If we can't think of a good way of synthesizing a users unique personality on the site, the most likely explanation is that they don't yet deserve a title, not that we should think harder.
are you sure you aren't overstating the cleverness of our base
In post 674, Thestatusquo wrote:I 100% disagree with that philosophy. A title, imo, is a recognition of a users unique personality on the site. If we can't think of a good way of synthesizing a users unique personality on the site, the most likely explanation is that they don't yet deserve a title, not that we should think harder.
Settling on something that isn't that good is even worse, since people tend not to suggest titles for those that already have them. It means when the user does do something that is title worthy they won't get a title based off of it, and that's super lame.
Titles aren't just candy that everyone gets. They're a recognition of something specific. Trying to recognize something specific when nothing specific has happened yet is the actual silly part.
I don't know, I think that's as much a reflection of how hard it is to get titles out than anything else. If titles were given more freely, no one would be concerned about finding a new one for a user and going through the annoyance that involves.
Anyway, I'm not arguing for just giving them out willy nilly. Quality control is an okay thing -- as many bad titles as there are there are far worse ones that are suggested. I'm just saying that we as a group should stop trying to act like titles are some sacrosanct thing that must reach super duper levels of awesome.
Mediocrity overall is okay because in general the people who get their titles (and those involved with whatever it's based on) think they're more than that.
In post 677, zoraster wrote:Mediocrity overall is okay because in general the people who get their titles (and those involved with whatever it's based on) think they're more than that.
I disagree. I, for one, am nothing more than a Mafia Scum.
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His name was Mafia Scum.
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His name was Mafia Scum.
His name was Mafia Scum.
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In post 674, Thestatusquo wrote:I 100% disagree with that philosophy. A title, imo, is a recognition of a users unique personality on the site. If we can't think of a good way of synthesizing a users unique personality on the site, the most likely explanation is that they don't yet deserve a title, not that we should think harder.
Settling on something that isn't that good is even worse, since people tend not to suggest titles for those that already have them. It means when the user does do something that is title worthy they won't get a title based off of it, and that's super lame.
Titles aren't just candy that everyone gets. They're a recognition of something specific. Trying to recognize something specific when nothing specific has happened yet is the actual silly part.
In post 674, Thestatusquo wrote:I 100% disagree with that philosophy. A title, imo, is a recognition of a users unique personality on the site. If we can't think of a good way of synthesizing a users unique personality on the site, the most likely explanation is that they don't yet deserve a title, not that we should think harder.
Settling on something that isn't that good is even worse, since people tend not to suggest titles for those that already have them. It means when the user does do something that is title worthy they won't get a title based off of it, and that's super lame.
Titles aren't just candy that everyone gets. They're a recognition of something specific. Trying to recognize something specific when nothing specific has happened yet is the actual silly part.
I don't know, I think that's as much a reflection of how hard it is to get titles out than anything else. If titles were given more freely, no one would be concerned about finding a new one for a user and going through the annoyance that involves.
Anyway, I'm not arguing for just giving them out willy nilly. Quality control is an okay thing -- as many bad titles as there are there are far worse ones that are suggested. I'm just saying that we as a group should stop trying to act like titles are some sacrosanct thing that must reach super duper levels of awesome.
Mediocrity overall is okay because in general the people who get their titles (and those involved with whatever it's based on) think they're more than that.
That said, Khan Man is terrible.
Translation: If they weren't as special, no one would care. This is not the winning argument for giving them out more freely that you seem to think it is.
In post 683, quadz08 wrote:treating titles like they are Extremely Special is super-silly IMO
except titles were introduced and have been used to recognize things that make a user special, not just "oh youve reached X join date, heres your title"
In post 685, xRECKONERx wrote:except titles were introduced and have been used to recognize things that make a user special, not just "oh youve reached X join date, heres your title"
we have titles for those: "Goon" and "Mafia Scum"
Okay, so I nominate that we have a 3rd title for people who have been on the site 5 years plus.
I recommend "Oldy McOldpants."
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"Goon" and "Mafia Scum" aren't time-dependent titles, they're post-related ones.
So maybe, after a Mafia Scum has made enough posts, they get a new title: "Shut the Fuck Up"
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In post 685, xRECKONERx wrote:except titles were introduced and have been used to recognize things that make a user special, not just "oh youve reached X join date, heres your title"
we have titles for those: "Goon" and "Mafia Scum"
Okay, so I nominate that we have a 3rd title for people who have been on the site 5 years plus.
I recommend "Oldy McOldpants."
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I actually kind of like this? Maybe not oldy mcoldpants. But I don't mind the idea of a title for someone who doesn't have a title who has been on the site for a long time.
If we were gonna do that as a serious thing it would probably need to keep to the mafia theme and have a connotation of having been around for a while/higher up in the mafia hierarchy. Couldn't be godfather though because IIRC that's mith's title. Mafia Veteran, maybe? I confess to not having watched any of those movies about the mafia so I don't know what would fit.
And this is even assuming it would actually become a thing and I kind of feel like it would be too much work for the TF to add the title to all the users it would apply to (unless there's some easy coding way to do it).
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