Has the 'Respected Member' tag had its day?

[Dan]

Surely every member is respected.

It sounds ever so cliquey.

I think in the current times when everybody should be totally equal, denoting who's 'respected' it a bit cheeky.

It used to be called "Elite Member" - Christ, imagine if we had that these days?!?!?!
On TilersForums.com it's now 'Trusted Advisor' but even then the advice changes and it's marking old now inaccurate posts as if the post should be trusted. And it can cause a bit of a shitstorm every now and again because some poor sod has tiled their bathroom the old way and their tiles are falling off.

I've put a poll up to get a feel for it. But it's not to say if either outcome is clear - that we will go for it.

It's up for discussion.

Please be professional with your replies. That said we wont be warning anybody for speaking out. This is my own thread and my chin can take it.

 

[James]

@Charlie_ has been quiet too, I hope he has not been banned.

I think he said he was going on holiday
Charlie that is.

 

[westward10]

I believe he is annoying people in Portugal.

 

[ruston]

I believe he is annoying people in Portugal.

He is quite endearing with it though lol.

 

[happysteve]

Where’s my mate GMES? Has the hairy guy got lost?

Funnily enough, this is his most recent post:

Aww, you guys! You're like ships that pass in the night...

 

[GMES]

Where’s my mate GMES? Has the hairy guy got lost?

I'm here Mike I've had a few things happening away from the forum but alls good mate.
Looks like I've missed a fair bit. Time to catch up by the look of it.

 

[westward10]

He is quite endearing with it though lol.

There was no malice intended

 

[ruston]

There was no malice intended

I know, I got the tongue in cheek.

 

[Silly Sausage]

I'm here Mike I've had a few things happening away from the forum but alls good mate.
Looks like I've missed a fair bit. Time to catch up by the look of it.

How can you qualify as an Administrator if you are barely around for most of the time to do any Administration?

You is taking the p!ss.

 

[Nigel]

See - I think those who are saying electrical trainee, and whatnot are the ones that need to move on. We did that in the naughties. It's 9 frigging years latter and we still haven't accepted that it's a hard trade to get into as an existing skilled worker. So there are going to be half a dozen ways into it.

If it's staying, it needs another name. And half the people who have it need it taking off them.

Those with the mentor tag that aren't being professional on here need to lose that too perhaps?

And then maybe we step back let the forum run and see what complains come in again over a few months and see how new users are reacting to it.

I do backup the forum members you know. When the newbie member is out of line there's no way I back them up, they're probably other forums winding this one up and know which strings to pull.

And similar to the plumbing forum, DIY trying to touch Gas and get advice on that, it just can't be done. That brings me legal issues. So I'd never backup a DIYer whos attempting to touch something they shouldn't.

But there's a way we go about it. I know it's tiring when you clock a DIYer time after time and tell them get a sparks in, and you get cocky.

But ideally - we want them to use a sparks from this forum. So when I've sorted the directory out again, we want to be professional, and link them to that so one of our guy gets the job.

There's just a way to go about it. And again I'll say it, this isn't reddit or facebook. You can't just say what you want. Not all the time anyway.

Food for thought.

Another is forum mentor. I really tried to make a go of the trainee section but very very few forum mentors lived up to their title to assist.

Disappointing.

 

[Nigel]

What happened to spinlondon? Has he been banned permanently? He was a very clever chap.

Personally I found him quite difficult. I honestly thought he would go against the clear intent of a Reg just to pick a fight.

 

[GMES]

How can you qualify as an Administrator if you are barely around for most of the time to do any Administration?

You is taking the p!ss.

Because as staff we work as a team, sometimes we need time away from you bunch of wingers I've tried twice to put a smiley face at the end of comment but it wont let me.

 

[ruston]

Because as staff we work as a team, sometimes we need time away from you bunch of wingers I've tried twice to put a smiley face at the end of comment but it wont let me.

You missed the A and the K out.

 

[ruston]

Ok, sorry @essex - The I and the k.

 

[PEG]

I think this thread is turning in to a dissertation,of Animal Farm...

...and i only really understood that,after watching Life of Brian...

I suppose there is an argument,for everybody having the same Korean suit on.....Gaddafi had a lot of medals
The only other parallel i could draw,is if looking for advice,off two dudes in real life,you would have what you can see,and what you hear.

If what you heard did not convince,you would attempt a guess at authority,on what you saw...on site,this may be a variety of things,but on a forum,these are limited

Never been much of a Muttley,so i'll go with the flow...

 

[MDJ]

I'm here Mike I've had a few things happening away from the forum but alls good mate.
Looks like I've missed a fair bit. Time to catch up by the look of it.

Hi hairy, nice to see you around, I suppose your earning millions with the business, hope so, is Glenn still working for you?