No I'm not proposing anything like we had before. But, a forum that I belong to(on a subject we don't mention here) has a system based on seniority on the forum. It has nothing to do with post numbers, only how long one has been an active member. There would be only 4 levels. Each level would have the same privileges an any other one, ad have absolutely nothing to do with ranks. I would propose the levels be:

1 New member
2 Member
3 Senior Member
4 Founding member.

The first 3 would be attained after a certain time period to be set by the admin and staff. The 4th level would apply to only those who were actually founding members, and there are a few still active. I was close, but I was not a founding member