Does Vod deserve VIP status?

[Vod]

No politics - no drama - just the facts.  Theymos' ultimate decision. 

Ok - Donator was not acceptable to the community. 

I designed bpip.org as a hobby, got hacked, launched officially with ibminer, and the project was saved by suchmoon after my hard drives suffered a design flaw (same as my heart valve ha!).  I spent hundreds of hours in devotion to accountability of users.

People may copy this action or complain about it.   My standing grace is my early adoption, lack of any financial mistrust, and proven love of crypto and this community.

Is my contribution not worth a VIP status?

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[YOSHIE]

VIP does not match.

I prefer to see the profile: @Vod as below:



@Vod: has tough challenges in fighting for Bpip's site and many sacrifices that he experienced while Bpip was founded.

I think the title for @Vod fits the profile better: (Bpip founder).

[mk4]

Same answer to the "Donator" question. You deserve a special rank, but not the Donator and VIP rank. Completely up to Theymos what special rank he's going to give you.

Just to be fair, unless you actually donated 10 BTC, then no simply because it doesn't fit the given description[1]. I personally think you deserve a sort of "Contributor" rank though.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

[Foxpup]

Ok - Donator was not acceptable to the community.

But... VIP rank is higher than Donator.

[SFR10]

Is my contribution not worth a VIP status?

Normally ^{[if it was a different kind of forum]}, "YES" but since this forum is a bit different in the sense that those sub-ranks are given after a certain amount in donations ^{[for the most part]}, I think a special badge would fit your description more.

[DooMAD]

Perhaps some form of new status like "Forum Statistician" would be appropriate?  An officially recognised number-cruncher. I can think of a few users who would qualify.

[NeuroticFish]

If VIP would be like we'd expect to be, the answer would be yes.
But here VIP means 50BTC donated and we're back to the same problem you had with the "Donator" position: it would be unfair vs the actual donators.

I also think that a special badge or status is the proper way to go. Sorry.

[casperBGD]

rules are clear here, and VIP assumes that you have donated 50 BTC, did you? if you did not, then it does not make sense to ask for the status

you have done a lot for the forum, and some kind of appreciation should be given, but you cannot ask for the status, if you are not fit with the requirements

of course, decision is up to @theymos, but i have voted "no"

[GazetaBitcoin]

VIP does not match.

I prefer to see the profile: @Vod as below:

I am also sharing YOSHIE's opinion. His suggestion can be set easy, with a custom title. VIP / DONATOR ranks have certain rules for being awarded, already highlighted by mk4. But a custom title would be able to reflect VOD's contributions.

[LoyceV]

Ok - Donator was not acceptable to the community.

But... VIP rank is higher than Donator.

VIP doesn't sound like it included a donation (even though it did).

I think this boils down to the discussion to lower the donation amounts of 10BTC and 50BTC to an amount that's closer to the dollar-value it had at the time others donated. That didn't happen: 1 BTC = 1 BTC.

with a custom title.

I've seen members who got a custom title by just asking theymos. That might work for Vod too.

How about a new rank for users who have been around for a decade? This can be measured by reaching 10 full years in Activity periods, meaning a post in at least 260 Activity periods. This doesn't have to be 3640 Activity, one post per Activity period is enough.

[dkbit98]

VIP is nice but you have letter V in your name and you can have your own special VOD status
I expect this topic to be very long when all Vods archemenies wake up and see it.
Many thanks for BPIP again.

[suchmoon]

How about a new rank for users who have been around for a decade? This can be measured by reaching 10 full years in Activity periods, meaning a post in at least 260 Activity periods. This doesn't have to be 3640 Activity, one post per Activity period is enough.

I like it. I like it so much that I'll probably steal the idea to create some new starts on BPIP unless someone else steals it first (looking at TryNinja obviously).

[hilariousetc]

I don't think people should be given VIP status based on the current system. There should be more ranks though... or Legendary is made harder to get by requiring much more activity and/or merit. That would at least set users apart as its become quite common to be a Legendary now and the people who attained that rank before the merit system got it pretty easy just by making sure they posted once in 56 periods. At least if we required a high amount of merit people would have at least earned that rank and it would mean something special and become worth of its name. It would be nice to see an additional rank though for users that do attain an exceptional amount of it (Exceptional Member?  ) and with 3234 Activity and 2649 Merit maybe Vod would qualify. Maybe 2000 Merit and 2000 Activity would be a good benchmark.

[tranthidung]

I've seen members who got a custom title by just asking theymos. That might work for Vod too.

Recent months, there is a story about a company account that has a custom title, with 'aka' at the end. I don't remember the username.

• Users with Custom Title. It is outdated because OP was banned. I guess you or @DdmrDdmr can help to update it.

How about a new rank for users who have been around for a decade? This can be measured by reaching 10 full years in Activity periods, meaning a post in at least 260 Activity periods. This doesn't have to be 3640 Activity, one post per Activity period is enough.

A new rank such as 'Loyal member'.  

I think this boils down to the discussion to lower the donation amounts of 10BTC and 50BTC to an amount that's closer to the dollar-value it had at the time others donated. That didn't happen: 1 BTC = 1 BTC.

The last donator is Claymore and with a donation at $1,242.

Found. That account is MoparMiningLLC with a custom title as ^{aka Stryfe}

very simple. My forum name was "Stryfe" which was registered in Dec 2017, I simply put in a request to have my forum name changed to match my company name without having to create a new account as I do provide escrow and reshipping services and did not want to create a new account because of this. Mopar Mining, LLC is a registered LLC in the state of Florida - My EIN is listed below my Avatar - I have also purchased land and am working towards building a facility where I can offer co-location services for miners as well as hosting my own miners. It is going slow - partially due to all this COVID-19 stuff and because I am not a rich man either lol

Anyways, I submitted the request and it was reviewed and approved - I did have any expectation or guarantee that they would do it but figured there was no harm in asking. The aka Stryfe is simply to allow people who knew me as "Stryfe" to validate that I am still the same person.

[Jet Cash]

Vod is vod - surely that is recognition enough.

[suchmoon]

How about we get rid of all displayed ranks and other trinkets and just leave the actual privileges, like avatars and stuff. Throw in some silly new ones for 2000+, 4000+, etc - like allowing bbcode in personal text or allowing to change the font of your username. We're not "Heroes" or "Legendaries", just random internet hobos who spend way too much time on a nerdy site.

[Saidasun]

This would not be fair to those that have donated although you could probably argue you have donated your time in helping the community but others will debate that your contribution has had more negative effects than positives (whether that is accurate or not should probably be judged on an individual basis) I think there should be a new rank added to those that have contributed a great amount to the forum without any monetary donation and the rank would be reserved for only those that have significant contribtions. I'm thinking Suchmoon and people who have pretty much dedicated a lot of time to helping the community.

How about we get rid of all displayed ranks and other trinkets and just leave the actual privileges, like avatars and stuff. Throw in some silly new ones for 2000+, 4000+, etc - like allowing bbcode in personal text or allowing to change the font of your username. We're not "Heroes" or "Legendaries", just random internet hobos who spend way too much time on a nerdy site.

I think you are being a little humble here because I can assure you that there's many members here who look up to the likes of you and other members that have made a contribution to the community. I think everyone has someone they either respect or hold as a role model in the community. I agree that the legendary rank has lost all meaning since the decision to allow members to get a free legendary rank but I think there are some truly legendary people who reside on the forum and not only contribute to the forums but Bitcoin and should be honored for that as much as possible.

[LoyceV]

random internet hobos

I like it! 2000+ Activity Rank should be "Random Internet Hobo".

[jackg]

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I like it! 2000+ Activity Rank should be "Random Internet Hobo".

I can't remember what is was but there was a rank above "legendary" for 100000 posts (where it just stopped displaying post count).

Thatd be fun... 10000 merit and 10000 activity (10k activity is 27 years though).

And the vip and donator ranks are special, we can't just be handing them out. You should've dm'd Theymos and ask for a "bpip founder" custom text with a link to the bpip.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Same answer to the "Donator" question. You deserve a special rank, but not the Donator and VIP rank.

Unless Theymos were to change the designations of those ranks, but I seriously doubt he's going to do that.  Those terms "Donator" and "VIP" have a very specific meaning on bitcointalk, and I don't think anyone who didn't fulfill the criteria for either one ought to have either title. 

That said, I think Vod has dedicated a lot of his time to the forum trying to bust scammers and keep order (especially in the Lending section), and he's been doing this for years.  Hell, he registered in 2011 and that's a long time to be a member of any forum.  I do think Vod probably deserves some recognition for all the good things he's done, just not the "VIP" title.

Completely up to Theymos what special rank he's going to give you.

Is Theymos even considering doing that?  Did I miss a discussion about this?