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I'd love to see who started the thread, in addition to who was the most recent replier.
+1. For example: Who is "They" by itself because it doesn’t have a click bait title will get passed over and probably drop from the top 50 today. If people could see it was started by @biophase there would be a lot more clicks, then they’d see a gem of a post by @Vigilante second and the thread would gain some serious traction.
I'm in favor of giving moderators a lot more latitude to remove posts from otherwise good threads, or have "banter" threads as I mentioned above.
I'm also in favor of a downvote system, and a tag system. I want to know when I'm reading something from someone qualified to speak on a topic.
+1 and honestly, if I ever post something that is deemed a waste I want it removed and not clouding things up. Gold posts are awesome, they are Gold for a reason, but to a newcomer who finishes page 1 and sees there are 50 more pages it can be daunting.
Can the author of a Gold thread be given authority over that specific thread?
To the point @rpeck90 was making above regarding unnecessary posting, maybe a badge that is an indicator of post/like ratio? Without being specific there are some who have 500-1000 posts and have 500-1000 likes. The legendary contributors are more like 4:1 or 5:1 vs a 1.5:1 ratio. It adds credibility vs. being a “highly” rated contributor just because you’ve posted so much.
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