What would I suggest now you ask? Bad Mother Fucker - At 4000 activity/merit
That's an idea I can get behind--not only because it'd be a much-needed (IMO) addition to the ranking system but because a title like that would showcase just how uncensored bitcointalk is. There are forums out there--many of them, in fact--where you wouldn't even be able to write "motherfucker" in a post without having it deleted by a mod. So I second that suggestion.
^ only takes 10 years of being active everyday for 4k activity<snip>
A decade is a long time, most people move on by then, very few who stick around can get that shiny rank under their name.
And that's why such members who do stick around long enough to earn the highest rank ought to be rewarded with such, regardless of what it's named. Maybe 4000 activity is a bit much, but a new rank based on activity and a hard-to-achieve number of merits should at least be considered by Theymos. I've written much the same thing every time this issue pops up.
IIRC, Theymos has hinted about adding at least one new rank<snip>
Would be news to me, I'm pretty sure theymos has never commented on further ranks being added at least in favour of it, I could be wrong in that though. I think other staff might have hinted at supporting the idea.
I don't think you're wrong; I even thought he'd rejected the idea out of hand, but there's been talk of this for so long that I lose track in my head of what Theymos's most recent opinion is on any given suggestion. Seems like he so rarely gives one, and when he does I probably miss it.