Offical Members/ Offical Designers !@#$%^#@$%^&*%$ Options

[demolished]

As far as I know, Createblog’s membership was meant to increase population of activeness to this community. Are we receiving eligible and appropriate loyal members in the following past months, I don’t think so? How many official members are there with less than 5ppd? Are the moderators doing their job effectively to catch them? Who knows? Let’s make things easier for everyone to detected membership. It’s time to pull everything together and enforce official members/designers Why? It’s way too easy to fool the moderators about the membership. When members became accepted as official members or official designers, they can secretly removed the Createblog blogring, take out the buttons, and become less active but still have the membership benefits. Can we call them loyal? Are they helping us to receive more createblog members? Do the moderators even know about it? Maybe? Guess what, I spotted official members who did not have 5ppds or a buttons label on their site. What can we do about it? I suggest all official members and designers should have their names be organized as list with their website links in a thread, of course. When members are like us are bored, we can just view their website to check on them. If we discover something against the membership, we personal message the moderators to demote them, right? Also, it can give official designers an inspiration by viewing websites.




http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2116
Does it look easy to violate them ... after becoming an offical member?

Xanga Users: Join our createBlog.com blogring (only required for those that have Xanga). note: If your xanga has no module, please provide a link to the blogring on your xanga somewhere.
Myspace Users: Join our createblog.com group (only required for those that have Myspace).
Add a static link to us in your Xanga, Myspace, Blogger, Livejournal, or website. If you do not have one, please PM an Admin addressing why you'd like to become an Official Member.
Lend a hand and be active in the community. Get at least 50 posts under your belt and maintain a minimum of 5.0 posts per day.

Find more breakable rules by clicking on the link above the quote !

[*incoherent*]

the thing is, how many people actually benefit from the status or is it just another title?

now-a-days, it just shows that you are active and one step above regular members. not a lot of people are using the things that come with it. i know i dont use the uploader, nor do i think the xanga tracker is allowed anymore.

[*Zatanna*]

I've been using the xanga tool a lot actually. Something I would not be able to use if I wasn't an official member. (as an example).

That being said, I post regularly, joined both Xanga and My Space blogrings and have a static link on both sites.

It's not difficult to manage.

Personally, I'm not going to tattle everytime I see an official member with less than 5ppd or cruise blogs just to see if the links are still up. If those who are Official Members do not have the pride or integrity to legitimately keep the promise they made when applying for Official Member status, then poo poo on them. I just don't think we need to start an Official Member/Designer Secret Service.

[**incoherent**]

I've been using the xanga tool a lot actually.  Something I would not be able to use if I wasn't an official member.  (as an example).

That being said, I post regularly, joined both Xanga and My Space blogrings and have a static link on both sites. 

It's not difficult to manage. 

Personally, I'm not going to tattle everytime I see an official member with less than 5ppd or cruise blogs just to see if the links are still up.  If those who are Official Members do not have the pride or integrity to legitimately keep the promise they made when applying for Official Member status, then poo poo on them.  I just don't think we need to start an Official Member/Designer Secret Service.

sorry...im not logged in for some reason.

i agree. the program is being ran just fine as it is. no point in trying to change it. besides, they do random checks so i dont see anything wrong with it.

[OneOfTheseDayz]

^ I agree. I got less of a post count and was demoted a few months back so I see no problem with the current system.

Also ( not to be rude) The xanga tools that they have now can be found just about anywhere. There are lots of encoders and decoders nowadays and trackers are also becoming easier to get....... Though I do agree that Official Members somtimes do stay on with littler than a 5ppd post count, and there should be some consiquence, but there isn't much more you get to do with group........ Maybe instead of a totaly different system they could make it harder like a 10 ppd and a minimum of 500; they could destroy all groups and make you reaply so there would be less mess........

[Mulder]

^i dont think we should destroy the groups. a lot of members have had their titles since the beginning of cb.

hm...

there are still benefits to being an official member/designer. changing topic titles, no flood control, etc. its not just xanga stuff. but honestly, i dont think a button on a persons xanga is going to bring in members. its better to mention cB many times rather than have just one static link.

[OneOfTheseDayz]

^ If the peoplke had the title the whole time they probalby have the requirments. THey could just reaply after the "flush". There is the no flood and control and title change but its still not somthing worth enough to members to keep there titles ( if it was we wouldn't be having this conversation).

On the other hand I do agree with you about the button thing. I have even put my own button put a giant banner around them and put the "smack dab" in the middle of my posts and noone even touched them......... The only real way to get more people is to probably pay for traffic...... Or the way I do it when a friend asks for a layout just tell them about here.......

[**incoherent**]

^ I agree. I got less of a post count and was demoted a few months back so I see no problem with the current system. 

Also ( not to be rude) The xanga tools that they have now can be found just about anywhere. There are lots of encoders and decoders nowadays and trackers are also becoming easier to get....... Though I do agree that Official Members somtimes do stay on with littler than a 5ppd post count, and there should be some consiquence, but there isn't much more you get to do with group........ Maybe instead of a totaly different system they could make it harder like a 10 ppd and a minimum of 500; they could destroy all groups and make you reaply so there would be less mess........

weve already made new standards for the official member group.
and i quote...

Member Group Requirements
Official Members will keep a 5 ppd.
People/Head Staff & Admin must have 7 ppd.
Design Staff must keep a 5 ppd unless they are exceptionally qualified.
200 posts now required in order to become an official member.

[*Zatanna*]

^ If the peoplke had the title the whole time they probalby have the requirments. THey could just reaply after the "flush". There is the no flood and control and title change but its still not somthing worth enough to members to keep there titles ( if it was we wouldn't be having this conversation).

This is when I say, "huh?" Official member status should be thought of as an honor, not something you get a big reward for. Do you have any idea how much time and energy is spent keeping this place up and running? How about all the free layouts?

I'm not an Official Member because I get a bunch of stuff in return, I'm an Official Member because it makes me proud and I also think it's a way of telling the staff here that I'm committed and want to contribute to the boards.

I don't get all this - what does Official Membership do for me stuff.

[*incoherent*]

alright, so getting rid of the whole member title thing is stupid. it shows people you are loyal, even if you dont keep the button or stay in the blogring. xanga is dying out anyways. being an official member is a step above other members which members can obtain by keeping up a post count.

[demolished]

the thing is, how many people actually benefit from the status or is it just another title?

now-a-days, it just shows that you are active and one step above regular members. not a lot of people are using the things that come with it. i know i dont use the uploader, nor do i think the xanga tracker is allowed anymore.

Not too many people actually benefit from the status. My uploader doesn’t work because of my username changes. Xanga tracker is useless, no use. I don’t know why micron decided to keep it up, especially the official member application privileges thread. Basically, all the Xanga privileges are completely useless. However, these features are mainly the reasons that most people became official members. All we have is the forum privileges which aren’t that great … but never forget the ultimate purpose of special memberships. They were meant to increase the populations and we should do something about it, not being ripped off so easily.

I've been using the xanga tool a lot actually. Something I would not be able to use if I wasn't an official member. (as an example).

That being said, I post regularly, joined both Xanga and My Space blogrings and have a static link on both sites.

It's not difficult to manage.

Personally, I'm not going to tattle everytime I see an official member with less than 5ppd or cruise blogs just to see if the links are still up. If those who are Official Members do not have the pride or integrity to legitimately keep the promise they made when applying for Official Member status, then poo poo on them. I just don't think we need to start an Official Member/Designer Secret Service.

Of course it’s not difficult to manage a static link and a blogring link but do people even care about these buttons? It is so small and useless to them. These buttons doesn’t mean much to xangans, why not remove them? It’s not like someone is going to report on them or catch them for violating the rules of createBlog membership. Guess what, I had my Xanga site without the static buttons or show any relation with createBlog for about a couple months. I never got caught, plus I changed my Xanga username too. Does the moderator ever found out? Obviously, I wasn’t caught for violating the rules even though it was an accident not to have them.




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the thing is ... offical members and offical designers arent detectable, i think.

[*Guest*]

You know, some people take off their links for a reason. No one reads my xanga except personal friends, and quite frankly, I don't want them reading my posts here, or joining in general. Thus, I've taken off my link, and quit the blogring. Does that make me any less worthy of my official member status, which I've obviously already more than earned? Mmmno, I don't think so.

[demolished]

^ I agree. I got less of a post count and was demoted a few months back so I see no problem with the current system.

Also ( not to be rude) The xanga tools that they have now can be found just about anywhere. There are lots of encoders and decoders nowadays and trackers are also becoming easier to get....... Though I do agree that Official Members somtimes do stay on with littler than a 5ppd post count, and there should be some consiquence, but there isn't much more you get to do with group........ Maybe instead of a totaly different system they could make it harder like a 10 ppd and a minimum of 500; they could destroy all groups and make you reaply so there would be less mess........

I think it was right to demote you. It's not fair that real offical members are doing their job and posting ... while fiction offical members arent doing it.

How many known encoders and decoders work for Xanga, actually? Every tracker service is different because of special features are increase each year. To me, you make createBlog tracker sounds pointless (if it was working). For an example, what about blogring, retrogressive, and other graphic forums? Are they crap? Every forum goal is to provide a better service, not same service as everyone else. If it was the same, it’s useless.

You know, some people take off their links for a reason. No one reads my xanga except personal friends, and quite frankly, I don't want them reading my posts here, or joining in general. Thus, I've taken off my link, and quit the blogring.

Exactly, the membership rules aren’t stricter or detectable because of the benefits.

[*tweeak*]

Exactly, the membership rules aren’t stricter or detectable because of the benefits.

But why should they be? Also, I'm fairly certain that post was disagreeing with you.

[demolished]

According to my other post, we share the same similarities. What is there to disagree?

My post:

Of course it’s not difficult to manage a static link and a blogring link but do people even care about these buttons? It is so small and useless to them. These buttons doesn’t mean much to xangans, why not remove them? It’s not like someone is going to report on them or catch them for violating the rules of createBlog membership. Guess what, I had my Xanga site without the static buttons or show any relation with createBlog for about a couple months. I never got caught, plus I changed my Xanga username too. Does the moderator ever found out? Obviously, I wasn’t caught for violating the rules even though it was an accident not to have them.

Someone's post:

You know, some people take off their links for a reason. No one reads my xanga except personal friends, and quite frankly, I don't want them reading my posts here, or joining in general. Thus, I've taken off my link, and quit the blogring.

[Elleusion]

And, some people don't even have xangas, so they find no use in keeping their title for stuff they can't use...

And plus, all this forum was about was that we should report unactive official members, and there isn't anything wrong with that...

[*tweeak*]

Yeah, but your whole point here is that we need to keep tabs on who does and doesn't have the links and whatnot. Those posts are similar, yes, but the points are completely different.

[demolished]

oh i see, i'll respond to it.

But why should they be?

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http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2116

Also, official members are CREATEBLOG official members, meaning you guys are kind of devoting yourselves to our site.

Official members will be placed in the "Official members" group. By becoming one, you help promote this site to become a bigger and better community. In addition, you'll receive 75 PM storage space, an upgrade from the original 50 PM storage space. Official Members will also have the capacity of editing their own topic titles and descriptions and bypass flood control. Plus, it's absolutely for free! Show your createBlog.com pride by becoming an official member now!

These are one of the reasons to make createBlog popular by becoming an official members or designers, you’re devoted yourself to help createBlog ... not ripping createBlog off, don’t ya think? That’s micron’s goal and desire for this forum.

He like things was back in the beginning, where everyone knows everyone. They were official members or staff members too. **When you're part a dedicated group, you post, interact with forums, and people.**

[*tweeak*]

Not wanting your friends to join is not "ripping createblog off." That's absurd.

[demolished]

what word can i replace that phrase? hm ... "fooling" ?

Anyways... what are better suggestion to make the community active other than my original idea? All i can think is that the orginal idea is probably be effective.

[OneOfTheseDayz]

I think it was right to demote you. It's not fair that real offical members are doing their job and posting ... while fiction offical members arent doing it.

How many known encoders and decoders work for Xanga, actually? Every tracker service is different because of special features are increase each year. To me, you make createBlog tracker sounds pointless (if it was working). For an example, what about blogring, retrogressive, and other graphic forums? Are they crap? Every forum goal is to provide a better service, not same service as everyone else. If it was the same, it’s useless.
Exactly, the membership rules aren’t stricter or detectable because of the benefits.

I never said I was a fake official member. I WAS AND ACTIVE MEMBER FOR A WHILE I even had a 12 ppd for most of my time here. Then I realised that it was no loger usefull I mean who cares if you devote yourself to createblog this site get hundreds of new members a year and me and you don't matter too much. By this I mean that there must be a few hundred official members most of which get nothing except for the title, and some of us had to fight to become a official member becuase of something you have done in the past. I mean that there is no longer any sense of " wanting" the title so people will eventualy start scamming the system.


For this why not just delete the whole thing all together I mean maybe you can keep official designers and redo the official embers.... That way createblog could come up with a better sytem where you can have it automate whether you can, are , or are not a real official member.

[demolished]

I never said I was a fake official member. I WAS AND ACTIVE MEMBER FOR A WHILE I even had a 12 ppd for most of my time here. Then I realised that it was no loger usefull I mean who cares if you devote yourself to createblog this site get hundreds of new members a year and me and you don't matter too much. By this I mean that there must be a few hundred official members most of which get nothing except for the title, and some of us had to fight to become a official member becuase of something you have done in the past. I mean that there is no longer any sense of " wanting" the title so people will eventualy start scamming the system.


For this why not just delete the whole thing all together I mean maybe you can keep official designers and redo the official embers.... That way createblog could come up with a better sytem where you can have it automate whether you can, are , or are not a real official member.

Me... ? I can’t do anything about the original official membership o__o

Of course you never say you were a fake official member, i SAY that.

So, it's like you're saying ... its okay to "scam" createBlog official membership because it wasn’t useful to you in any ways. Am I correct?

[jennyjenny]

Like everyone else said, official membership doesn't really benefit much to a lot of people. i'm an official member and none of those xanga "benefits" work for me.

So why am I still an official member? I have no clue. maybe it's to be recognized as not just an ordinary member who comes along every month or so, but the fact that i contributed to this forum. honestly, my ppd is dropping, but being an official member is inspiring me to get my ppd back up.

and maybe we should have another way of "advertising" createblog rather than a small button that no one clicks on anyways. my close friends are the only ones who read my xanga, and to be honest i odn't want them to read posts here.

and maybe you can keep "tabs" on people, but i don't think people would want others to "check up" on them; i certainly don't.

and aren't there checks anyways?

[OneOfTheseDayz]

Me... ? I can’t do anything about the original official membership o__o

Of course you never say you were a fake official member, i SAY that.

So, it's like you're saying ... its okay to "scam" createBlog official membership because it wasn’t useful to you in any ways. Am I correct?

No, your not correct. I am saying that I was a very active member but eventualy I quite because the benefits didn't serve a purposae to me. Its not ok to SCAM createblog; even I spent a few hours keeping my PPD and the banners and everything else needed for the official title; I even got the 200 posts before the deadline to keep my title..... I am just saying that there is not much to keep you to continue to be a official member. If there was some enticement maybe members would be more likely to stay and NOT SCAM the system. Maybe a system where you get a little something every 2 to 3 months...That way you would want to keep up your title to make sure that you get these benefits....

[*incoherent*]

No, your not correct. I am saying that I was a very active member but eventualy I quite because the benefits didn't serve a purposae to me. Its not ok to SCAM createblog; even I spent a few hours keeping my PPD and the banners and everything else needed for the official title; I even got the 200 posts before the deadline to keep my title..... I am just saying that there is not much to keep you to continue to be a official member. If there was some enticement maybe members would be more likely to stay and NOT SCAM the system. Maybe a system where you get a little something every 2 to 3 months...That way you would want to keep up your title to make sure that you get these benefits....

if i remember correctly, the 200 posts is still not in effect until the by-laws are passed so i dont know why that was stated.

no one is scamming the system, the xanga/myspace method just isnt very effective anymore. besides, there are 100,000+ members. if we dont get 3 more members because someone took the button out of their xanga, were not going to sweat it. people come and join everyday from this search engine called google, well, those still interested in xanga and myspace.

anyways, you have to be an official member to join staff. this is just like a club where its more laid back and not frowned upon.