Re^2: How about coloured names based on xp's?

[blue_cowdawg]

I’ve seen what happens on forums which provide such indicators

Never mind other forums, we occasionally have that issue right here. It is bad enough that there are folks out there who will upvote or down vote nodes based on personality. Don't create a new target!

Also, in a slightly different view: There are newbies out there (and not so newbies) that think "oh.. they are a Priest! They've got to know what they are talking about" or worse yet the opposite of that thought process and fail to think for themselves.

And I have one more objection to colorizing ranks: Depending on what CSS settings someone has there could be issues where whatever color was chosen could "clash" with the CSS color settings creating an eyesore or rendering the information unreadable.

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[Juerd]

Never mind other forums, we occasionally have that issue right here. It is bad enough that there are folks out there who will upvote or down vote nodes based on personality. Don't create a new target!

If levels were visible, I'd cast more votes on people who need them. I'm not sure if that's really such a bad idea.

[Aristotle]

That’s exactly why showing the level is a bad idea. Cast votes on nodes, not people.

[blue_cowdawg]

If levels were visible, I'd cast more votes on people who need them.

I try and cast upvotes for deserving nodes (or down votes for that matter) not based on the author due to their level, personality or anything else "personal."

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[Juerd]

I try and cast upvotes for deserving nodes (or down votes for that matter) not based on the author due to their level, personality or anything else "personal."

I'm usually too lazy to cast votes. When I do cast them now, it's because I have a very strong opinion about a node. With levels visible, I think I would vote beginning monks' posts even when my opinion is weak, to help them learn how their nodes are received.