The funny thing is I don't even look at post counts. I know the user names of the fellow guys that make this place so great. Wish there was a way to measure that.
As ticked off as I was at watching the MOAD release be so brutally taken advantage of. It had to still make Dan some small profit or he wouldn't have done it. Test teams should be built with active guys with good reputations on the forums. Our mods know who these guys are and would be willing to help Dan if he asked I bet. Let's not over look the kindness Dan is showing us over some petty complaints.

i think we should base it on join date......no politics involved

teeheee

max is wondering what the conbfusion is about

PoliTICKLE FIIIIIIGHT! TICKLE, TICKLE, TICKLE!

Just the fact that so many people name their Dog's "Max", surely solidifies my position as a JYD...if nothing else but by association.

Adam, stop kidding around man. This is serious!!! JYD's don't tickle. If you tickle too much, you'll go blind!

Very true
Much of the fresh blood that comes along and stays are a result of such events
In fact it was the 300,000 post patch that really started me to participate in this forum

If Dan didn't do things like the 1311 release we could be in danger of this forum going stagnant

Fellow Dogs, Dan had a great idea and asked for our input. Let's keep it on "high ground" and positive, the way that it SHOULD be. The Yard has always been special; we try to help our Brethren even regarding ganzas. It takes all kinds to make up the world, but we can still keep the Yard a great place. Long Live the Brotherhood!

That explains a lot. I was just thinking I need to turn some lights on because I'm having trouble seeing.

Good grief!!!

Not in the least
I would be the last one to throw stones about someone not posting
I am the perfect example of "life happens"
There have been numerous months where I have posted less than 10 posts, sometimes this can go on for months
I apologize if I caused offense.

I was talking about people that clearly joined in order to get a reward that they could turn around and sell at a profit, and then we never see them again

So to my mind there are a couple of different things Dan can do

One class of things he can do is, marketing driven such as special colour combination knives or handle type
This could both increase traffic on this forum and drive up collectability of certain knives
This could increase sales

The second class of things could be not related to increase sales
Things like knife council, or pre-ordering privileges

Once again I am not the type of guy that Dan is going to get rich off of (no offense intended)as I have only purchased four knives, one sheath and a baseball hat since I have been here (this includes the mud mutt that my kids bought for me)

My original comment was simply aimed at what could be done for those members that add quality to this forum

One of the great things about the yard is it's inclusiveness
You can have a million posts like Randy or a newbee with one post and everyone will show you respect

I was on a different forum that had a special sub-forum
The only way to read or post in that sub-forum was to reach a certain number of posts and then ask to join
It was a good idea that didn't work as eventually the "old guys" started to only post in the locked sub-forum and the open sub-forums suffered
I haven't posted there in years as it became sort of unfriendly to new people

I only bring this up as I like the idea of JYD perks, but I love the inclusiveness of this forum even more