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I've resurrected my old nickname to illustrate a point. On this basis you would take more notice of Hagar or Grumpy1 than me.

Most of the regulars know that we are one & the same person. When asking for help or advice, surely the content of the reply must mean more than the number af posts the author might have? I can usually tell if a person knows what they're talking about & couldn't care less how many stars they have. Anyone can give specific information about themselves in their avatar & signature if they wish to do so.

Like Andrew, Fozzer & a few others I was here long before this board (Ultraboard RIP) & helped Pete check it out on the first day. As Hagar I tend to spend more time in the sim & design forums where people come for help & advice. This was originally the intention of this forum. I've seen the occasional valuable contributions by developers I admire, experts in their field like Dave Eckert, Lee Swordy & Garry J. Smith. I've learned so much from guys like them but all have only one star in this forum. I suspect they & others like them would visit more often if it wasn't for this stupid obsession with number of postings & star ratings. This is one of the reasons for my objection to the whole idea. It's bad enough already, extending it can only make things worse. IMHO

I think that Doug_A (alias Hagar....alias Grumpy1-lol) has made an extremely good point.  Sure, all these stars and whatnot are fun and intertaining...but what to they really mean, nothing.  I think that sometimes people tend to listen more to people with 5 stars than those with 1 or 2.  Doug made a great point here, but what one thing he didn't say bluntly, I'll say bluntly.  Look at all us residents, we have 5 stars...yay-but do any of us make a more valuable contribution than someone with 2 stars (ya know, people like this "Doug_A" character with only 60 posts!  ).  OK, I do understand that these stars are fun to have and I suppose that we have "earned" them, but I don't think it is neccessary to make more "distance" between people with a lot of posts and people with few.

Just taking a moment to reflect........Let's seeeee......Resident.....Resident......Resident.......GoldMember+........Residen
t........Resident.........Resident.......Goldmember+.......Resident.......Reside
nt disguised as Gold member.....Resident.............I feel like a Private that just made a wrong turn into the General's War Room. For a bunch of people that proclaim that "rank is not a sign of tenure or intelligence" you sure seem to have ganged up on the "new guy"! Your point and delivery are well appreciated Doug, but that wasn't the only point I made.
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....were ALSO some of the points I made, that seem to have been skipped over. I think I'll stick to the Technical topics in the future.     Pat

I agree, and the point you were making was perfectly illustrated(I didn't even regard the number of Stars(AT FIRST GLANCE)). Which, now as I type this really brings out another point. Most of the time I just read the text, and then if I find the response funny, or interesting, or questionable, I may sctutinize the author more closely. With the exception being Fozzer, I can always spot his handywork! Ultimately going back to where I started, I never had any complaints about the existing system, and your probably right, efforts concentrated on more important items would be better spent. It took me two weeks to figure out how to change my Avitar, I can't even imagine what an undertaking it must be to maintain and modify this entire site!       Pat

Just as a side note, my recent change of Avatar does not coincide with this thread.    
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This whole thread is not about shooting down someones idea.  It is a free and frank exchange of views.  Some people think it is a great idea, others don't.  All who have an opinion have posted it and we are all still friends.  Why resurrect the thread and imply that residents are ganging up on newer members?

Will

Considering that, except for the last three postings, no one had touched this thread for almost a month; I wouldn't consider it an issue.  It was a subject that came up, was debated, and eventually petered out.  Why make a big deal of it now?