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Rankings higher than Senior Member?
- Thread starter El Rojo
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TheBluesMan
Moderator Emeritus
A famous crocodile hunter once said this... Can you guess who it was?
There are certain qualities that are more important than sheer quantity of posts. Members who are helpful, articulate and thoughtful are among the most valued on The Firing Line. There are a few "junior members" on TFL whose words I respect more than some with thousands of posts.
Anyone can post a lot, but only a few can post well.
Feel free to search the SQ&F forum with the keywords "member" and "status" for more conversation on this topic.
Hope this helps!
There are certain qualities that are more important than sheer quantity of posts. Members who are helpful, articulate and thoughtful are among the most valued on The Firing Line. There are a few "junior members" on TFL whose words I respect more than some with thousands of posts.
Anyone can post a lot, but only a few can post well.
Feel free to search the SQ&F forum with the keywords "member" and "status" for more conversation on this topic.
Hope this helps!
Caeca Invidia Es
Staff Alumnus
Geez, where do I fit in?
TheBluesMan
Moderator Emeritus
How about Shot Ded Crack Head... 
I've been to boards where each member has their own "title." While it is certainly fun at first, it tends to be distracting after a while. It also means a lot more work for the staff; and with a membership nearing 12,000 here on TFL... UGH! I don't even want to think about it.
I've been to boards where each member has their own "title." While it is certainly fun at first, it tends to be distracting after a while. It also means a lot more work for the staff; and with a membership nearing 12,000 here on TFL... UGH! I don't even want to think about it.
We have 12000?
Amazing, I didn't know we had nearly 12,000 members. How great is that? I think if it isn't broke, lets not try to fix it. I think all of this would probably just get distracting from the real purpose. I am sure you moderators and such already figured it out, but I had to poke around.
Amazing, I didn't know we had nearly 12,000 members. How great is that? I think if it isn't broke, lets not try to fix it. I think all of this would probably just get distracting from the real purpose. I am sure you moderators and such already figured it out, but I had to poke around.
Mike Irwin
Staff
I think senior member is just fine.
If anyone really wanted to give me an appropriate title, it would probably be Message Whore for the sheer number I've dumped on here in less than 2 years...
But hey, at least 3 of them have been directly related to firearms.
If anyone really wanted to give me an appropriate title, it would probably be Message Whore for the sheer number I've dumped on here in less than 2 years...
But hey, at least 3 of them have been directly related to firearms.