What will it solve, Geoff?
An icon is exactly that. You see; unless you actually know a person, then that person could be a troll, a liar, out for a giggle, true believer, partial believer or any other variation.
It's about using your own judgement to decide what you think fits best to any person you correspond with.
For instance: you have me down as a troll and so do most others. In that scenario, I should have a troll icon, which tells people that anything I put forward and all my thoughts are simply just trolling, regardless of the time I've spent posting, all because people believe I am a troll. Whether that appears clear or true to a person is neither here nor there. The fact is, nobody knows what I am, other than what I decide to tell them...and even then, they still don't know.
I don't know what you are. I can guess that you could be anything and anyone and make an assumption that you are one specific thing. Let's say I have you down as a shill. That means you get a shill icon. Would this be right?
A flat Earth believer. Vauxhall? Thermometer? Duckdodgers? or is it Jroa, roundy, Pongo,i wanttobelieve, cowgirl, etc?
What icon for Vauxhall? maybe a liar icon? shill? flat Earth? maybe a question mark inbetween flat and globe? maybe a question mark inbetween flat, liar, globe, shill, troll, etc?
What about Thermometer? A convert, troll, mixed emotions,shill?
How about Duckdodgers? Covert to flat but which one, or a season long alternate thinker to see what the flat side is like against the global model.
I don't even know what any of these people really believe in but that has no bearing on me, because I look at people THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, which all of those people do, regardless of what others may think of them or tag them with.
Being officially tagged by the admin will not go down too well when newcomers see icons displayed against a name, as it will create more confusion.
Are you going to be taken any more serious than you think people take you if a shill icon is placed next to your name?
Am I going to be taken any more or less serious with a troll icon placed next to mine, because people think I'm a loony, anyway?
Remember, Geoff: there's more than one flat Earth theory or hypothesis, which means there is a conflict of information you will get between people who go with whatever variation.
Your argued stance is the same as any other official follower, which is the globe, so there's no issue with what you are arguing for.
You've been here long enough to know the people you want to debate with. The real issue is, why are you doing it? I mean; your stance will never change, you're basically ridiculing anyone with a different stance, so why the need to know what you are ridiculing?
You can't simply say that X person is arguing a better model, so you need to know how many are arguing this certain model, because to you, it's all batshit crazy, so knowing what people are and what they think, is irrelevant when you think about it, Geoff.
Someobody is seriously, seriously wrong, no matter which thing you are arguing against, whether it's deemed as trolling, legitimate thought or whatever.
3000 miles v 93 million miles. 32 miles v 1000,000 +km wide.
Resting on turtles v upward moving disc v spinning ball, etc.
Infinite Earth v stationary globe.
Ice dome, slightly concave Earth with no universe v star glittered universe.
The list is long. The thoughts are spread far and wide for those who are trying to decipher what is what.
All that ^ is directly against your one model. A model that you believe is done and dusted with no further arguments against it, needed, in your mind.
To sum it all up, Geoff: if you felt the need to put this suggestion up because it bothers you that you can't work out who is who, then everyone should put up a topic like this, because everyone is in the same boat.
The best way to deal with a person is to remember their stance and not simply accept that every persons' mind is nailed onto one particular model.
People keep telling me that I believe in UA, when my stance is as clear as day as to what I believe. The fact that people refuse to see that, is there problem and they will be continually confused if they don't take onboard each persons thoughts when trying to deal with what is at hand.
The best way for you to deal with stuff, is to deal with those who you feel you are capable of dealing with and leaving the rest alone who you can't fathom out. That way you will at least have a good idea of what model you are arguing against and the nutters like me can be left to just plod on with our thoughts.
This is no dig, Geoff, I'm simply just explaining that each person has to be taken as is, not put into one specific catergory of people.
I get told that I'm harming the flat Earth with my stance, yet my stance is deemed idiotic, so how can I be harming anything?
You people are harming the flat Earth stance by coming on and ridiculing it for all to see. I'm just an out of the box thinker, like most are who go against the official line. Out of the box thinking is not specific to anything or any particular model, as each person has their own ideas and takes. Yours is thickly buttered on one side of the bread, never to be skimmed at any time, just folded and eaten like that, as habit.