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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I understand why the new ranking system works the way it does--since you get a random calculation each time you post, no post count needs to be stored. From a technical standpoint, this method requires far fewer resources then the post count method. Just from a general ranking standpoint, though, I don't really see the point to it. Since it is completely random, it doesn't really provide any indicator of a person's activities on the board. I myself am a maniac, as are many other inmates, but I have seen cases where inmates who had far fewer posts have become lunatics. Technically, some slob could walk in here, post ten times, and become CI. I know the odds against that are very high, but it is possible. My point is that it is just not a reliable indicator of a person's activity, due to its completely random nature. My question is this: if we're going to do away with the post counts, why bother with a ranking system at all, especially a random one? Why not just stick with the "insane since" line and do away with the ranks altogether? To be honest, I'd rather it be all one way (full post counts) or all the other way (no post counts/ranks). I give the ranking system points for novelty and creativity, but I just don't really see the point to it. If we're going to do away with the measures of inmate activity, I say we go all the way. ___________________________ Suho: [url=http://www.liminality.org]www.liminality.org[/url] \| [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/FaqWiki/shownode.php?id=270]Cell 270[/url] \| [url=http://faq.ozoneasylum.com/1213]Sig Rotator[/url] \| Keeper of the Juicy Bits Loading...
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