Hi all,
ok, so the ‘[I]60 times 10 points for especially valuable content[/I]’ has been discontinued and ranks are awarded based on the number of contributions now. This is the (automated) system used by most forums.
What confuses me is:
Member ‘[B]NinjaTrader[/B]’: 4 posts / Newbie ([B]ok[/B])
Member ‘[B]ForexTales[/B]’: 8 posts / no rank ([B]huh?[/B])
Member ‘[B]PipNRoll[/B]’: 16 posts / Newbie ([B]ok[/B])
Member ‘[B]LearninToPimpPips[/B]’: 99 posts / Newbie ([B]ok[/B])
This leads me to believe that from having posted once to having posted 99 times, your rank is ‘Newbie’.
Then I see:
Member ‘[B]a65[/B]’: 65 posts / Junior Member ([B]huh?[/B])
Next:
Member ‘[B]piptronics[/B]’: 105 posts / Junior Member ([B]ok[/B])
Member ‘[B]PIPhanger[/B]’: 242 posts / Junior Member ([B]ok[/B])
Member ‘[B]PerchTird[/B]’: 299 posts / Junior Member ([B]ok[/B])
This leads me to believe that from having posted 101 times to having posted 299 times, your rank is ‘Junior Member’.
Then I see:
Member ‘[B]MattJones[/B]’: 185 posts / Senior Member ([B]huh?[/B])
Above Senior Member, there appear to be the ranks ‘Master Contributor and Member’ (from 500+ posts?) and ‘Superior Master Contributor and Member’ (from 750+ posts?) and finally the ‘FX-Men Honorary Member’ status (1000+ posts).
While the last three ranks are clearly defined, I wonder what the criteria for ‘Newbie’, ‘Junior Member’ and ‘Senior Member’ are (and is there a plain ‘Member’, between junior and senior somewhere?); does content quality, judged by Admins/Mods, somehow play into it?
If the rank/status/whateveryouwannacallit is defined by the number of posts, how can somebody having 99 posts be a ‘Newbie’ and somebody else having 65 posts be a ‘Junior Member’?
Likewise, how can somebody having 299 posts be a ‘Junior Member’ and somebody else having 185 posts be a ‘Senior Member’?
Don’t get me wrong please: this is not meant to be a ‘complaint’ … rank is irrelevant anyway; the important thing is how much you can learn here or how much of your knowledge you can pass on to others … it is just a matter of curiosity, as I am wondering whether other criteria affect the rank or whether this is just a forum bug.
Cheers,
O.