HMPS

I say and agree strongly with others who advocate the elimination of ALL titles.

They do nothing for a vast majority of us.....NOT IMPRESSIVE AT ALL.

Give me content over number of posts.

As a new comer, my sense is that some with the titles behave like they "own the joint" and theirs is the only voice of reason. At times patronizing.....(you should be self depracating while asking for a water glass top up in Bus Class!).

We the members / readers will soon find out whose posts are worth reading. e. g. there are a few prosilytizers (?) for a particular airline that I have now learned that their fav can do no wrong, eyewitness accounts / documentation be damned !

You soon learn to discount 95 % of what they say.

So on with content, off with titles, leave number of postings on.

SkiAdcock

As Rich pointed out, elimination of titles is not on the table. This thread is about coming up with intermediate titles should we decide to implement them. We wanted to garner input re: some possible titles vs. just coming up w/ some on our own & then having FTers say wait, you didn't ask us about which titles to use

Cheers.

DeaconFlyer

From the OP, it sounds like implementing intermediate titles is a foregone conclusion.

RichMSN

I wouldn't say that. I've grown a bit lukewarm to the whole idea, with the exception of possibly putting something in at 5K and changing the word Evangelist to something else. And that's not a bit deal, either.

HMPS

OK. Additional titles...do we want to sound like banks with dozens of VPs, Dept Directors what have you?

Unless we have descriptive titles that tells the reader " what kind " of person the poster is....Lurker, Newbie.....a la scout rankings?

This would really be intriguing but may turn out to be controversial !

Or maybe we can just title them 1K 2K 3K etc.

Ancien Maestro

Not sure its a forgone conclusion. Perhaps a creative exercise to see what sort of names perk our interest. I still like FlyerTalk Prophet.

Cholula

Correct.

There's no mandate to create additional titles. We just thought it might be something that the FT members might be interested in and want to comment on.

So rather than just make the decisions ourselves and discuss it internally, we thought we'd start a public thread right away for public comment and suggestions.

I really have no idea if or when this issue will ever reach the stage of making a motion.

philemer

I personally think post count "titles" are silly. No need for them. Elitism come to mind? Sorry, but I guess I'm Off Topic.

aussielori

I never look at the titles
but do check the post count occasionally.
I normally just take in what the post is about.

rankourabu

my 2 cents:

We have recently evidenced a couple posters who continuously engage in post padding to reach 10,000 in less than 6 months.

Adding levels like silver/gold/whatnot based on post count would only validate/encourage this.

I am with the content vs number of posts as well for any "titles".

The current system does not work, it just encourages pointless posts from some (for some reason motivated by the title Evangelist)

Sagy

Total agreement - any system that is based only, or in major part, on post count is in my view at best useless and potentially harmful. The reason for this is that, as we have seen, some people will "post pad" and that makes FT must less useful and friendly for the rest of us.

I'm not against titles, but the title should be earned based on true contributions to FT and not just number of posts.

seanthepilot

Post padding (the devaluation of Flyertalk content with useless posts) will continue to be rewarded as long as people rush for the titles. We may be best to create new titles with caution.

There is a time and post requirement for access to some forums. My next thought goes along with this thinking.

Can someone really be termed an Evangelist or considered a significant expert/contributor without a bit of time here?

...perhaps, say 3 to 5 years (at 6 posts per day, it would take almost 5 years to reach 10,000 posts). Why not have a brake that a combination of time and posts be needed to achieve the titles. The fact that people swamp in 10,000 posts in 12 to 18 months need not be rewarded.

tullupump

Same here. I usually look at combination of post count and no. of years as FT member. A very high post count in just a couple of years...well that just doen't seem right....

WCT3U

With the 180/180 rule for OMNi (you have to have at least 180 posts and be a member for at least 180 days before you can have access there), there's already precedent for doing a # posts / # years combo.

CPRich

<180 posts - New Member
>180 posts - Veteran

>1/3 posts in Omni* - special "Omni-*****" rider