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I don't like the "Total number of posts" method of ranking, because all it really tells me is how long a given person has been using the forum. Someone who has been here since day one will have a bunch of stars, even if lately they haven't been speaking up at all. Whereas somebody new, who is posting multiple replies every day, may only have one or two stars to their name. It would be more informative if the stars were based on the number of posts within the past month, say. Then, it is a meaningful item, and with a smaller threshold for gaining stars, a new member would start seeing their rank go up rapidly. Also, someone who is "hogging the soapbox" by posting replies to everything they can (I know some of you are thinking my name belongs to this category) would get the more immediate feedback to see that they have maxed out their stars. I might be able to tell, by glancing at the ranking, that the person I am thinking of replying to is someone who just spouts off at every opportunity, or else that they are a normally quiet type with a genuine interest in the subject they're speaking about. Another thing that could be done would be to award gold stars to persons who get replies to their topics, perhaps gold-silver-bronze-and blue to reflect the degree to which a person gets us all talking. This is a bit more involved, though. The number of posts per month (or per week?) would be relatively simple to implement, I believe.
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