Sniper Grades

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Originally posted by Strutty:
How do the sniper grades work?

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Posts made. 25 to "Sniper". But we all like to think of ourselves as "equals".

And, in case you're interested (although it's not a big deal):

125 - SuperSniper
500 - ProSniper
1000 - ExpertSniper
2500 - (we don't know yet)
5000 - (we don't know yet)

Shouldn't that make you an expert sniper then Rick ?

Well, live and learn...here I thought it had something to do with the length of your membership!

rsmiller40

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Originally posted by Graham:
Shouldn't that make you an expert sniper then Rick ?

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Everything above "Sniper" requires a manual change by Sara (support). I asked Sara not to change mine. Many of the "regulars" agree that anything that "distinguishes" a forum member, other then ID, should be removed (posts #, date, status). I think many would prefer not to have this information available. It appears unique to "infopop".

Rick, you lost me. Do you mean you would like them to take off you post counts, date of post , etc.? I am, as usual, a little confused.

rsmiller40

I, and many others, feel that the information doesn't make a positive contribution.

Let me ask you a question: Have you seen that information on other forums, and if yes, often?

No, I have not. It really doesn't matter to me how many posts you have made, I am sure. Maybe, I agree with everything removed, but your expert, pro, etc. sniper..I'll explain why. When I first came on, I kinda watched for someone that I thought had been here a while to ask them questions. Hoping, of course, to get well-founded advise.

rsmiller40

Something I've learned about this forum:
1) Most, of course not all, the advice you get is well thought out, and accurate.
2) If someone breaks rule #1, at least one other person will correct that.

I'm probably doing a bad job of explaining myself.

Most of the forums I visit use post numbers and ranks ( though I removed them from my own forum a few weeks ago for a different reason )

I think there is something comforting about getting answers from "senior" members but I would agree that there is no real logic in that at all

<---comforted

rsmiller40

When I did my first snip, it was on a very large and, to me, important item. Man, was I ever nervous! I asked advise from anyone that appeared to have been here before me...and I got good advise.

rsmiller40

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Originally posted by rsmiller40:
and I got good advise.

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You usually will. And I think anyone that has "gotten" to "Sniper" status has probably as good of idea of what is going on as does someone with a higher status (you as an example). Of course, there is some history that newer members might not be aware of, but that rarely influences the advice. There's probably 20 to 30 frequently asked questions. Once you know the answers it pretty much just repeating them. Also, most of the answers are already in faq, and "search" is a gold mine.

That's not to say that "senior" members don't provide a contribution. And the responses are not just "canned" messages.

I guess that the status information is a starting point, but that it shouldn't unduly influence anyone. We all make mistakes, and new ideas from new members can always expose us to information that the more "established" members hadn't thought of.

I think the more diversity, the better.

<---unduly influenced by Steve's advise! LoL!

rsmiller40

Actually, Rick,all kidding aside, I did exchange several times with Steve when I set up my first snip. However, had it just said sniper,I probably would not have given it a second thouight, but since it said pro or whatever it is, I thought he probably knew a lot.

rsmiller40

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Originally posted by rsmiller40:
I thought he probably knew a lot.

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And he does.

Yes, he certainly seems to as you do also...soooo will someone tell me how to get the message icons to work??

rsmiller40

First, let me say that Rick knows a heckuva lot too, and he's better at searching out prior posts in the Forum than I'll ever be. Guess Rick is sort of our Archivist, which is great because AS history is just a gold mine, as he says.

Second, I don't care whether I'm designated as Expert Sniper or whatever. If anyone needs information I'll try to provide it, or defer to others on the Forum if I consider their expertise superior to mine, which is often the case.

Message icons are displayed above the "Subject" and "Your Reply" fields in "Post a Reply." You only get to use one; just put a dot in the radio button to the left of the icon you want and it'll show up in the Subject line.

This is my..what an idiot I am icon!!! LOL! I never noticed the dots!

rsmiller40

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and he's better at searching out prior posts in the Forum than I'll ever be.

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I think he might have me beat out on that one too.