zlb_17 - 11:30 am on Mar 22, 2002 (gmt 0)

would it sound stupid to have a "Spam Free" mentionned under the "Senior Member" or "New User", in the profile part of the post?

this would simply be triggered by a vote of the moderators for instance. it shows that it's not a question of time, or number of post, or size in k of posts, but merely confidence from the people who actually admin the forum.

when a mod feel like you sound like a good person, they would go to your profile and click a box. after N boxes are clicked (N, which could still vary according to number and sizes of posts, and time since joining in), you get the "spam free" tag.

"Spam Free" could be "Trusted Member" or "Preferred Member", for instance. there already is a "Preferred Member", along with the "Senior Member" and "New User", but i don't understand what it means because it's not a question of date nor number of posts, from what i noticed...

is it related to what i talked about? i think this could be clearer and used more efficiently.

i am very new in this forum and i really find it amazingly useful and well managed. i feel "safe" because posts are usually made by people who know, and have an interest in what they talk about, and because the mods do their job pretty well. i would tend to "believe" everything that is said here, as opposed to junked up forum where spammers post freely. there should be a way to "gain" credibility in this forum so that spammers would have to really work a lot and for a long time before their post go unnoticed.