[quote=Dmitri]Well there's a section called [quote]History Member for -------[/quote] which starts counting as soon as someone registers. People who don't post arent exatly "part" of the community since the "community" refers to those who post.[/quote] So, what your saying is that people cannot be called as Members because they do not post anything in the forums? And they are not part of the community because of this? Then, what are they called then? "Non-Members" but who had taken the effort to join this website? Or better yet, "Slackers" because they do not like posting in the forums at all? Don't get me wrong, I can live with the fact that the ranking is implimented. I actually think that its a good idea to have it but what I don't think is fair is calling those that do not necessarily like posting in the forums a "Slacker" or not "Member". ------------------------- You're in for a surprise. Your wish has just been granted! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=1434sweet Do you need more shop sales? Come participate in a 4 million shop advertisement! Ple

[quote=Kulpio]On my forum, posts put you into ranks, but that doesnt mean much... There are member catrgories which can be made, and you get added to them, like killercars5000 has been put into the moderator category[/quote] (Sorry, I don't know how to add 2 quotes in the same reply without copying and pasting their replies.) Again, the "Moderators" ranking is made for those who has successful shops in neopets. It is merely impossible to have someone with a shop 100 or 200 to become a moderator. Unless Dimitri sees this reply and changes the implementation rules he has stated. ------------------------- You're in for a surprise. Your wish has just been granted! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=1434sweet Do you need more shop sales? Come participate in a 4 million shop advertisement! Ple

[quote=Dmitri]To use the services of this website, users must take the "effort" to sign up. These services are provided free of cost and signing up is a piece of cake so I dont see much "effort" in that. the rank "slackers" is joke rank. I figured it was better than "newbie" since there are accounts that are over 1 years old, who never log in here (but yet use the NeoMallers Portal Pro edition)[/quote] Of course, signing up is not generally what I meant to be the ultimately point of an individual to become a member. It is odd though to see that even those individuals who had taken time to sign up on this website is looked upon as a "joke" (hence, what you had said about the "Slacker" comment). These people are vital for this website success, they add to the numbers that this website needs. Therefore, permitting this website to prosper in popularity which can ultimately lead to you as the owner beneficial for its profits in the future. ------------------------- You're in for a surprise. Your wish has just been granted! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=1434sweet Do you need more shop sales? Come participate in a 4 million shop advertisement! Ple

[quote=Dmitri][quote]Again, the "Moderators" ranking is made for those who has successful shops in neopets. It is merely impossible to have someone with a shop 100 or 200 to become a moderator. Unless Dimitri sees this reply and changes the implementation rules he has stated.[/quote] A moderator has the power to wipe the entire site. Obviously, it cannot be handed down so easily especially since I do not personally know 99.99% of the people on this site. Thus, I have to rely on other factors and the most convenient is neopets account. Someone who has built up their neopets account are less likely to screw things around with the site. I'm not saying you'll screw it up but like avatar lending, people tend to be cautious. You can't really blame someone for lending a 500 million NP avatar item to a 50 month old account but not to a 1 week account. Hope you see what I'm getting at here.[/quote] Now, that's called assuming and judging people's perceptions, beliefs and actions due to their account's prosperity of having size 500+ size and having 200+ avatars (These numbers are rough estimate from the moderators). With a phenomenological perspective, you can go beyond what are the facts and go internally of those that do deserve to be a moderator. With that said, I know that in this kind of "community" that it is fairly hard for someone to base their trust on someone that is perhaps one year old or 6 months old. But what I'm asking is, is that to take into consideration those that do deserve the moderator spot despite of their lack of richness in neopets. And I have no intention that I am referring to the 1 week old accounts to a 5 year account. I'm just simply referring the moderator subject in generalities. ------------------------- You're in for a surprise. Your wish has just been granted! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=1434sweet Do you need more shop sales? Come participate in a 4 million shop advertisement! Ple