RE: Muffins - or Do we want a rating system???

[SuZone]

 NightOwl
I really don t like the rating system, either, but could we have one popup instead of a muffin? []

[goose]

 tim5055

 

ORIGINAL:  tim5055
 
 

ORIGINAL:  bikolee
 
 Starting to look like all other elections
 

 No if it was like other elections we would have 400 votes[]
 

 [font=" Times New Roman" ]And if it looked like a Florida election, 38 of the 400 votes would be missing, and we d be going to court to see if the 19 with frayed edges still counted!! []  [/font]

[Wayfarer]

 NightOwl
I voted the " don t care" ticket because I really don t care.  I do think, however, that the " Charter Member"  should stay, but that is just IMHO and nothing else, and I do look to see where the " poster"  is from.  But then we sometimes carry it a little too far and post all the many, ad nausem, details about ourselves such as how many kids, grandkids we have and when they were born and what sex, if any, how many cats, dogs, hampsters, cars, trucks, boats,  we have, etc., etc.  Hey, even that may be intimidating to those who are not so well equipped.  What it boils down to is that no matter what we say, what is posted in that left hand column, what is in our signature or profile, what we call ourselves...somebody will take offense at it and someone may even take their ball and go home.  Can t please everyone.  My suggestion - don t sweat the petty stuff (and this seems to be on the petty side) and, of course, don t pet the sweaty stuff.
 
 Well, I m not going to sweat it one way or another as long as I can find on the forum what I signed on for: good fellowship, information, a little humor, and a lot of help.
 
 And to all a good night!

[whippetwrun]

 NightOwl
Voted " don t care" .  But now I got a headache from staring at those muffin thingies - I kept seeing puffy stars instead.  So, if we have to have them could they be switched to popups so I stop seeing stars and everyone else stops being hungry?
 
 BTW, what are they for?  I haven t posted much yet but have 2 like everyone else?

[griffsmom]

 moderator1
I like being identified as a charter member--I m proud that I (and all of you charter members as well) were willing and/or able to support Dave and PUT when he needed us.  The muffins only make me hungry so I say no to them.[]

[Watchman]

 moderator1
I ll be here regardless.....  However, I voted " No"  on the Muffins.  I saw new people come on the old PUT forum and reply to every topic, (including pop-ups for sale) just to get their numbers up and get a camper under their name.  Atleast that s what it looked like to me.  I think " Charter member"  and/or the date of membership is enough to show who has been around and (likely) more knowledgable. The muffins do more to cause over activity.  Besides, the muffins are a little strange looking....  atleast the campers looked cool!!!!

[Watchman]

 moderator1
One more quick thought.....  I think getting rid of the muffins will go a long way to slow down the use of the terms
 

newbies or lurkers

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 We will still know who the " newbies"  are.  But it will be harder to tag " Lurkers"  because they don t have 20 muffins after their name.
 Somehow I don t think that those terms encourage conversation from the new people or the silent.  Just a thought. []

[moderator1]

 NightOwl
Well, after a week and about a 50% voter turnout I guess it s time to lock this one up.  It appears that the vast majority like things the way we have them set up now, no rating system.
 
 
 We will look at trying to replace the muffin (OK, actually it s a flattened star) with a pop up.