Seniority question....

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2002-11-29 05:44pm

Ok, I read over the announcement boards, and didn't find anything that incorporated date of activation into User Rank.

So, here's the question. Would a poster who joined say, six months ago and only posted 50 times hold seniority over a poster who joined three months ago and has posted 80 times? What factors would you take into consideration when determining the proper seniority ranking?

Just curious.

data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-11-29 05:45pm

Seniority is irrelevant. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-11-29 05:57pm

So, here's the question. Would a poster who joined say, six months ago and only posted 50 times hold seniority over a poster who joined three months ago and has posted 80 times? What factors would you take into consideration when determining the proper seniority ranking?

Seniorty is defined roughly

"Whatever the hell I feel like, at whatever the hell time I feel it"
To quote Mike

Seniority however is normal consireded by the number of THOUGHTFUL intresting posts you have made VS Bullshitting and or Spam

So while some people might have over 6800, insightful thoughtful posts much like this one

Others while having over thousand posts may be mostly comprised of Spam and thus not worthy of respect

Also to go off on a tanget here fokes I wish everyone to look at said image here.. Shivona's acutal

And tell me you DID NOT LAUGH

Well anyone?

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2002-11-29 06:00pm

OMG!!! That is hilarious!

I damn near fell out of my chair laughing. A couple of my co-workers are looking at me kind of funny now....

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2002-11-29 06:13pm

I get the pic now! *slaps himself on the forehead* That is funny!

Post by **fgalkin** » 2002-11-29 06:31pm

Well, I have seniority in the way that I can call everyone who posted in this thread a n00b and poke them.

*POKE*, you n00bs!

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-11-29 06:55pm

By my own twisted join date/post count seniority system only Wong outranks me.. Of those in the top ten for posts, no one with more then me save Wong joined before me.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2002-11-29 07:09pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:By my own twisted join date/post count seniority system only Wong outranks me.. Of those in the top ten for posts, no one with more then me save Wong joined before me.

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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2002-11-29 10:30pm

I'm sure being a respected member is part of seniority. There are many posters here that have been here for a shorter time than me, and in some instances, have fewer posts, but are far more respected than I could ever be.

Grand Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Grand Admiral Thrawn** » 2002-11-29 10:33pm

Registry date overrides post count. Some people have 5000 posts and yet contribute nothing.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2002-12-02 09:03am

I never thought post count meant anything other than physical involvement on a massive scale. I've been around a decent while on this board, but I only post when I actually have something I want to say, add, or comment on. Which isn't as frequent as for other members who seemingly live and breathe poised over the 'reply' button.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-12-02 09:16am

I know who Lag has in mind.....

Anyways, I think more along the feudal system

Admin over Supermod over Mod over People with really high pcs over people with somehwat hiogh pcs over people that have no pcs over n00bs.

Post by **Vympel** » 2002-12-02 09:23am

I have a question. Of what use is the concept of seniority on this message board at all? The only arbiter is whether someone's making a coherent/rational/logical/non-fucktard post when they make it.

David · Post by **David** » 2002-12-02 09:38am

I think it is quality not quanity. Take publius for example. He almost never posts, but I have more respect for him then I do for 95% of the other members.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-12-02 09:40am

Seniority doesn't confer anything except for titles, which are similarly meaningless, but can be either amusing, fun, or insulting. Patrick Degan, for example, does not ever post spam IIRC, and has a much lower post-count than many people, but usually puts genuine thought into his posts and thus probably merits somewhat more respect than, say, Mike_6002 regardless of post-count.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-12-02 09:40am

Another feudal system

admin
supermod
mod
respected and admired people (especially those that have very few post counts but always make excellent points)
others
those that do literally nothing
n00bs
(the last two are interchangeable)

Larz · Post by **Larz** » 2002-12-02 11:39am

Those that earn respect by the other members has seniority (hence the mods since most everyone knows and [I'm assuming] has some respect for them and those that people hold in high regard)

Post count is very trivial since there are uberposters who contribute little more than pocket lint intellect, but may seem to have seniority because they bloat up their post counts and seem to be everywhere. Just like their are the far and few posters that post truly awesome nuggets of wisdom but have low post counts because divine wisedom rarely strikes.

But basically put, senority is deteremined by the respectability and the general belief of the general populace. Just throwing my two cents into this topic.

Post by **Kuja** » 2002-12-02 11:50am

Seniority is a pretty vague term around here. Postcount, how long you've been here, what you say, modship, and other factors all contribute.