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Okay, the title may have been sort of clickbait, but not really: being a graycel, assuming at least 25 posts, in most cases mogs in terms of prestige/status, having between 500-999 posts (blue username). Exceptions generally don’t disprove this theory.
Think about it. Anyone can come and spam useless and toxic replies in Offtopic. In a week or two, you can easily escape the gray username. Let’s be honest, how many times have you encountered this type of forum users? Take a look at their post count and I’m willing to bet a good portion of them were inbetween the 500-999 mark. That’s relatively a lot for one particular rep range, considering the varying range of user experience on here.
Now, don’t get me wrong, some grays are absolutely retarded and I am not defending their behavior, but you have to agree that many of them often lurk the best threads, and then start contributing valuable information to this forum. That’s usually what happens. But as time passes, unfortunately some graycels start spending more and more time browsing Offtopic, chasing the dopamine of post reputation, inherently hurting their original values (if they even had any to begin with). Which leads to more toxicity and less value brought to the forum.
What do I mean when I said graycels mog in terms of prestige/status? Because of my previous comments on blue-colored users, it will eventually come full circle and turn the tables between perceived intelligence towards early contributors (many grays). That’s how it would logically turn into, following the natural course of events unfolding. If you don’t already agree with my theory as of now, I almost guarantee you will start to see what I meant, in the following months, as this forum’s main posting strategy turns into an even more desperate attempt to repfarm, as we could have already seen in Offtopic for a while now.
TLDR: It’s about quality > quantity. Adjusting for capita difference, grays relatively bring more value to this forum nowadays.
Think about it. Anyone can come and spam useless and toxic replies in Offtopic. In a week or two, you can easily escape the gray username. Let’s be honest, how many times have you encountered this type of forum users? Take a look at their post count and I’m willing to bet a good portion of them were inbetween the 500-999 mark. That’s relatively a lot for one particular rep range, considering the varying range of user experience on here.
Now, don’t get me wrong, some grays are absolutely retarded and I am not defending their behavior, but you have to agree that many of them often lurk the best threads, and then start contributing valuable information to this forum. That’s usually what happens. But as time passes, unfortunately some graycels start spending more and more time browsing Offtopic, chasing the dopamine of post reputation, inherently hurting their original values (if they even had any to begin with). Which leads to more toxicity and less value brought to the forum.
What do I mean when I said graycels mog in terms of prestige/status? Because of my previous comments on blue-colored users, it will eventually come full circle and turn the tables between perceived intelligence towards early contributors (many grays). That’s how it would logically turn into, following the natural course of events unfolding. If you don’t already agree with my theory as of now, I almost guarantee you will start to see what I meant, in the following months, as this forum’s main posting strategy turns into an even more desperate attempt to repfarm, as we could have already seen in Offtopic for a while now.
TLDR: It’s about quality > quantity. Adjusting for capita difference, grays relatively bring more value to this forum nowadays.
@greycel @sb23 @NZb6Air
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