[wp-forums] Titles/Promotions/Labels

[Kaf Oseo]

I can provide one big word of caution about all this, and will.

I believe real titles should be given only to those with responsibility 
or control of some kind over the forums, board and site administration. 
I've seen (and been involved with) bulletin boards that came to regret 
honorary monikers. I can go into depth on the problems that can arise if 
I must, but to keep my email short I'll just say that it can breed an 
environment of assumed favoritism and caste culture. Its not a situation 
you can easily efface once rooted. And as the WordPress community has 
done a pretty good job avoiding it till now, I recommend not taking any 
  steps that might lead to it, however small and beneficial they may 
seem at first sight.

I understand the impulse behind this effort and applaud it, but I needed 
to warn you all that you may not like what it leads to.

-Kaf

Michael D Adams wrote:
> One small word of caution about "Volunteer" as a title.  I think Podz  
> had the right idea when he said "Everyone is a Volunteer".  As soon  as 
> some person answers one support question, she will have  volunteered her 
> time and knowledge, thus making her a Volunteer in  fact, if not by 
> title.  The titles, if implemented, should be an  accurate reflection of 
> the person in question.  Not *everyone* may be  a volunteer, but there's 
> a *lot* more volunteers out there than there  are titles that will be 
> given out (I'm guessing).