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Emile15
October 14, 2016
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Badges and "scores"

Would anyone agree that the system of badges and all the rest of it that has been introduced with the revamped forum is actually a huge mistake? Now that I have started reading the forum a little again (largely because I am experiencing some difficulties that I would like to sort out) I have noticed that the new system seems to actually invite responses so users can "up" their totals and "score" new badges and such. As a consequence the actual responses themselves sometimes leave something to be desired.

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to cause offence to any individuals and I am also well aware that forums like this one have a social dimension in addition to a primary function of being a "help center". My point and/or question is more that the introduction/elaboration of a scoring system can undercut this primary function.

Perhaps we would be better off if we dumped the badges and just stuck to "likes"? What do you think?
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    John B
    October 15, 2016
    Oh no...no more rockstars..........i'll miss that grouping of the titans :8..it'll be that much harder to spot you all now ;)
    I wear my enthusiast badge with pride :$
    I would certainly be happier to be labelled an enthusiast (which I am) than a rock star, which I definitely am not. 🙂
    ratty
    ratty
    October 15, 2016
    a rock star, which I definitely am not. :)
    Left to its own devices it would label me likewise. IIRC when I first turned the baubles off a year or so ago it thought I was a novice.
    Stuart_W
    Stuart_W
    World-Class Superstar
    October 15, 2016
    I don't take a blind bit of notice of my badges or the daft name they give to the posters as the post count. Neither is there a prize for posting more times.
    Arc + Sub (Gen 1) + 2 x Play 1/ Stereo Play 3s/ Era 100 Stereo in Kitchen, One Stereo in Bedroom, Play 1 stereo pair in Study, Play 1in Bathroom, Sonos Move 2
    Kumar
    October 16, 2016
    The badges and the names are the prizes for posting. I think all it takes to get them is post counts, nothing more intelligent than that. I turned mine off on day 1.
    chicks
    chicks
    October 19, 2016
    Right now the spammers have "Almost Famous" badges. It would be funny if it weren't so sad. Unbelievable that InSided is able to sell their pathetic forum software to anyone. I visit a lot of forums, have never encountered spam that wasn't immediately stopped. XenForo would never allow this.
    Kumar
    October 19, 2016
    Lol. Rock stars next, given the influence they have had here? It is a pathetic state of affairs that a billion dollar company has allowed to survive for a week now with no remedy.
    ratty
    ratty
    October 19, 2016
    Right now the spammers have "Almost Famous" badges. It would be funny if it weren't so sad. Unbelievable that InSided is able to sell their pathetic forum software to anyone.
    The silly thing is that a relatively straightforward regex would identify virtually all such posts. A few minutes of play and I'd roughed one out with a 100% hit rate on phone numbers. The spammers can't obfuscate them beyond a certain point without it being self-defeating.
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