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Dustysage,
I have been thinking about user rankings on Micechat as well as some other forum sites where I am a member, and I have two questions for you at the bottom of the post.
I sent the following email to vBulletin after reading their online documentation and couldn't find the information I was looking for:
"Hello, I am a user on several vBulletin sites, and have an idea that may be useful. I have thought a lot about user ranks and reputation when they are implemented on the various sites.
It seems to me that user ranks that are based simply on the number of posts made to the discussion, and this tends to lead to uninformative posts. People may tend to simply post something like "LOL" to increase their rank. My idea would change the basis on which a user increases in rank.
Instead of counting the number of posts as a basis for rank, I propose that rank be based on the number of replies that are made to a post. If you consider the tree view of a thread, the OP would not get any rank points for starting the thread, but for each response that the OP received on the thread. If a user did post a "LOL", the users likely would not respond to that branch of the thread tree as they would tend to respond to the OP or other valid responses. (An option could be to factor the number of rank points given to the OP by the responding user's reputation value.) This rank method rewards users for posting meaningful messages the aid the discussion.
This method, I believe would a bit less biased toward the infrequent but
useful poster. It complements the reputation already in place by reinforcing good discussion and discourages meaningless chatter.
Obviously this proposal is major shift in rank points on vBulletin installs currently in place. Users with high ranking under the current system could see their rank plummet if installed. This would need to be an optional upgrade choice and not a replacement of the current ranking system.
Thank you for your time."
I was told in a response from vBulletin that site admins could setup ranking based on criteria other than number of posts.
My 2 questions to you: 1) without disclosing private information, is it possible to set user rank in a way consistant with what I described in the email? 2) I am nothing but a user and do not run any forum site. Would this kind of ranking system actually work, here on MiceChat or other site?
Sorry to bother you, but thanks for the information.
conncr
I have been thinking about user rankings on Micechat as well as some other forum sites where I am a member, and I have two questions for you at the bottom of the post.
I sent the following email to vBulletin after reading their online documentation and couldn't find the information I was looking for:
"Hello, I am a user on several vBulletin sites, and have an idea that may be useful. I have thought a lot about user ranks and reputation when they are implemented on the various sites.
It seems to me that user ranks that are based simply on the number of posts made to the discussion, and this tends to lead to uninformative posts. People may tend to simply post something like "LOL" to increase their rank. My idea would change the basis on which a user increases in rank.
Instead of counting the number of posts as a basis for rank, I propose that rank be based on the number of replies that are made to a post. If you consider the tree view of a thread, the OP would not get any rank points for starting the thread, but for each response that the OP received on the thread. If a user did post a "LOL", the users likely would not respond to that branch of the thread tree as they would tend to respond to the OP or other valid responses. (An option could be to factor the number of rank points given to the OP by the responding user's reputation value.) This rank method rewards users for posting meaningful messages the aid the discussion.
This method, I believe would a bit less biased toward the infrequent but
useful poster. It complements the reputation already in place by reinforcing good discussion and discourages meaningless chatter.
Obviously this proposal is major shift in rank points on vBulletin installs currently in place. Users with high ranking under the current system could see their rank plummet if installed. This would need to be an optional upgrade choice and not a replacement of the current ranking system.
Thank you for your time."
I was told in a response from vBulletin that site admins could setup ranking based on criteria other than number of posts.
My 2 questions to you: 1) without disclosing private information, is it possible to set user rank in a way consistant with what I described in the email? 2) I am nothing but a user and do not run any forum site. Would this kind of ranking system actually work, here on MiceChat or other site?
Sorry to bother you, but thanks for the information.
conncr
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