Ihave, it's great to hear your ideas about how to improve the community... but (you knew I was gonna say that!)
I think it is very important for young people to learn, here rather than in the real world, that you CAN'T trust people just because they act friendly. So, no. I disagree. I think that post about how to say "No" was true.
An Ambassador program that was exclusively hand-picked, etc. like you described just sounds to me like yet another excuse for elitist attitudes. The Guardian program was SUPPOSED to inspire better behavior by encouraging community spirit with a reward and a title. The result simply was that some people wanted it just to have it, just to be elite. And then a guardian endorsed the honesty of someone who greatly overcharged a noob for an item. Booted. And another posted on a competing website that his Guardian account was for sale. Booted. And a third accused STG of bait-and-switch in a user review. Adois! And lastly, a young man who I thought was and is very dedicated expressed his desire to be a Guardian. Well that resulted in a campaign against him. When he was admitted as an Ambassador, the personal attacks increased. They suspended the whole thing.
It backfired!
Do we really want to go back down that road?
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