To George spellwin.

[mrplunkey]

Oh, I don't object to plats getting more privledges... I just don't think bombing other posts should be one of them.

Here (IMO) are some great examples of nice things you can do for plats:

1) Implement quality of service (QoS) on the boards and segregate it by membership type. Plats get a slightly higher priority when pulling up pages. I'm not saying park non-plats, but give plats a 0.5 to 1.5 second leg-up on pulling-up a page.

2) Larger mailboxes (which I think plat does) as well as sorting mail by plat/non-plat. Have plat PM's show-up higher in the queue.

3) Posting limits... maybe restrict non-plat posts to X posts/day or X posts/hour (hell, I dunno... just throwing-out an idea on this one).

4) Double karma... I hate the idea of purely "buying" karma, but maybe karma given to a plat gets counted 2x... and maybe a plat can give 2x karma as well.

Stuff like that seems fair... I just don't like bombs and other forms of restricting speech.

 

[BOOEY]

No problem bro, I see your point, but I think those type of things should be left to moderators. I mean, anyone can come on this board and pay the membership fee. Then, what? All of a sudden they have the right to bomb people? It's not really a big deal, but I don't want to see it get carried away with all the plats bombing the non-plats over petty shit.

 

[hard life]

Yeah it should be left to the mods, but some times they are to busy or not around to react. I can't solely black out a post, I need other plats as well. From what I have seen, most people can pinpoint a retarted post when they see one. However, I see your point though how it might get carried away. Maybe they should re-vote and increase the number of people neded to bomb a post...instead of 4 maybe 8-10. Anyways take er easy guys, and happy new year.

hard life

 

[George Spellwin]

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[George Spellwin]

Oh, I don't object to plats getting more privledges... I just don't think bombing other posts should be one of them.

Here (IMO) are some great examples of nice things you can do for plats:

1) Implement quality of service (QoS) on the boards and segregate it by membership type. Plats get a slightly higher priority when pulling up pages. I'm not saying park non-plats, but give plats a 0.5 to 1.5 second leg-up on pulling-up a page.

2) Larger mailboxes (which I think plat does) as well as sorting mail by plat/non-plat. Have plat PM's show-up higher in the queue.

3) Posting limits... maybe restrict non-plat posts to X posts/day or X posts/hour (hell, I dunno... just throwing-out an idea on this one).

4) Double karma... I hate the idea of purely "buying" karma, but maybe karma given to a plat gets counted 2x... and maybe a plat can give 2x karma as well.

Stuff like that seems fair... I just don't like bombs and other forms of restricting speech.

Excellent suggestions mrplunkey! And thanks for supporting the site.

FYI, you already have a few of these features, for example, as a Platinum Member, your PM mailbox is 5000 instead of 50 and enhanced code to make the boards faster.

And you get extra karma. You get 100 Karma hits for each month of a Platinum Membership that you invest in. Get a Month to Month membership and you get 100 Karma hits when you join and 100 more EVERY time your membership renews. Choose the three month membership which includes a fourth month free, and you'll get 400 karma hits when you join plus 400 more every time the membership renews. The six month membership includes three months free, 900 Karma hits plus a 200 karma hit bonus. The one year membership comes with 7 months free, 1900 karma hits plus a 500 karma hit bonus. And the Lifetime membership includes 10,000 karma hits.

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[swordfish151]

i have alot of respect for the plat members that contribute to this board...i mean shit, before i joined this site it was like being in the dark...now im on this site daily, if not posting, reading...i love this site..it does make sence that plats should have more benefits then non plats.....but at the same time...rights like bombing people should be left to moderators. just my $.02

 

[split endz]

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[JBthree]

AMEN to the brother who started this post I didnt see this post before I wrote my dissertation of a post a sec ago.... this board is worse than reading a muscle mag with all the fake endorsments and products and services being force down you all the time...and you guys that do love this board I am sorry and mean not to be mean or hateful just the way I feel, but how can you guys know about the quality that this board lacks if you just been posting here the whole time. Ganryu sorry bro but you are the main thing I am talking about in my post...read it when you get a chance...just posting BAND! right after a guy is trying to make a point and he wasn't even trying to be a smart ass or anything like that but you ass was... I stay in MN a lot in the summers and I was suprised to see someone from there act like a total asshole because I love it up there.

 

[bicepts101]

It is totally absured for someone to think that plats think they are smarter or have better ethics, the fact is that I pay and you don't. I am not smarter or have better judgement, I pay and I have a committment and an invested interest in seeing that the board continues to provide a quality environment.

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this is the best point u make....the bomb thing has nothing to do with ethics or better judgement....but how often do you see a plat member scamming or spaming....it happens but rarely

 

[bicepts101]

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3) Posting limits... maybe restrict non-plat posts to X posts/day or X posts/hour (hell, I dunno... just throwing-out an idea on this one).

you make good points and i see where u are coming from....but this would be a bad idea....there are a lot of high quality, knowledgable bros out there that are non-plat..so we need that knowledge at any time he wants to offer it...jenetic being one of them...which left apperently cause of baby games with FONZ NUMBER TWO