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New post-count titles for FlyerTalk? Nominate your favorites!
RichMSN recently asked about adding a title that activates at 5000 posts. That discussion expanded into the larger topic of what titles should activate at what post count.
I'm a TalkBoard member but on an issue like this I have no special expertise. I don't think any of us on the TalkBoard do. Therefore I have proposed an experiment in grass roots involvement, and it appears that the other TalkBoard members like it. So here goes. We're going to do this exactly the way we do business in the private TalkBoard forum. Discuss, identify the best options, and vote. Please post in this thread your preferred set of titles and post count thresholds. Post as many proposals as you like. Post comments on others' proposals. I'd like this process to take long enough for members to learn about it and participate fully. This is likely to feel annoyingly slow, but you are getting the authentic TalkBoard experience here. :D Please be patient. I am confident that during this process some clear leaders among the proposals will emerge. When the dust settles, SanDiego1k (or the TalkBoard by informal agreement among ourselves) can set up a public poll among the top proposals. Then we will have the titles that our members prefer, and everybody will have had a vote. There's one major rule that I'd like to impose on this thread. The TalkBoard is well aware that many of you would prefer removing titles entirely. That's a legitimate question, but it's a different question that is off-topic here. Besides, I'm sure the TalkBoard is nowhere near having the votes to remove all titles, so advocating that now would be a waste of your efforts. Please don't clutter this thread with reasons not to have titles. Once we have a new set of titles and see how it works, the subject of removing the titles entirely would be ripe for debate. I very much look forward to having that debate later this year. Fair enough? |
Originally Posted by nsx
(Post 18027294)
[U]Please post in this thread your preferred set of titles and post count thresholds.
It's not broke; no need to fix. |
The word Evangelist is, well, dumb.
Speaking as a member first and foremost: The best thought I've seen posted includes "elite" levels like airlines: 0-999 General Member 1000-4999 Silver Member 5000-9999 Gold Member 10000-19999 (or some other threshold) Platinum Member 20000+ (or some other threshold) Member-chosen title I think "it's not broke, don't change anything" is really off-topic for this thread as well. Needing to change it has nothing to do with this. |
What is "Current Practice"
I looked around a bit and couldn't find a listing of titles and rules for achieving them. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks!
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Originally Posted by ediemac1
(Post 18027851)
I looked around a bit and couldn't find a listing of titles and rules for achieving them. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks!
10000-39999 -- FlyerTalk Evangelist 40000+ A FlyerTalk Posting Legend |
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Deleted. Clean-up on aisle 3?
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Apparently not thoroughly enough. I'll delete. Sorry :(
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Although I don't yet have any specific suggestions for what the tiered titles should be, I'm in favor of adding additional titles.
Here's what I posted in the private TB forum on this issue:
Originally Posted by Cholula
Many websites use a variety of titles as a member moves along in posts and months/years as a contributing member. I'm all for a number of titles from 1000 posts and upward in X increments. All we have now is a title at 10K posts and a more recently added title at 40K or 50K posts.
That was fine in 1998 when FT was formed and before the Internet was developed. Nowadays the popular websites are all about marketing themselves with baubles, bangles and personal recognition. The addition of a few new automatic tier titles is certainly not out of the question IMO. Folks here value post counts more than most want to admit. They'd do the same with titles IMO. Give the members what they want especially as it's a no cost, win/win and doesn't minimize or subtract from FT's core values of miles, points and a place where you can socialize with like-minded travelholics. |
Originally Posted by RichMSN
(Post 18027773)
The word Evangelist is, well, dumb.
Originally Posted by RichMSN
(Post 18027773)
The best thought I've seen posted includes "elite" levels like airlines:
0-999 General Member 1000-4999 Silver Member 5000-9999 Gold Member 10000-19999 (or some other threshold) Platinum Member
Originally Posted by RichMSN
(Post 18027773)
20000+ (or some other threshold) Member-chosen title
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How about:
0 -- New Member 1-179 --General Member 180 - 1K -- Silver Member 1K - 5K -- Gold Member 5K - 10K -- Platinum Member 10K - 25K -- Diamond Member 25K - 50K -- Lifetime Silver Member 50K - 100K -- Lifetime Gold Member 100K - 150K -- Lifetime Platinum Member 150K - 200K -- Lifetime Diamond Member 200K + -- You get to pick your own title. |
No change needed.
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Originally Posted by cblaisd
(Post 18027727)
No change needed to current practice.
It's not broke; no need to fix. |
I'm waiting for Dovster to repost his suggestion! ^
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Originally Posted by hhoope01
(Post 18028478)
How about:
0 -- New Member 1-179 --General Member 180 - 1K -- Silver Member 1K - 5K -- Gold Member 5K - 10K -- Platinum Member 10K - 25K -- Diamond Member 25K - 50K -- Lifetime Silver Member 50K - 100K -- Lifetime Gold Member 100K - 150K -- Lifetime Platinum Member 150K - 200K -- Lifetime Diamond Member 200K + -- You get to pick your own title. |
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