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Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:42 pm
by HeroLinik
Why do we still have the egg ranks? From what I heard, we were going to keep them for the entirety of April, but the Easter egg hunt has been long shelved, it's been nearly three months since Easter and summer's pretty much just started. With these points in mind, I see no point in keeping the ranks to be honest, and I have a feeling the staff have forgotten to remove them.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:48 pm
by Mable
I mean if you don't want to keep it just ask someone from the staff to remove it from you and give you back the other rank pictures.
Honestly why complain about it tho? Ranks don't mean anything they just a simple picture with a text above them.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:24 pm
by underFlo
the april fools joke was that the ranks are permanent have fun
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 5:26 pm
by marioluvvva
Hiiiii alll! Im new here and i luv to play super mario since i was a kid ( im a late 80s KID) LOL
Sorry i think i posted my intro in the wrong thread. Is this what you guyz are talkin about
https://dmowiki.com/Beast_DigiEgg or no?
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:43 pm
by kr4k1n
marioluvvva wrote:Hiiiii alll! Im new here and i luv to play super mario since i was a kid ( im a late 80s KID) LOL
hi
no we're talking about

ranks
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:26 am
by ElectriKong
They are ranting on about how they still have them and that they want to get rid of them.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:15 am
by HeroLinik
Electriking wrote:They are ranting on about how they still have them and that they want to get rid of them.
Do you even know what ranting is? I'm just making an observation about something unusual.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:59 am
by Mable
But really what does it matter? Rank is rank it doesn't mean anything special anyway.. it's just a pixel image
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 10:52 am
by Snessy the duck
Spinda wrote:the april fools joke was that the ranks are permanent have fun
Oh shit.
Also, I know I say this a lot, but why do we even have ranks in the first place? As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing, and the only reason I can think of that they're here is to show the amount of posts people have made, which you can already see right below it.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:02 am
by ElectriKong
Snessy the duck wrote:Spinda wrote:the april fools joke was that the ranks are permanent have fun
Oh shit.
Also, I know I say this a lot, but why do we even have ranks in the first place? As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing, and the only reason I can think of that they're here is to show the amount of posts people have made, which you can already see right below it.
Probably to show where the milestones are
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:03 am
by Quantix
Snessy the duck wrote:Also, I know I say this a lot, but why do we even have ranks in the first place?
why not
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:04 am
by Snessy the duck
Electriking wrote:Snessy the duck wrote:Spinda wrote:the april fools joke was that the ranks are permanent have fun
Oh shit.
Also, I know I say this a lot, but why do we even have ranks in the first place? As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing, and the only reason I can think of that they're here is to show the amount of posts people have made, which you can already see right below it.
Probably to show where the milestones are
That would be a good reason, but I don't really think we really need to show milestones like that.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:05 am
by ElectriKong
Snessy the duck wrote:Electriking wrote:Snessy the duck wrote:
Oh shit.
Also, I know I say this a lot, but why do we even have ranks in the first place? As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing, and the only reason I can think of that they're here is to show the amount of posts people have made, which you can already see right below it.
Probably to show where the milestones are
Why exactly do we need milestones tho?
Quantix wrote:
why not
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:06 am
by Snessy the duck
Man, I hate it when I edit a post to say something different but someone has already replied to the old one while I was editing.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:24 am
by Cedur
Snessy the duck wrote:As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing
that's just a nihilistic view from both of you, our ranks are nice, and while I'm not fussed about the yoshi egg rank, I'd still prefer to go back on the normal rank track after a while.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:26 am
by Snessy the duck
Cedur wrote:our ranks are nice
Wouldn't you mind giving an explanation for why you think that?
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:31 am
by Emral
Cedur wrote:Snessy the duck wrote:As Mable said, they mean absolutely nothing
that's just a nihilistic view from both of you, our ranks are nice, and while I'm not fussed about the yoshi egg rank, I'd still prefer to go back on the normal rank track after a while.
'kay let's be a bit less "nihilistic" and list some of those things the ranks system does, alright?
-encourages spamposting to increase postcount and rank (people still make "yay xth post i am now a thing" posts or "what does the cheep cheep mean" topics)
-confuses new members
-creates dissatisfaction with users like in the post i quoted
-bloats right side of the posts
Snessy and Mable have a point too. The way ranks are used on this forum has nothing to do with displaying actual ranks of users within a system to display their status (moderator, admin, founder, contest winner, idk) but creates the illusion of such a ranking system linked to post count. "Oh man that guy has 1474 posts, he's gotta be smart and important and a great and loved member of the community." I can honestly not see any benefits to the system.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:51 am
by Snessy the duck
Enjl's totally right. The ranking system does more harm than good imo.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:37 pm
by Mable
Boy i didn't know having a different opinion about ranks is so bad.
Re: Site Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:40 pm
by glitch4
Can I ask to remove a rank from my account?