Pimpwalkin' Mateo Johnson said:
I agree with Mewstor. I think this is a bad idea.
I don't think that the problem of noobyness is a problem you can ever fix. Try as you might, there will always be noobs who just don't get it. If they get really bad, ban them and move on.
Some of the users here act much better than their ages would suggest. I know I've been surprised more than once about a few members. In general, if you're smart enough to know that posting with proper grammar and punctuation makes you not look like an idiot, then you're not going to do something stupid and make a very pretty-looking thread with spam and flames and other assorted crap.
Also mentioned I believe were possible feelings of people who get put in a lesser forum category than one they'd like to be put in. No one wants to be labeled as a noob. No one (except Noobnerd roflz) thinks he's a noob.
I think that if you really want a forum for adults or adult-level thinkers, make a forum specifically for it and strictly enforce the need for proper grammar and punctuation, and start punishing those who ignore or disobey that rule.
I might post something else later. In a nutshell, I'm against this. I don't think it'll ever work.
Naturally. Why waste your time trying to deal with something you have no control over? They'll keep coming and coming.
However, if this indeed does go into effect, there are some parts I'm still hazy on:
1. How do you move up to a higher-ranking group? Some members have explained the obvious answer, but I'm looking for a more elaborate one. As Mewstor stated in an earlier post, it may take months to a year to have an intelligent member's posts recognized.
2. This is, in summarization, age discrimination. I do realize members can be moved up or down on how they act, but a "solution" like this shouldn't even be put into effect.
3. The lying of ages? A big problem. I've yet to see a possible resolution for this problem. Of course, members can be moved down if they prove to be "not of their age," but you still can't prevent a member from lying about their age.
I do understand this solution is an endeavor to solve a problem, but believe me, the system as is is effective enough for me. This proposal will cause more issues than we already have. Ban the offenders, and move on. This way is also effective, because n00bs learn to become flourishing members this way as well.
These are some major flaws I see so far in this proposal. For one, this endeavor will not be worth the effort, and the irony will be in the end when no problems are solved.
To address the deletion of the forums... There's really no apparent reason to do that. 'Nuff said.
Shawn out.
