• PETITION: Remove Join month from avatar
    83 replies, posted
I could go on and on about why I think this would be good for the community, but basically everyone already knows. We have a significant portion of the members of this forum deciding that someone is intelligent or brain-dead based more on the little number under their avatar than the content of their posts. If we were to remove the date from the avatar, or, heck, the user CP entirely (along with the posts/day number, because I'm sure someone would write a greasemonkey script that synthesizes join date from posts & posts/day), we just might be able to make Facepunch a better, less rude community. By the way, if you say "no", PLEASE do say why. One-liner responses, while funny to you, do nothing to convince the person you're responding to. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Petition" - Dragon))[/highlight]
We already tried it. Who gives a shit anyway?
If it ain't broke don't fix it.
Good idea, but it'd never go through. Too many join date elitists will complain.
It's been done before, and it's been reverted.
I would never forgive garry.
I understand what you mean but people will complain and bitch.
generally new members dont know the ways of the forum, and can be dumbasses or make shit posts, thinking they wont get banned. this way mods know to maybe warn them with a short ban rather than say a week or a month ban.
I'm proud of joining at the very beginning of 2009. :colbert:
Eh, I think it's fine how it is. Usually elitists are either kidding, get banned, or receive more boxes than the new guy. I don't let it bother me if I get dumb'd or insulted over my join date; there's always someone at FP who hates you for something. Most people I've talked to on FP have actually been very polite to me despite my join date and post count though.
[QUOTE=Fps_Deffy;19455706]generally new members dont know the ways of the forum, and can be dumbasses or make shit posts, thinking they wont get banned. this way mods know to maybe warn them with a short ban rather than say a week or a month ban.[/QUOTE] Then leave the join-date on for mods. I'm sure mods get access to other information we could only dream about, what the mods need is not necessarily what the "plebs" need.
[QUOTE=Yahnich;19455742]But moderators always give 1-7 day bans no matter how long the person has been here?[/QUOTE] Yes. The mods treat all members equally from what I've seen.
Their would be even more bitching if they were removed. This idea is dumb.
I think it'd be a good idea.
Only if smartness comes back.
[QUOTE=BlueSaint;19455793]Only if smartness comes back.[/QUOTE] Agreed entirely.
[QUOTE=Benie;19455768]Their would be even more bitching if they were removed. This idea is dumb.[/QUOTE] I agree. It would be in the best interest of all the members. A lot of older members are saying the old FP was better but still seem to be content. New users are much the same. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
it's a good way to see whether or not a user is just spamming but other than that i don't give a shit whether or not it's there stupid join date elitism however is a problem
Nein
I like my joindate :frown:
I'm surprised, not one 20'10'er posted here. Interesting..
[QUOTE=BlueSaint;19455793]Only if smartness comes back.[/QUOTE] smartness was stupid. derp i have more internet points than you!!!
Join date elitism is killing facepunch, I'm an 05er and I do not give a fuck.
[QUOTE=pleb;19455985]smartness was stupid. derp i have more internet points than you!!![/QUOTE] If you were too dumb you got banned. And ban words were nice too. [code]LUL I R SMRT I 12 YR OLD! I POST GUD AN STUF LUL WTF HAX LUL MEME STUFF HRE![/code] [code] user was banned for this post, reason: smartness was at 0 from joining but is now at a number lower than 0[/code] something like that.
[QUOTE=Pascall;19455685]Good idea, but it'd never go through. Too many join date elitists will complain.[/QUOTE] You're damn right I will.
This is from an 07er. If it were an 09er, an 08er, an 06er, or an 05er, I might like the idea.
It's ironic were all sayin join date ain't shit although garry changed the forums to give out gold member based on join date and post count. So you can say it doesn't matter, or that people shouldn't judge by it, but at the end of the day...
OP thinks petitions do things.
If someone claims to be intelligent, then they shouldn't care if they get gold member or not. You get a gold name and access to a forum that's not even that great.
Just do what cool people do, if you dont like something on the forums use greasemonkey and remove it. Ive removed ratings and that retarded yellow color showing my post, why not just do the same with the Year/Month under the name?
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