Of course it would be nice if we could understand where each person falls in to each of these categories but who would be ranking them or how would they be ranked?
Let's Call it "authority".
The system of increasing authority in each direction may differ from each other.
For example:
Cleaner. The person who cares for the cleanliness of the forum. Can increase its credibility for a certain number of reports on a message of poor quality or spam.
Miner. The man who really mines. He can gain authority for quality messages and information.
Bounty manager. A man who runs a bounty company. Raises the authority for a successful company.
how would they be ranked?To raise the authority you need to file a request. This request must be confirmed by minimum 3 authorities (To exclude manipulation). The first time raise the authority will moderators. Then the authority will be confirmed by 20 (for example) people with the greatest authority in this direction.
About this we need to discuss all together.
How about an ordinary user who just enjoys talking about Bitcoin, and discussing problems with other members?
Maybe that is a bit of a radical idea for a Bitcoin discussion forum.
No, its not,because authority will not affect the rank increase. This is only a level of competence / professionalism in a certain direction.
For example, a person who has the authority of a bounty hunter in topic of bounty will listen to a lot more people. In the dispute, the "weight" of his word will be higher. You know what I mean.
I don't really understand what you're aiming at. You've pretty much pointed out all of the things that someone already does here... like Cleaner (mods), Bounty manager (campaign managers), useful information (pretty much anyone who has a useful information to share)... I don't get it, what are you pointing out here.
btw here's my idea about the forum system:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.29137254I'm talking about giving these people a deserved authority.
For example you have a lot messages about mining. You are an experienced miner. You have knowledge. But in the discussion no one will study 152 pages of the history of your messages. But if you have the authority of a miner, the "weight" of your words will increase for forum members.
This is not about new merit system or their distribution. This is absolutely new titles indicating the knowledge and abilities of each individual forum member.