New User Rank System

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Not really. If I don't like something I say it. Out of so many changes over the last few weeks and months, this is the first I have critised. I don't "pick at anything". I have said how some of their decisions are great before so please stop presuming things.
The only reason groups failed is because you needed like 5k+ or something posts before creating them and not many current users had that high post count - not even the FM has it...

never mentioned your name, anyway I dont really care about your life story so yep.

Just sayin' that I think your 1k post idea is a bad one!

[Tintinnabulate]

never mentioned your name, anyway I dont really care about your life story so yep.

Just sayin' that I think your 1k post idea is a bad one!

Thats fine . It was just a suggestion anyway. We all have different opinions.

[The Professor]

its pretty cool. . the only thing i dont like is that it takes for ages to get to the next level lol and starts at gold i prefered if it started with bronze and then silver. . .so you dont have to do much to get to the next level lol

This is actually quite a good point, I'm surprised no-one picked up on it. The gap between the first group and the next one up is 1000 posts which is a humongous amount! I've been using the forum quite regularly since 2004 and only have 7000 ish, 1000 will take at least 6 months for a normal user. That's farrr too long to wait for a new group, the vast majority of people (as shown frequently by our woeful useage stats) will get bored and leave by then. +rep to that post

[Nixt]

I think it's great. Given that the group system was frankly not used at all after it's launch, why should we reserve it as a 'benefit' when it's not really a benefit at all, but a bit of fun that we may as well open to all members.

[Tintinnabulate]

This is actually quite a good point, I'm surprised no-one picked up on it. The gap between the first group and the next one up is 1000 posts which is a humongous amount! I've been using the forum quite regularly since 2004 and only have 7000 ish, 1000 will take at least 6 months for a normal user. That's farrr too long to wait for a new group, the vast majority of people (as shown frequently by our woeful useage stats) will get bored and leave by then. +rep to that post

Bronze and Silver were scrapped as they don't look and sound as good I think.

[The Professor]

Bronze and Silver were scrapped as they don't look and sound as good I think.

Yeah I'm not mourning the loss of them by name, just that the gap between the lowest group and the next one up is mental.

[AgnesIO]

Bronze and Silver were scrapped as they don't look and sound as good I think.

Which imo is a lame reason but still haha.

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I am not sure hy I are about any of this stuff anyway if I am being honest. I have VIP until May 2011 anyway And will buy some more when world cup vip comes out :L

[The Professor]

Which imo is a lame reason but still haha.

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I am not sure hy I are about any of this stuff anyway if I am being honest. I have VIP until May 2011 anyway And will buy some more when world cup vip comes out :L

Maybe because having an effective rewards system is a good way of retaining members?

On that note, the groups thing is really badly implemented. It hasn't taken off because it's hidden in some deep menus so no bugger can find them. If you want a feature to be successful you need to push it; put a groups updates thing on the homepage thing (maybe something saying "Jim has joined the Group For Frogs") like FB does. There's no point giving everyone access to them if you're not going to promote it properly.

[AgnesIO]

Tbh I have no idea where to fid groups (apart from typing in /groups in the url bar.

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And Alex I don't think changing he colour of stars is effective lol.

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you can find them in the community link up top