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Special "titles" for users, what do you think?

Hmmm, lots of great ideas here! The idea of automating seems cool and I'll have to look into what that would entail. My fear is that someone with a lot of time to post could game the system to get tons of posts and likes by posting often, and their reputation might not necessarily be representative of their actual grow skill or helpfulness. Anyone can post a lot, but some of the best growers don't do a lot of posts so I'm afraid of linking reputation directly to likes or number of posts.

At the same time, we do want to reward the users who are active and always helping others in an accurate way, even if they haven't documented a grow yet! I'm not sure the best way to go about that (giving titles to the most "helpful" people without actually being able to see their grow skill to determine if they should get flair) but keep all the ideas coming!

My fear with giving flair to growers who haven't harvested yet is I've seen over the years it can be very easy for inexperienced new growers to accidentally lead other growers astray. They often don't see the nuances of different situations, especially if it's not their grow style (for example an inexperienced grower who's been researching soil often gives poor advice when trying to help someone out in hydro, because they may not even realize the other person isn't growing in soil, or that soil and hydro plants need to be treated differently). By the time a grower has reached and documented their first harvest, they've usually gained a ton of knowledge that they just wouldn't be able to get simply by reading and researching. A successful grow doesn't necessarily mean someone is an expert, but it does prove they have some level of skill.

What do you all think?
 
You are perfectly right about inexperienced growers (as myself) leading others astray, I want to help though, I try to, without pushing too much (I'm aware of the problem of leading astray hence I be careful to specify I'm a new grower without experience, only theoretical -limited- knowledge).
But, personally, I don't give a single damn about being "rewarded" by participating/being active. First a title is not a reward in itself, it doesn't mean much to me. The reward comes from the thank you from the person I helped, just by saying my opinion. But mainly it comes from the satisfaction of participating, of trying to help others. I don't help because I want a reward, I help because I want to help.

Keeping that in mind, I think titles should be given to those with experience. Like you trust some growers, you know they have skills? Give them some right over others titles, so that when THEY know one is skilled enough, they upgrade his title. If people want to upgrade title, they should create a topic or a private message to those "sub-admins"

I can see already a lot of wrong things about this method though, one sub admin think i'm ready to upgrade my title, another one sees my title change and disagree, changes it back... It's going to be complicated. To palliate a bit this problem, make sure there are very few sub admins (different levels can help, sub admins being just under you), all in contact with each another. (a dedicated portion of the forum only accessible to them, maybe? To talk about this fellow, or that title)
Why sub-admins? Because you can't do the work all by yourself, and this is a community. It should self regulate, decide for itself somewhat, have a life of its own independent of you -don't take this the wrong way, you would still have the last word!! I'm saying this in the only optic that you can't do everything alone-.

So titles like "Master of hydro", "Connaisseur of hydro", "Hydro grower", "Hydro newbie", etc. And in BIG CAPITAL BOLD UNDERLINED letters, cause when I joined, titles did not jump at me, more the orange bar that fills under the names of people.
 
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What about a feedback system. If You post a reply to a thread after Say a week or two the original person can give feedback on said person.
1)helpful.
2)trying to help.
3)not helpful.
if this response of feedback was displayed people would write their own experience level within the community.

I do like the documented grows thread idea I trust people on here with multiple grows, documented. it makes the most sense, visual proof.
 
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This is my first time on a forum so I'm new at this ,but if I was a new grower that really and truly wanted to learn how to grow and be good at it ,I personally wouldn't take anyone's advice until after I had read GWE from front to back several times .And then before using the advice I got on the forum i would go back an double check what Nebula has written on GWE just to be safe. I might be and probably am different from y'all but I don't care what I'm doing playing golf, fishing or growing pot I want to do it the best I can. The forum is a good thing to you can learn from it , but you better double check with GWE first to be sure. Sorry rambling again , got a good buzz going.
 
Yes is all about how helpful it is. I've seen someone new just sharing a little seedling wondering if it's healthy and some answers get really deep and specific so much that ends up being confusing for someone on a very basic level. That would be trying to help but not really helpful when all the grower needs to hear right now is don't water very often and get a ph meter
 
Feel free to PM me, and I'll try to check in as soon as I can! I'll be spending more time in the forum, too :)
 
It is in my heart that the majority of post reply are in the best intentions to help, not to hinder on purpose. For all levels of forum guest and user it must remain neutral and approachable, if it turns into a competition it can scary off someone that just needs help, when answer start coming in one can state they peace with out the need to" back up" they claims (feedback and grow link back that).
I do like the green thumb bar, buuuutttttttt I doesn't change! 99% of the Peps here are green thumb, some have 1000's of post, some have 100's.if your a intimidated newbie with a problem Can't tell who's who's, can't tell if someone likes to talk or likes to grow. Weather you like to talk, grow or both all should have a place and feel safe.
Ramble rambler rambler see I'm a talker.
 
In the meantime, if anyone would like to nominate someone, I encourage you to PM me! If I get a bunch of nominations for someone, I'll give them a title while we figure out a better system :)
 
I totally agree. I did this. Still doing it. The other day it happened again, I had read the web page but had forgot about it, some people on GWE helped me, and I suddenly remembered the page. Went to re read it.
 
Agreed. I read and re read through the GWE site. Reading a post and taking it as gospel just isn't how I do things. The time invested in a grow is just too long to jump after reading a post or two. That's how I pretty much ruined my first soil grow. I was bouncing around different forums and as everybody knows there is way wrong information out there. GWE presents good methods, well documented and practical.
 
Badge system. You can only earn a badge by a complete confirmed grow journal. You can earn multiple badges for one grow.

So when I complete my grow I would get something like this.

💦 Hydroponics

🌱 From Seed

⛺ Tent grown

🌄 Photoperiod

Or let's say
🌱Seed
🏪 Auto
🎁 Grow Box
🌎 Soil

Only Moderators and Administrators would be able to give badges. Badges would show up in members signature.

Is this what we are getting at?
 
Newbies might not understand the concept of the image sadly (the world for soil? The three drops for hydro? they might get confused). I think its a good idea though. Maybe with an ever present reference, just like you wrote it. Image + text next to it. Under the name, just images, but in signature, both.
 
the problem is who is going to "moderate" and under what standards or based on what.... either we collectively chose who is worth listening to or we collectively chose who will chose who we listen to.... does it makes sense?
 
Didn't understood properly, feels like both choices are the same ^^ sorry.
But Pokedsmot said its only after completing a grow journal you would get the badge. It forces people to post a grow journal. But at least we have the result! There's no denying it, if you see what I mean.
 
right let me put it this way, just having a grow good or bad is enough to get you a badge? who will decide that? either we all decide who gets the badges in a collective way (super hard) or we have to chose someone with the power to give and take badges, based on what are we going to decide who can give badges?? does the "moderator" should be someone very experienced in growing? or should be the ones with most time to be around? either way is the same thing simply to tell nebula who we think should get the bagdes.... its a slippery slope to like others said "popularity contest", who decides who knows enough to vote for someone to be moderator or to have badges..... stop me if im funneling my point of view, i just get excited about social organization and points of view and stuff
 
@9fingerleafs
Now I understood, yes I see the problem. Its subtle but it'll lead to trouble eventually down the line.
 
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