Proposed change to Titles/Rankings

I'm planning on updating member titles after installing the new forum software and would like to get some input.

Here are the current titles and rankings:

Bronze
Requirement: Register an account
Added privileges: Chat, post, give reputation, search

Member
Requirement: 100 posts or 30 days
Added privileges: Beyond moderation after 30 days

Senior Member
Requirement: 500 posts
Added privileges: None

Moderator
Deal with trolls who have accounts under 30 days

Administrator
N/A

Restricted
Posts must be approved by administrator

Lockdown
Cannot post but not banned

Banned
N/A

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Proposed ranking system.

Registered
Requirement: Register an account
Added privileges: Post and chat

Member
Requirement: Based on likes, reputation, posts, time
Added privileges: Rate posts, give rep, search

Senior Member
Requirement: Based on likes, reputation, posts, time
Added privileges: Beyond moderation

VIP
Requirement: Paid account and/or senior member in excellent standing
Added privileges: Private messaging, respond to personal ads, chat whispers

Moderator
Deal with new trolls, problem members, can sticky threads, move threads, merge threads

Administrator
N/A

Restricted
Posts must be approved by moderators or administrators

Lockdown
Cannot post but not banned

Banned
N/A

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The amount of reputation, likes, posts, and time required to move up levels still has to be determined. Any suggestions?

The titles can also be changed as well.

Here are some titles I plan to use on another site and how they compare to the proposed ones here:

Tenderfoot = Registered
Citizen = Member
Networker = Member who signed up using Facebook or Twitter
Pundit = Senior Member
Top Gun = VIP
Oracle = Top Gun + some moderator abilities

Moderator = Moderator
Administrator = Administrator

Restriced = Restricted
Lockdown = Lockdown
Banned = Banned

What do you think?

 

1. A VIP can be a paid member who pays like anyone can do today ($24.95 for the first month and $9.95/month recurring)

or ...

2. A VIP can be a non-paying senior member in excellent standing

A member who doesn't want to put in the time or effort to gain rank can pay for VIP access. Once their paid membership expires they'd revert back to the rank they were before. For example, a new member may see someone on the site they'd like to talk to privately ASAP.

 

Parasitic trolls with a hidden agenda who've made it past 30 days. They usually set off red flags from the start but not enough to get them banned outright.

They don't believe you should be allowed to believe or do something they don't like (IR dating for example) and lack the mental capacity or dignity to mind their own business.

 

Too much abuse for it to be available to everyone. You have some leverage with folks who pay or take the time to rank up, but not with trolls or generally abusive individuals with little to lose.

Private messages are a lot harder to investigate if there is a serious problem because you have to query the database to get at them.

Frankly, reputation and chat messages are private on this site until someone complains.