Wouldn’t it be nice

Pffft....

All newcomers to the forum should be directed here.

http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7 30&PN=17

On some other forums, I have seen a system where forum members get given thanks by other members for useful bits of help and info.  This would get away from people boosting their own profile and would quickly show those that dish out the 'help', but its useless and they therefore recieve no thanks.  Obviously you could fall foul of some members being boosted in ratings by their mates, but ratings and the source of thanks could be recorded for all to see in the users profile.

I suppose its a bit of a cross between ratings for members and an ebay style third party rating.

Any thoughts?  Apologies if this has already been suggested, but it has just occured to me and I can't be bothered reading back through this thread!

you may have an idea there. i started reading this forum about 6months before i joined and remember a thred actually being about how fast people could up their post count.

i guess in the end unless you know the people on here personally you have t take everything with a pinch of salt. one thing though, please dont label all young peple as speed junkies who love gadgets. it may be true sometimes but its like saying people in their late 30's upwards sail GP14's - just not true.

i for one have no respect for bullsh1tters but will happily take advice from people like Guest#260, ianc, merlinboy etc. because they obviusly know what they are talking about. to quote batman 'its not who you are, but what you do that defines you'.

apologies for dragging the tread slightly off topic. the profile thing could work, but would be better if OTHERS added the info to make it fair. so if you go to an event and ***** does well, you can put it on his/her profile.

tom

.....You're right again Jim, I guess I was being a little naive expecting that level of honesty.     foolish me.

...on a slightly different tack, although related. Has anyone noticed how the feel (breadth of contributors?) of this forum has become much narrower over the last year or so.

This thread smacks of the current lack of individual resposibiltiy taken for actions from our current society. And the populations need for constant nannying.

The point of posting this thread was to get people to think before they post, i.e.to encourage people to be a little more honest about their real knowledge.......take responsibility.

Look at what has been posted and use your brain to agree or disagree. You can just as easily spout total crap as an expert as you can find an arguments 'silver bullet' as a novice.

Disagree...it can be difficult for a novice to sort the wheat from the chaff. The sailing fraternity seems to be one of the worst offenders when it comes to expert b***sh*t. 

Stop looking to others for confidence in your own decisions.

Nothing wrong with my confidence sunshine   I obviously sail what I like and not what fashion dictates.

This place already looks like a playground where kids flock around the popular individuals to castigate in confidence. Any potential change that increases that is very bad for real debate, in my view.

Exactly the problem with this forum, Point well put  If forumites put their money where their mouth was it would only decrease the potential. IMO

......I know it will not happen and I understand why..a fantasy.