08-10-2011, 11:37 AM
This is gimmicky but I'll throw it out there as food for thought.
American Idol is widely known, as is Simon (the harsh judge), Paula (the kind judge), and Randy (the middle of the road judge).
So perhaps at the top of the forum have a note telling people they can indicate whether they want to hear from "Paula" "Randy" or "Simon" Then rely on your mods to make judgement calls when people go Simon on someone who wanted to hear from Paula.
You could implement it with Thread Prefixes--so they would choose the prefix when they created the page, and you could even have icons appear next to the thread title. Maybe the faces of those people, or perhaps green/yellow/red orbs, or "Be Nice" "Be Honest" "Be Brutal" text, or something like that.
American Idol is widely known, as is Simon (the harsh judge), Paula (the kind judge), and Randy (the middle of the road judge).
So perhaps at the top of the forum have a note telling people they can indicate whether they want to hear from "Paula" "Randy" or "Simon" Then rely on your mods to make judgement calls when people go Simon on someone who wanted to hear from Paula.
You could implement it with Thread Prefixes--so they would choose the prefix when they created the page, and you could even have icons appear next to the thread title. Maybe the faces of those people, or perhaps green/yellow/red orbs, or "Be Nice" "Be Honest" "Be Brutal" text, or something like that.
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."