Quote Originally Posted by Blade Wielder View Post
It's kind of insulting to just about everyone, actually. It implies new members are too dumb to take a three or four minute look around the forum to see which members are prolific in their posting, and it kind of implies that anyone who doesn't have a Mentor badge will might snub your PM's or something.
Why is it insulting to acknowledge people who spend their time helping out others?

Quote Originally Posted by Blade Wielder View Post
One of Doc's posts reads how he knows "how hard it is" to send a PM to someone when you're new. Ha ha! What?! It's not hard at all!

None of us are real people - this is the internet!
Yes, this is the internet. Using the internet is no different than using the phone or having a live conversation. At least to me it isn't. My online personality is no different from my 'real-life' personality.

Quote Originally Posted by Blade Wielder View Post
Oh, and Doc - is the additional "Super Moderator" badge really necessary? Really? I mean, I'm sure you're great at what you do, but come on - really? Does plain ol' "Moderator" not do the trick?
The term 'super moderator' is a generic vbulletin term, and you will find that most vbulletin forums of a significant size have them. The badge system is used in other vb forums as well.

Super moderators are a different group. I don't know why the vb people chose thise name. For one thing, super moderators are the ones who ban people, or make decisions if a mod requests advice. We also have more forum permissions than other mods.

Having 2 different badges comes from belonging to 2 different groups. Yeah I guess I could have re-used the mod badge.