NEW RANK: "SPECTATOR"

Congratulations !

As the result of your contributions to the community, you have earned a new rank.

Your new rank is Spectator .

This was an amusing email notification I received today.

I always knew I was a Spectator since I have never posted to the Community after 20 years of being an Adobe enthusiast; seems Adobe just noticed. Mostly though my ranking is more apt as "Less Than Spectator" Status since I do not pay attention to Community pages accept when I try to contact Adobe and inevitably end up redirected to the Community Sandbox rather than Adobe staff support.

The Community sandbox is where users expend their time sharing their experience and knowledge which is very cost effective for Adobe not having to pay wages to support reps when the Community can take over the company's role. Why would they?

A cost effective strategy undoubtedly yet more useful that the virtual assistant that religiously believes everything but knows nothing and like an obedient proselyte regurgitates everything and anything Bishop Robot inputs and yet the Virtual Assistant is an expense that comes with a cost.

Adobe should provide product prizes and/or discounts to show appreciation to offset the dollar value the Company saves from diligent Community Members helping other members in the Community.

Hey I'm just saying:  the Company should acknowledge "quid pro quo" like the Mick Mulvaney Model and in turn provide valuable quid to the rank members who save the Company $thousands, if not tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars $$$'s by hiring employees; that's one option I suggest as a ranking Spectator.