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Custom Tags
- Thread starter DrEvil
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This. It's probably best to ditch them for this site, IMO. I don't think they added any real benefit.
I don't think this sort of thing will happen here. Mods have been pretty transparent and fair so far.
Yep, agreed on all counts. Tags runs counter to the philosophy this site is trying to employ.
I want tags to come back, but no negative tags.
I don't think this can be stressed enough. Negative tags were a badge of shame that perpetually embarrassed users and derailed conversations because people could attribute any post or behavior to that same mocking byline. I want this place to be better than that. So no tags making fun of users. It's not nice, it's not fair, and it's not in the spirit of the board.
I like funny, charming, and positive tags that users might get for making outstanding posts or contributions to the board. But nothing else.
I say this as somebody who had a positive tag on the old forum and asked for it to be removed.
I don't think this can be stressed enough. Negative tags were a badge of shame that perpetually embarrassed users and derailed conversations because people could attribute any post or behavior to that same mocking byline. I want this place to be better than that. So no tags making fun of users. It's not nice, it's not fair, and it's not in the spirit of the board.
I like funny, charming, and positive tags that users might get for making outstanding posts or contributions to the board. But nothing else.
I say this as somebody who had a positive tag on the old forum and asked for it to be removed.
If it's what I think it means, I need to scrub the crap out of my brain.
Judging by the name, high position at EA?
Just to make sure: Playing with the "EA boss villain in Mass Effect" meme
I was always envious of the tags people received that were multi colored text or otherwise unique instead of just some branded text. New board, new tags, it's part of the culture of the board. They should be rare, but not too rare.
Ever watch Citizen Kane? that's the first thing that came to my mind...
Ever watch Citizen Kane? that's the first thing that came to my mind...
Personally I don't see the positive benefit to custom tags. I think it creates an environment where people act in unusual ways to try to obtain one. I think ResetEra should stick with the mentality that resulted in all members (even juniors) being only titled members. No separate class of members being created.
I'm really surprised. Spent like 7 years on GAF, had like 4 bans, controversial poster who liked to eat his foot sometimes, Bernie supporter, and painful-to-watch No Man's Sky fan.
Never got a tag lol
Never got a tag lol
Tags didn't happen in the previous forum unless you were lucky or posted every day for years.
Not really in a rush to establish them here.
Not really in a rush to establish them here.
I agree. Plus if a poster is really that shitty, they probably should just be banned instead tbh
custom tags should reserved for banned users
like if they got banned in a massive troll thread, their tag could be like "extra spicy" or something lol
like if they got banned in a massive troll thread, their tag could be like "extra spicy" or something lol
I don't want custom tags to be a thing here. They were occasionally funny in the old place, but they often detracted from the discussion. There's no need for them to exist.
Because that can be really annoying. Signatures add too much noise to the posts.
If custom tags end up being a thing (I hope not), then I want them to be rarer than shiny Pokemon. It took me more than 100 hours to get a shiny Ho-Oh in Omega Ruby; a tag should take years, if not decades.
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I like the signatures that are quotes about the poster by their lame ass friends or quotes by the poster that are so god awful. It's great.
Honestly, I would have them gone.
If they have to exist, let it be just the negative ones, a tag would be a mark of shame.
If they have to exist, let it be just the negative ones, a tag would be a mark of shame.
I think if anything it should be the opposite. I'm the type that likes to judge a post on it's merits alone. A tag that influences the opinions of the reader before they even read a post sounds like a recipe for biased discussion.
Although, I'm not bothered by it either way.
Tags are either way but it's quite obvious there's a large contingent of people who desperately want to be go, "HEY LOOK AT ME I GOT A TAG!" Like, I wouldn't be surprised if the average person who got a tag text messaged their BFF and went, "I got a tag and this is why, omg so funny!"
Agreed. The tag Microsoft has here is funny as hell and I'd love to see more of that, but the old place was largely made up of tags that were pretty mean spirited. I think no tags is a bit No Fun Allowed, but tags need to be something that elevates the mood of the forum instead of promoting toxicity.