I think every possible metric where you measure someone's contribution will be flawed and there will be some way to "game" it, whether it's number of posts, total length of all posts, frequency of posts, or what have you. That's the problem with counting stuff up and using hard rules rather than judgment...
I think the trick is, though, to somehow give newbies who come here something to play for early on. I mean let's be honest, people often first arrive because they heard about the freeroll. So having different levels would help by offering something up to the new folks without the requisite contribution levels, and then they have something to do associated with the forum while they work their way up to the bigger freerolls. That's just a brainstorm idea, though, I have no idea if it's practical. |