10-28-2015, 06:51 AM
Hi Alan
A few things:
A few things:
- It wasn't really an option to keep going with RAT the way it was. It had a much higher footprint on the server, less extensibility and less features. Either we were going to require an upgrade to both the underlying system to old RAT and the forum system - likely maintaining the footprint - or move away to what's been consistently rated as the best free forum system. So I chose the latter. Just wanted to make it clear I'm not putting everyone (myself included) through a headache for fun or on a whim... Inevitably that'll have some results not everyone is happy with (again, myself included)
- As for the ranks: I wanted to avoid a situation where we'd have lots of people running around with custom titles. As RAT's coming up to its 15th birthday, there are quite a few with a lot of posts... Luckily the ranks really are meaningless, as you say yourself, producing lots of grunts and posting those has the same effect as posting lots of well thought-out and eloquent responses. So...
- I agree with you on the the thank-you system. Fortunately, this system has one too. See the thumbs-up icon to the bottom left? Works the same way, except you can also add a reason why you appreciate someone's post. I will see if I can transfer member's thank-you rate on the previous forum, but there's a limit to the amount of time I'm willing to spend on any one feature of this forum.
