Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?)

[GOGO123]

My first post were 2 days ago, is there a limit ? Can I become jr member tomrrow ?

[OmegaStarScream]

My first post were 2 days ago, is there a limit ? Can I become jr member tomrrow ?

The activity reset happens each 14 days and during these days, you can only gain 14 activity and since you posted a couple of days ago, you already got the 14 activity (or the potential activity). Today, you will only have another 14 and that give you 28 activity which is not enough to rank up to Jr.Member. You must wait another two weeks for that.

[ocimjr]

little question, how often does the activity ? 

[classicneverdies]

Can anybody say how the ranking works right now?

[hilariousetc]

does commenting on some "off-topics" themes also count as an activity?

Yes, but posting exclusively in off topic threads is likely to get you banned because this is a bitcoin forum (see the sticky in off topic).

You guys should update the Donation amounts. 50 BTC = $20K USD ~!!

They wont be updated because it wouldn't be fair to the original donators, but new donator ranks have been suggested.

[kabi123]

50BTC is just uberlol P

[whoisyourking]

lots of post here about ranking are so informative  this will help many newbie like me to understand how ranking works thank you...

[babarian]

Ranks

All the main ranks that can be handed out to normal users are: Brand New, Newbie, Jr. Member, Member, Full Member, Sr. Member, Hero Member and Legendary.
In addition to the main rankings, there are also sub-rankings that can be applied, and those are: Donator, and VIP.
Finally, staff sub-rankings are as follows: Staff, Moderator, Global Moderator, Administrator, and Founder.

Rank	Description	Tag
Brand New:	0 posts, gets 1 gold coin under his name.
Newbie:	(none), gets 1 gold coin under his name.
Jr. Member:	Activity: 30, gets 1 gold coin under his name.
Member:	Activity: 60, gets 2 gold coins under his name.
Full Member:	Activity: 120, gets 3 gold coins under his name.
Sr. Member:	Activity: 240, gets 4 gold coins under his name.
Hero Member:	Activity: 480, gets 5 gold coins under his name.
Legendary:	Activity: the Legendary membergroup has no universal activity requirement. You are guaranteed to become Legendary somewhere between 775 and 1030 activity, but the exact point in this range at which you become Legendary is random per user. Gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half dark blue.
Sub-Rank	Description	Tag
Donator:	Manually applied by administration after 10 BTC donation, and gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half green. 5 coins are shown regardless of post count when user is a Donator.
VIP:	Manually applied by administration after 50 BTC donation, and gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half purple. 5 coins are shown regardless of post count when user is a VIP.
Staff Rank	Description	Tag
Staff:	Shown when moderators (see next point) post outside of the sections that they moderate. The tags under their usernames are dependent on their post group.	variable
Moderator:	Shown when moderators of specific sections post within those sections. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is shown as half faded-out green.
Global Moderator:	Applied to Staff that have moderation privileges in all boards. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is half teal colored.
Administrator:	Has all available permissions and can appoint moderators and perform other administrative tasks. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is shown half red regardless of post count.
Founder:	Reserved for Satoshi, gets 5 platinum coins under his name.

The way activity is calculated:

The activity number is determined in this way:
time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration
activity = min(time * 14, posts)

Activity is updated every hour.

To become a Donator or a VIP, send a PM to theymos to get a unique donation address.


Took the liberty to update it according to the new Activity & new member limits/groups.
Edited with proper number of coins.
malevolent - update: added info about the new rank, changes to the Staff rank tag, removed the deprecated "SCAMMER" sub-rank. Also included info about the posting limits.

Signature restrictions

There are restrictions on signatures, based on your activity/rank.

- Newbie: No styling (including links) allowed. Max 50 characters.
- Jr. Member: Links allowed. Max 150 characters.
- Member: Unlimited length.
- Full: Color allowed.
- Sr. Member: Size allowed
- Hero: Background color allowed

Badges

I added a system of badges to SMF a while ago, though only two are defined now. Here are the current badges:

Bitcoin expert	Dev&Tech only. People with this badge know enough about the Bitcoin network to reimplement something very like it from scratch. They are capable of intelligently discussing the Bitcoin network: current protocol, possible attacks, proposed changes, etc. Criteria: Recommendation by an existing Bitcoin expert or core dev and approval by a forum administrator.
Bitcoin-Qt core developer	Dev&Tech only. These are the core developers of Satoshi's Bitcoin client. They are listed here. Core developers are among the top contributors to Bitcoin-Qt, and they are all bitcoin experts, though they don't also get that badge.
The Glider(hacker symbol)	Awarded for people who have responsibly disclosed forum security flaws.

A core dev does not "outrank" a bitcoin expert (or vice-versa), and it's possible for someone without a badge to contribute meaningfully to a discussion with experts and core devs.

Limits on posting

Code:

waittime = 360;
if(activity >= 15)
        waittime = (int)(90 - activity);
if(activity >= 60)
        waittime=(int)(34.7586 - (0.0793103 * activity));
if(activity >= 100)
        waittime = max((int)(14-(activity/50)), 4);

Limits on PMs

I've adjusted the limits to make spamming more difficult.

Activity	Min. seconds between post actions	Max PM recipients	PMs per hour
0	360	3	5
16	74	5	30
30	60	5	60
60	30	5	60
100	12	10	120
200	10	15	120
300	8	20	120

Avatars
Full Member and up only.  
It must be no more than 120px wide, 80px tall, and 100 KiB in size. It must be a PNG, GIF, or JPEG image. It must be safe for work.

Why my activity stuck at number 28, even though his post is 33?

[SFR10]

Why my activity stuck at number 28, even though his post is 33?

Because you've only been active on two activity updates. Each activity update (once every two weeks) gives you a maximum of 14 activities (as long as you make 14 posts on and after that period). Having more posts on this period, doesn't add up to your activity.
Furthermore, kindly edit your post and delete the quoted part (since it made the whole page unnecessarily longer).

[MrKapoor]

how to i need to donated to get vip rank??

[OmegaStarScream]

how to i need to donated to get vip rank??

The donate button should be visible near 'profile' on the top of the page: https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html If you want that offer (to become VIP or Donator) then you must contact theymos before donating as that page states.

[Fluffy Bunny]

Well, still seems that it requires a lot of time and effort to become notable around forum. anyways, read and understood!

[kasper-guts]

It's not totally clear for me how much activity is needed before I am able to post a picture.. I heard 30 but not from an 'official' source..

[MadGamer]

It's not totally clear for me how much activity is needed before I am able to post a picture.. I heard 30 but not from an 'official' source..

That's correct, you will be able to post pictures when you become junior member (30 activity) and to change your avatar at Full member rank.

[CROWD ESTATE]

How many time should past from the registration to allow posting the images.
We are looking to start the pre-ICO campaign.
Is it necessary to buy an account for this.

[CROWD ESTATE]

It's not totally clear for me how much activity is needed before I am able to post a picture.. I heard 30 but not from an 'official' source..

That's correct, you will be able to post pictures when you become junior member (30 activity) and to change your avatar at Full member rank.

30 activity - what does it mean? 30 days of activity?

[cryptounicon]

As the price of BTC continues to moon, will their be any lowering of the cost to get the donation or VIP recognition?

The cost of BTC is now >$4000 USD. A 10 BTC donation today is exponentially higher than a year ago for example.

[kier010]

It's not totally clear for me how much activity is needed before I am able to post a picture.. I heard 30 but not from an 'official' source..

That's correct, you will be able to post pictures when you become junior member (30 activity) and to change your avatar at Full member rank.

30 activity - what does it mean? 30 days of activity?

you can read it in the Beginners & Help section on how they calculate activity. i read it there

[draculacoin]

How is this activity calculated?

[Saoha]

I'm a newbie.
 It looks pretty complicated. But i will try. Since it is possible to earn Btc from signature. However, i need to upgrade membership