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[AntiAntiMatter]

What are Positions for, exactly? I have no real clue why these are here, what they do, or why Toady One, Baughn, and ThreeToe have unique ones, or why everyone below ten posts gets a different one from everyone else. Does anyone here know what these are for or what they do, or why we have them?

[fqllve]

They do nothing.

Toady and Threetoe have different ones because they're the creators! And admin. And our gods, I guess.

Baughn has one for the 40d# OpenGL stuff he did, I imagine.

[AntiAntiMatter]

Yes, and that makes sense, but that still doesn't explain why we have them or why anyone with fewer than ten posts is an escaped lunatic.

[The Transcendent Tyrant]

Certain women like certain positions. Don't worry about it, it's your skill that matters, not how much you know.

[Realmfighter]

I don't know if I should kick you or hug you.

[fqllve]

I dunno, probably happened on a whim. I guess it can kinda be useful to tell if someone signed up just to advertise something, or as a troll, but ten posts seems like too small a limit for that to be useful.

It is probably one of those things that no one knows.

I don't know if I should kick you or hug you.

Hug him around the windpipe.

Cuddle his trachea.

[Realmfighter]

Pfft, everyone already knew eho to drop into magma.

Anyone they can get away with dropping into magma.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Toady dosen't want to promote jerkassness about post count (or at least that's what I've been told), so we only have the "Just Registered" and "Has Posted A Bit"  positions in lieu of the title system other forums tend to be fond of. Toady and ThreeToe own this site, so they get their own titles.

I imagine that the Escaped Lunatic tag will help for cleaning out the member archives someday, should it ever become needed.

[fqllve]

It has become needed. Have you seen how many pages of users there are with 0 posts?

[AntiAntiMatter]

Toady dosen't want to promote jerkassness about post count (or at least that's what I've been told), so we only have the "Just Registered" and "Has Posted A Bit"  positions in lieu of the title system other forums tend to be fond of. Toady and ThreeToe own this site, so they get their own titles.

I imagine that the Escaped Lunatic tag will help for cleaning out the member archives someday, should it ever become needed.

That makes sense. Thank you.

[Eugenitor]

Tags have nothing to do with housecleaning. To do that is just a SQL command which goes off the number of posts directly.

If I knew what SMF's tables looked like I could write it myself in about ten minutes, double-checking for any other potential sources of info (PMs).

[Criptfeind]

It has become needed. Have you seen how many pages of users there are with 0 posts?

~237.7

So, about 1/3 of all users.

[Gatleos]

It has become needed. Have you seen how many pages of users there are with 0 posts?

~237.7

So, about 1/3 of all users.

...Why, exactly?

[Muz]

"Escaped Lunatic" is a spam detector. It's better that TIGSource's Manbaby

I quite like the B12 system.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

I recall that someone came up with a nice explanation to do with the Escaped lunatic status. But now I forgot it.