5?
371 - Shhh!!
399 - Pantaloons of Mine
425 - Rubber Nipple
438 - Duran-Duran
454 - Cone of Midgets
474 - fsck
501 - Mince Cheese Mice
538 - Dance, Little Monkey
569 - q!w!e!r!t!y
582 - Badinga!
603 - Smell the Ranch Dressing
636 - Rat in a Dress
685 - èèèèè - I like è
706 - A star! ---> *
762 - Flurp Goes She
794 - Goat Niplet
822 - !! Kelly !!
835 - $ Me.oo
873 - Pirate Smoker
899 - Tin Cinna-Bon
1000 - Bow, ye foul mortal...

...and on and on...
The person with the most posts in my forum has 1400 in the last month.

Yeah...my board posters are faithful. We're a very tight-knit group.

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5 Reply by alicson (edited by alicson 2005-03-17 17:37)

  • Registered: 2005-02-26
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Re: Forum Rank Suggestions... what do you use?

that is pretty weird wink

http://forum.textpattern.com uses alpha, beta, gamma ... etc.

i'm using animals... starting with fancy guppy, then tree frog, and moving up through chinchilla, quail, sun bear, tiger, and up to dragon.

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  • From: Rochester, NY USA
  • Registered: 2005-01-05
  • Posts: 173

Re: Forum Rank Suggestions... what do you use?

erissiva wrote:

Yeah...Mine are kind of weird...

0 - Neophyte
1 - Buzz-kill
....

HEY?!?!?!  tongue

7 Reply by Endre

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  • Registered: 2005-02-20
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Re: Forum Rank Suggestions... what do you use?

I recommend creating ranks that go with your forums topic. My site is about a musician, so the ranks are song-titles.

But I agree 100% with the first posts who said it spawns flooding. I've had to ban users for flooding the forum trying to get to 1000 posts as fast as possible.
On the other hand it does also help getting the forum more lively when it's new. An established forum doesnt need ranks, but a new forum surely benefits from it.
Just my experience. My highest poster has 17.000 posts (!)

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