Good thinking. I'd also like to recommend that there be a minimum karma level at some point soon to rank up. Although there is no real benefit to ranking up, it'd be nice to have an incentive to become a Sr member and above, rather than just by posting a lot. Starting with the idea of having Jr Members requiring neutral karma (which is similar to idea of for airdrops/withdrawals requiring 0 karma anyway) followed by Sr and above requiring a small amount of karma. For me, someone isn't a Jr Member if they have negative karma, they are more likely a spammer. This is so that someone Sr has at least contributed something worthwhile (rather than just a lot of posts), while Hero and above needing to contribute "enough" for said rank.
For example:
Jr Member: 0 karma
Sr Member: 1 karma
Hero Member: X karma
Legendary Member: X karma.
I realise this might be a controversial proposal to some, as BTT has the Merit system, but please remember that the main failure of this system is the bar is set so high (100 for full member for example). I'd therefore suggest a very low karma minimum requirement level, as an experiment.
It'd be nice to hear people's thoughts on this issue.
Let's forget about karma for a minute. If I am not wrong it's similar like merit in BTT.
Take my example in count... I will be a Full Member after making two posts (including this). I registered 2 days ago. The forum is lucky that I do not have any intention to misuse it. I am not even spamming at all. But it's the luck and you can not rely on luck.
If someone register two days ago and after two days if he/she become a Full member and the way I am posting on the forum I bet I will become Sr. Member in the next 7 or so days... You think it's ok to feel for those who are with the forum from long time? Someone with bad intention can run a bot and can post 100s of posts every day and can become a Legend in 10 days (I got this information that you need 1000 posts to become Legend). You think it's fair?
What I am suggesting is, bring something like activity count in BTT. I would like your feedback on it if possible then from the admin.