(btw, i am on the gimkit forum as eiqcrmeliutgwhc)
This sounds good… until you realize the badges we have. You could easily get badges by:
posting your invite in your bio or something
being the literal definition of a spam liker
doing the advanced member tutorial
…so this isn’t really a feasible option. What could probably work is manually promoting TL3s and if someone isn’t fit to be a TL3 in the mods’ eyes, you could just lock that user’s trust level to TL2.[1] Of course, if the staff isn’t active, no one’s getting promoted, but that’s more of a forum issue.
Fun fact: Badges don’t mean much. In the forum I made, the admins and I made so many joke badges (e.g. To the Moon! and Carrot). Anyways, I guess it could matter if you have Devotee, but would it matter if you have something like Great Share?
You also don’t need to lock every TL2’s trust level because most TL2s don’t make it to TL3. ↩︎
Well, most forums have badges that are earned via meaningful inclusivity, and like with the regular requirements, the leader ones could also be changed to fit the needs of the forum.
They would also be a sign of dedication from the user because a good leader should be dedicated to their community.
yea OK, but that is relative to your forum. there are plenty of forums out there where the badges are important not only to the users, but to the organizations that are running the forums.
It would be better if badges were not involved in this, but instead pick the top 3 most active regulars to be promoted as leaders, very active regulars know what happens in the forums
Solid information, evidence, and data would be needed, making elections and automation better in that they have either community support, the people who know them, or clean facts, saving time and sanity for staff and other people of position.