[wp-forums] Titles/Promotions/Labels

[Ian D]

On 7/12/05, Matthew Mullenweg <m at mullenweg.com> wrote:
> Podz wrote:
> > The very last thing I want to do is introduce a change that will take
> > the focus of the forums away from it's main purpose, and I can do
> > without it turning into a political arena too.
> >
> > Anyone ?
> 
> I think it's good that we had this discussion. I have an idea. I'm
> working on getting nice schwag for WP with the new logo, what if every
> month or every other month you and skippy point out the people who have
> been really helpful and we can send them stickers/t-shirts/whatever we
> have. This would allow recognition and reward of helpers, wouldn't be a
> public or exclusionary thing, and wouldn't be a "title" that is granted
> and taken away.
> 

Sounds good - will it say 'I support WP and all I got was this lousy
T-Shirt?' :)
As to whether bestowing titles on people will help others trust their
advice, I don't tend to see much 'bad' advice given. Sure there some
that doesn't work, but little that does outright harm and (assuming
normal caveats such as backup before are remembered) can't be fixed 
eventually.