- Time of past OR future Camino
- Inglès April 2023
Primitivo July 2023
By forum titles I mean those that appear underneath our avatars : Newcomer, Active member, Veteran etc .
Some of course have their titles thrust upon them by the nature of their role: Moderator and Administrator.
Others are smart enough to choose them for themselves: Pilgrim, Camino Tortuga etc.
For the rest of us however it appears that we start as 'new' members, graduate to 'active' and eventually become 'veterans'.
And these artificial labels have nothing to do with how much camino experience we actually have or even how long we have been members, but rather how active we are on the forum.
I for example have been on the forum for less than two years, and yet because of the prolific nature of my posts I am a 'veteran'. Others who have been on here for 10 years or more but seldom posted, or who have already walked multiple caminos but only recently joined the forum, are still labelled 'newcomers' or at best 'active' members.
Worse still it is possible to become a 'veteran' without ever having walked the Camino.
Why am I even raising this, and is this is important?
Because when I first started reading the forum I was prone to give more weight to answers from 'veterans' as opposed to 'newcomers', especially when their opinions conflicted. Whilst some will be smart enough not to do this, I suspect that many will.
Perhaps (with the exception of official titles) the labeling system should be eliminated and we should all just become a 'member' ?
Or am I just making much out of nothing.
Some of course have their titles thrust upon them by the nature of their role: Moderator and Administrator.
Others are smart enough to choose them for themselves: Pilgrim, Camino Tortuga etc.
For the rest of us however it appears that we start as 'new' members, graduate to 'active' and eventually become 'veterans'.
And these artificial labels have nothing to do with how much camino experience we actually have or even how long we have been members, but rather how active we are on the forum.
I for example have been on the forum for less than two years, and yet because of the prolific nature of my posts I am a 'veteran'. Others who have been on here for 10 years or more but seldom posted, or who have already walked multiple caminos but only recently joined the forum, are still labelled 'newcomers' or at best 'active' members.
Worse still it is possible to become a 'veteran' without ever having walked the Camino.
Why am I even raising this, and is this is important?
Because when I first started reading the forum I was prone to give more weight to answers from 'veterans' as opposed to 'newcomers', especially when their opinions conflicted. Whilst some will be smart enough not to do this, I suspect that many will.
Perhaps (with the exception of official titles) the labeling system should be eliminated and we should all just become a 'member' ?
Or am I just making much out of nothing.
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