I'm against avatars, but I want custom ranks.

They aren't like the post-count ranks, where people would spam to get a higher ranking. I don't see how any bad can come of them.

What about just a trial period? Like have them for a month, and review how well they went. If nothing bad happened, then keep them.

I know the admins do a great job, but I think something like this could be handled a bit better. It isn't like the world is going to come crashing down if something goes wrong with custom ranks. They can simply turn them off at the first sign of abuse. It doesn't have to be set in stone. There shouldn't even have to be a consensus between the admins. From this poll, there are obviously more people who want custom ranks than people who don't, so why not just give it a try? Maybe some of the people who voted no would change their mind if we tried it.

You could also put in a way to personally shut them off, and that would keep everyone happy.