I am strongly opposed to having any indicator of the poster’s level on nodes....
In a somewhat different direction...

When confronted with a username I don't recognize, who's posted something I'm tempted to be critical of (for numerous reasons, including poorly asked questions, intolerance, misplaced angst, etc.), I find myself checking the user's rank, number of writeups, and "first here" date. If it's a relatively new and inexperienced user, I lean towards patience and helpful comments. If it's one of the upper echelon, I tend to be more direct. [I hope civility always wins out.]

I think posts will inevitably be colored by the reputation of the poster. If TheDamian says he's found a fundamental connection between cosmic strings and pack/unpack, a wild and interesting discussion would ensue. [Maybe he already has?] If I_Like_Thoup said that, s/he would probably be ridiculed into submission. There are inherent problems with both scenarios. We shouldn't take anything as gospel just because of the source (even if it is proven out), nor should we deny anything out of hand.

Coming back to the thread, color-coded user names would only save the rare click-through to check out the new (to me) name. Hopefully checking out the user's home page will better instruct the response. Making the leap based on some color scheme would brand many of us a "colorist".

Besides, the default color scheme is bound to annoy everyone in some way.

"I don't want to be pink!"
"Fuscia is so last week!"
"What's the hex value for 'mesh'?"
"I'm colorblind -- make a tooltip info box instead."

-QM
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In reply to Re^2: How about coloured names based on xp's? by QM
in thread How about coloured names based on xp's? by kiat

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