Membership Status

[kebo66]

Curiosity has finally got the better of me and I've decided to put pen to paper, or rather finger to keyboard, to find an explanation of members'  'Position' as shown in the members listing. I myself am listed as a Socmember.

As I see it 'Junior Members' is somewhat self-explanatory.
'Newbie' would seem to be obvious but there are 'Newbies' who have been registered longer than me.
So what then is the difference between a 'Socmember' and a 'Full Member' and at what point does one become a 'Full' member?
Then at what point does any of these achieve 'Senior' membership status?
'Hero' membership must be the ultimate accolade and is obviously reserved for, and well deserved by, the very select few.

Many thanks

Keith

[Hugh Norwood]

I must admit that I, too, have wondered....

[ECMT]

AFAIK it depends on how many forum posts you make. "Socmember" probably applies at 30 + posts.

[Gerhard Novak]

The Newbie changes to Junior at 50 posts - keep on posting  :)

[duttonbay]

This thread has members who are:
1. Socmembers/Newbie
2. Sr. Member
3. Newbie
4. Socmembers/Jr. Member
Are these all different levels? And what does "Socmembers" actually mean? Is a "Socmembers/Newbie" higher or lower in status than a "Newbie"?

[jimowers]

I was also very confused by these different status markers on the postings.

Surely it may be time to simplify the system as it is so difficult for all of us to understand that it is pretty meaningless.

[MickT]

I must admit I'd never heard of this as I don't think I've ever perused the member's list. However now that I have done I find that I am a "senior member" with my 472 (probably 473 now!) posts, but a fellow member with 560 is a "hero member", so I'm assuming that 500 is the threshold for elevation to "hero" !

The main thing that comes to my mind is............."so what" !

I agree with the comments raised here - it seems to be totally pointless and we don't really need league tables and medal ribbons (as awarded on another model rly forum I'm a member of) to encourage people to post do we?

Let's face it, some people have keyboard dysentry and just can't stop themselves - does a deluge of posts from somebody who doesn't really have much to contribute but answers every single thing with a one liner or just a single word in some cases make him/her a highly respected "hero" of our little community? On the other hand there are members who have hundreds of postings which really are of value for the information they have contributed, but do they really need a league table standing to be known as somebody with knowledge and an assett to the benefit of the other members?

Discuss!

Mick

[B.Meldon]

The post count is obviously not directly linked to the Position although as you say all the

[rod335]

I'm with Mick on this. On all fora there seem to be people who have to comment on every thread whether or not they have anything helpful or even intelligent to offer.  I can see no reason for grading contributors on the basis of the number of posts submitted. If there were to be a way of grading contributors on the MERIT of their posts (which would, of course, be far too subjective) that might well be a different matter. It has, I have to say, depressed me to see how trivial a lot of posts on some fora are, let alone the mundane standard of modelling sometimes displayed for apparent approval.

[Krizzy]

Mick and Rod,

Now you know why I am happy not to be on the other forum. If I say any more the moderator will ban me from this one. Generally this forum does not have those certain individuals who annoy with their inane posts. I feel the Society forum should be promoted much more than it is and to keep what I feel to be of a better standard.

Roger

[B.Meldon]

I think perhaps we should be very careful about judging the work or contributions of others.
Yes it is true that many post photos of models that are in my opinion not anywhere near as good as others and some offer opinions that I may not agree with.

But I think to start to

[rod335]

Brian, I was not suggesting in any way that models be rated for their quality, I was contrasting the concept with the present system of judging contributors on the number of posts they make.

[jimowers]

I agree that any form of judging would be very easily misinterpreted at best and hated at worst.

Another forum does have a "Like" facility which is quite a good way of acknowledging that a post is popular in a thread but of course it does depend on which forum engine is used as to whether that feature is available on this one.

[Jeff Schumaker]

Let's face it, some people have keyboard dysentry and just can't stop themselves -

Mick

Keyboard dysentry - I wish I would have thought of it. An appropriate phrase, to say the least.

I agree with Mick and feel the status is something to be ignored.

Jeff S.

[jimowers]

Keyboard dysentry - I wish I would have thought of it. An appropriate phrase, to say the least.

I agree with Mick and feel the status is something to be ignored.

Jeff S.

... Or better still perhaps, removed from use?