# Can 'extra good' posters be given special privlages? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 9, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869 "2003-12-09T06:45:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Poetgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Poetgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poetgrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/1 "2003-12-09T06:45:03Z")
I noticed that I can’t post 2 messages within a certain time frame, edit my posts, or do a couple of other things I can do in other message boards. Can’t you loosen the rules for people that are ‘extra good’? I know on [Gamefaqs.com](http://Gamefaqs.com) they have this system called ‘karma’ which seems to work well when it comes to people online (and that board caters to a much younger crowd than this one). I’m not trying to ask to be the ‘exception to the rule’, I just think that posters who have built up a very good reputation should be rewarded for it. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/2 "2003-12-09T06:52:28Z")
One question: Where do you draw the line? With the popularity of these boards across the electronic ether called the Internet, there’d be no way in Hades you could even remotely consider keeping such a system in operation. People would whine. IANAMod, but I’m sure the mods are shootin’ for a “whine free” board. Tripler Besides, there’s lots of things we can’t do, which don’t detract from the content of the boards, but sure as hell help speed ‘em up in loadin’. ---
**Author:** ![Poetgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@Poetgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poetgrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/3 "2003-12-09T07:07:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\*One question: > > Where do you draw the line? With the popularity of these boards across the electronic ether called the Internet, there’d be no way in Hades you could even remotely consider keeping such a system in operation. > > People would whine. IANAMod, but I’m sure the mods are shootin’ for a “whine free” board. > > Tripler > Besides, there’s lots of things we can’t do, which don’t detract from the content of the boards, but sure as hell help speed ‘em up in loadin’. \*\* You have a point, though maybe the SDMB could have a ‘pay’ version that you could subscribe to. Like fark does. So if you want the extra bells and whistles, you can contribute to the great Cecil, or maybe donate money _coughbribe_ to Admins/moderators ;). I don’t think goobers and trolls are going to be willing to fork over money just to further their own trolly agendas… ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/4 "2003-12-09T07:16:52Z")
People who have built up a good reputation on the SDMB are rewarded. They are rewarded with respect for themselves and their statements by their fellow Dopers. One of the nice things about the SDMB is that it stands on its own. It has a concise mission – to fight ignorance – and as such, content is key. It’s all about the words, not about bells and whistles, member perks, competition with other forums or any other such malarkey. We set our own agenda, we don’t need to cull ideas other from forums, all with vastly differing _raison de etre_ than ours, in order to survive or to serve the needs of Dopers well. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/5 "2003-12-09T08:15:10Z")
“Extra good” posters are willing and able to contribute to the board without needing to be rewarded with perks. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/6 "2003-12-09T12:51:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Poetgrrl \* > \*\*You have a point, though maybe the SDMB could have a ‘pay’ version that you could subscribe to. \*\* Oh Good Og, don’t open up _this_ can of worms. . . [sub]sore subject 'round here[/sub]. Besides, the point was already raised: If you want to ‘donate money’ to the great Master himself, buy his stuff. Even if you had a pay/non-pay situation, you’d be creating two distinct “classes” of posters, and that would completely detract from the whole idea of this board. Tripler I’ll put up with the riff-raff, so long as I can hear some good ideas once in awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/7 "2003-12-09T17:25:20Z")
I’ll second **TeaElle** and **Smeghead**. **TeaElle** also basically answers the OP’s other question about avatars and banners. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/8 "2003-12-09T22:39:16Z")
Of course, if you’re really, _really_ good, they make you a moderator. Or is that if you’re really really bad? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/9 "2003-12-10T03:41:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\*Of course, if you’re really, _really_ good, they make you a moderator. > > Or is that if you’re really really bad? \*\* [ul]🆒 [sup] **You don’t remember?** [/sup][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/10 "2003-12-10T16:54:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kniz \* > \*\*[ul]🆒 [sup] **You don’t remember?** [/sup][/ul] \*\* He’s probably trying to block that period of his life from his memory . . . ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-extra-good-posters-be-given-special-privlages/217869/11 "2003-12-11T00:43:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\*Of course, if you’re really, _really_ good, they make you a moderator. \*\* If you’re really, really, _really_ good, they let you stop being a moderator. 😃