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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2011-11-30 11:35 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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I guess a follow-up question would be...to whom would this be helpful?|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
We plan on allowing Free/Premium a bit more access to the forums than they currently have, and it's extremely helpful (for many reasons) to be able to distinguish a VIP player from a Free/Premium player at a glance.
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Whenever i think of identifiers such as this, it makes me think of someone's forum reg date/post count or that ranking thing that you removed a while back.
I don't think it will cause an uproar or outright discrimination towards non-subscribers but it might color some people's perception of that poster/poster's message.
Yes i know, it's not much of a problem, but if you can help it, why tempt it?
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The first answer that comes to mind is: the moderation team. It's easier for a Free player to abuse the forums (and create a new Free account and do it all over again) than a Premium or VIP player (who could be account banned from the forums).|
Originally Posted by Pebblebrook
I guess a follow-up question would be...to whom would this be helpful?
Whenever i think of identifiers such as this, it makes me think of someone's forum reg date/post count or that ranking thing that you removed a while back. I don't think it will cause an uproar or outright discrimination towards non-subscribers but it might color some people's perception of that poster/poster's message. Yes i know, it's not much of a problem, but if you can help it, why tempt it? |
Looks like they'll be experimenting with how much access they want to give certain account types. I'm betting they'll be keeping a weather eye out for how much abuse happens from Free players, as well as possibly allowing Premium players much greater access than they have now.
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Don't know much about forum moderation, but can they not come up with something for account identifiers to only show up on a moderator's screen instead of the customer facing interface?
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Originally Posted by Obsidius
The first answer that comes to mind is: the moderation team.
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It will save tons of time for questions about "How come I can't access X?"
"Because that's a VIP-only." or... "Have you purchased the license?"
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So i guess it's too much to put a page that said "Posting in [forum x] is reserved for VIP's only".
EDIT: Hmm, that sounded snarky...no snark intended.
It's another tiny little perk and a way of getting VIP in the freemiums' faces. "Be a part of this club!"
Of course, I prefer "Super-Powered" to "VIP," so I haven't voluntarily changed over.
De minimis non curat Lex Luthor.
Ah, it's helpful for marketing. Got stuck thinking only on possible negativity like notions of elitism, but advertising is another matter.
Yeah, given that the VIP club is exclusive to those who can pay $15/month, I don't think there's much room to be elitist. 
De minimis non curat Lex Luthor.
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That would take devoting more resources to the forums. They have limited resources, and at the moment they still haven't been able to do the maintenance that they've been scheduling and rescheduling. |
Originally Posted by Pebblebrook
Don't know much about forum moderation, but can they not come up with something for account identifiers to only show up on a moderator's screen instead of the customer facing interface?
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I am a moderator on a couple other boards, and an admin on two others (though both of those are pretty durned small).
To cover a couple of your other concerns: Will people discriminate against people with lower post counts, closer join dates, different colored names? Yes, they will. Those people are rarely worth listening to, however. The discriminators, I mean. People do that now. People did that with the old Karma system. You're not going to change human behavior overnight.
Putting in that screen that tells people that only VIPs can post there? They have a lock on forums that you can not post in. Literally, an icon of a lock. Also there is a 'Posting Rules' box at the bottom of every page... I think.
These changes are to help bring the community together more. If the reverse happens, they will take action to minimize frustrations and damage.
We plan on allowing Free/Premium a bit more access to the forums than they currently have, and it's extremely helpful (for many reasons) to be able to distinguish a VIP player from a Free/Premium player at a glance.
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan