Shawn, since many of us spend our life over here, would you consider putting up a store with all kind of hacks? For example, we could buy a new user title, or change our nickname's color or make it glow... and all the earnings could go to some charity. Or another option would be something like the charity ribbons they have at Namepros, http://www.namepros.com/ushop.php?do=a&aid=20 Dunno... just to let us have some fun customizing our appearance here and also getting a chance to donate to some fund.
I've seen them on a phpbb site, except you earn them with reputation, or post count. It got kinda spammy but it was cool.
I've been to forums with lots of things like this. It gets very distracting and the posts get hard to read and it takes away from the actual "information" in the forum.
I with lorien, 'things like dancing cows' are really distracting to the eye.. Its the words that are the power here at dp. Not name badges or executive committees.. Hell, I dont think I worked out that Shawn owned dp AND posted daily for a while (i think its the same for most newbs). I doubt I would have ever spoken to anyone if I could have seen an obvious hierarchy. Being here the longest gives you no more rights than anyone else (imo), you learn who is worth respecting if you've been here long enough anyway.
Probably not to be honest... I'm a pretty minimalist kind of guy, so when you start adding distracting stuff, I think it takes away from the forum.
When I saw store I thought we were going to get to by some DP swag!!! I want a visor that has the DP logo on it. Even if it's just a cafe press store... then we could order everything from DP shirts to bibs to thongs to hats!
Yeah, a store with *actual* DP merchandise has a better chance of coming about than one you can buy "virtual" things.
Now lorien, why would you ever have need to wonder about that? Besides you can pick and choose which items you want in your store...
I can see it now... everyone with a DP tattoo on the inside of their wrist like a little "secret society" marking or something. It would be a cool looking tattoo though.
Somehow I knew which one you were talking about w/o looking... I'm not sure that would be my first choice.
Every topic at the digital point either ends up about Nintendo or something perverted. *Keeps this place hilarious though*
You know Rob I changed it to black & white and I still just don't think I could bring myself to make the first tattoo I'd ever receive a picture of your face...