Maq Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 A variation of this request has already been discussed, and I know it would be a pain for Mods and Admins but it would be awesome to have more member groups for different things besides authors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 The author group exists for the mere reason that it's easier to add a group to the ACL than individuals. I'm not exactly sure what extra groups you would possibly want though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Do you by some chance mean post-count based user groups? Ewwww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 nah, ive seen the discussion about post ranks and that's not what I'm talking about. I meant free groups like how u have authors and php recommended. For example windows vs Linux users. I haven't put much thought into this I just thought it would be cool to have more free groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Windows v Linux? That's what sigs are for. Public groups are useless (well, in this kind of situation), and it would be a waste of time for admins to move users into groups like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 It'll just clutter up the system. Your secondary groups are not visible from your profile anyways. There are things called "custom profile fields" though. That could possibly be used for such things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 Windows v Linux? That's what sigs are for. Public groups are useless (well, in this kind of situation), and it would be a waste of time for admins to move users into groups like that. I understand what you're saying but it just seems like most other forums have a ranking/group system. For example, Sun's site (www.sun.com), has the duke star system where people are awarded duke-stars when they solve someone's question. Also, each member starts out with a limited amount and can show the importance of a topic by giving it more duke stars. I was just trying to spit an idea out and see if someone could elaborate on it. I see your point of how it would be a waste of time for admin, which I mentioned in my OP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Actually, a group can be four things: - Private (Membership must be assigned) - Requestable (User may request membership) - Free (User may leave and join group at will) - Post Based (Membership based on post count) There doesn't necessarily have to be any "user moving" going on. I still don't see the point because you can't see it on the profile anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted October 12, 2008 Author Share Posted October 12, 2008 I still don't see the point because you can't see it on the profile anyways. Mod it so you can... It was just an idea hoping to spark something interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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