No Seniors, No Juniors - Just People of No Rank

[Kokuu]

Hi all

Aside from any measure of seniority, I think the date joined is useful for newcomers. If they are looking for someone who has been around here for a while to help them navigate the site or explain how things work, they can easily determine out who to ask.

Gassho
Kokuu
#sattoday

[Jundo]

Seimyo is having trouble with the coding to remove the "number of posts" designation. He writes ...

This one is proving to be a taller order than expected. It would seem like theres a logical process for removing that data, but there isn't. I'll continue to look for the right code, but so far it's elusive. ... I'll continue to look.

Gassho, Jundo

SatToday

[Mp]

Aside from any measure of seniority, I think the date joined is useful for newcomers. If they are looking for someone who has been around here for a while to help them navigate the site or explain how things work, they can easily determine out who to ask.

I also agree with your view Kokuu. =)

Gassho
Shingen

SatToday

[Jishin]

No Seniors, No Juniors - Just People of No Rank

Hello,

If you ask me, disclosure of number of posts and date of joining may give the impression that the member is special in some way. I for one don't want anyone to assume that I know anything about anything based upon the date of joining and amount of posts. "Newbies" may assume that my behavior is the norm around here.

Gassho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Nindo]

I would like to make a suggestion.
Before the number of posts column vanished from the Member directory (obviously Seimyo did something !), I pulled data on all members with 0 posts. It turns out that more than half of our 1400 members have 0 posts, and of these, the majority has not logged in for more than a year.

I think it is great that we are open to anybody who wants to sign up and let people explore the community in their own time, until they feel they want to contribute.
However, if somebody just got a login at some time, lost interest and hasn't shown up for months or years, then I think it is time to purge (delete) such members.

A side benefit of a purge may be that some common first names would become available again as user names.

Jundo, please let me know what you think about this.

Gassho
Nindo
sattoday

[Jundo]

A side benefit of a purge may be that some common first names would become available again as user names.

Jundo, please let me know what you think about this.

Gassho
Nindo
sattoday

Hi Nindo,

I agree, and we have done that a couple of times in the past. If someone has zero posts for more than a year, I think it would be good to do that.

Gassho, J

SatToday

[Mp]

Hi Nindo,

I agree, and we have done that a couple of times in the past. If someone has zero posts for more than a year, I think it would be good to do that.

Gassho, J

SatToday

Good suggestion Nindo, thank you. =)

Gassho
Shingen

SatToday

[Yugen]

Nindo I agree. Thank you.

Deep bows
Yugen


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[Jishin]

Hello,

The discriminating mind is a hard to tame beast.

When the Junior or Senior beasts were tamed, the Member beast was created.

A quantify out of the extinction of quantity is born when records are no longer kept about number of posts.

A date of no date would be created if members had no join date.

A faceless face could be created if pictures of individuals were not posted.

A nameless name would be created if users had no user name.

A nameless teacher would be created out of a teacher with a name.

A not #SatToday class would create a class from the classes of #SatToday and “not #SatToday”

People of no rank creating people of no rank…

Just saying.

Gassho, Jishin, _/st\_

[Banto]

I'm late to the thread ...
But I love the title Cap'n Jundo and you as all my Dharma Friends.
I'd especially like to be Swabbie Rodney

#SatToday

[Meikyo]

All for the removal of posts-number and inactive members. And for keeping the join-date. I've used that for navigating 'round.
I'd also like to add how lovely and reasonable Treeleafers are. Thanks.

Gassho
Meikyo
SAT TODAY!

[Seimyo]

It would seem there is a lot of over-thinking going on here.

Gassho
Seimyo

[Amelia]

Honestly, I don't mind about dates or number of posts... it's more like data, to me. Just data. Nothing for anyone to take offense from...

Gassho

Sat today

[lorax]

Nindo, I have been standing off from this discussion, however your suggestion to purge the membership list from presumed inactive members really bothers me. I have missed some of the older members who have not posted in several years, I wonder how they are doing, wonder if they are just sitting and watching from afar, having shared their thoughts in the past and letting the newer members tangle with the same issues addressed in the past. I just don't know but hope they are still there in the sidelines. I would hope that if a purge was to occur it would be after Jundo posted are request to those "inactive" members asking them if they wish to be removed from the membership. If they do not respond fine, if they do wish to stay, that is their practice, we should not judge them based on the number of recent posts. I may be one of those "marked" for removal since I have posted less than 200 times since 2008. I may not post but I do check in to Treeleaf at least twice a day, largely unheard. The most important aspect of my relation to Treeleaf is not the forum but Jundo's teaching and sitting with all of you. I am not comfortable with computers and as a result miss out on a lot of things Treeleaf offers. Lets walk with caution on cleaning up our membership lists.

SAT TODAY

[Kyotai]

I somewhat agree with the removal of inactive members.

Gassho, Kyotai
Sat today