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

[anistone]

Thanks for explaining this. Was all but lost about it.

[sorin90]

hello. what is the diference between posts and activity. I have more posts than activity so i think there should be a difference. What is the activity per-say

[dillpicklechips]

hello. what is the diference between posts and activity. I have more posts than activity so i think there should be a difference. What is the activity per-say

Posts is the total number of replies and topics you made. Activity, on the other hand, is a bit different. 14 potential activities are added up every 2 weeks. You might be confused what these "potential activities" and "activities." Read this:

Can anybody explain what is potential activity? The difference between the number of posts and activity?

Not really. You only need to make one post to be able to collect the full 14 activity at a later date. So if you made one post each in two seperate periods you would have 2 posts and 2 activity but a potential activity of 28. Once you made a total of 28 posts you would then get the full 28 activity but no more until the next period.

Do I still need to make 28 post to earn 28 activity or just make 2 post will earn 28 activity as long as I made that post on 2 separate periods

It depends on the number of posts you have since it will cover up those potential activities. For example, you have 43 posts and in the next acitivity period  you are suppose to have 28 then all you need to do is just post atleast one to get your activity updated (which is in hourly basis). Another scenario, you have 16 posts and next activity period your suppose to have 28 activities yet you only post one so that means you will have 17 activities and 11 potential activities.

P.S. Activity updates every hour. Activity updates and activity periods are 2 different things.

And is there a specific day or time when this calculation happens? or everyday I post, I receive points on the same day?

Yes. Here is the link.

[Chamberskob]

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.

I hope to one day become a junior member. It is all
A man could ask for. May the glory be with you and the wind though your hair oh wise one!

[wysker]

These are some prestigeous looking coins for sure.

[Dmitrii6851]

Peбят вceм пpивeт! Пoдcкaжитe кaк cyммиpyютcя пocты и пoвышaeтcя paнг?!!!
Cпacибo зa oтвeты!
 


Guys hello to everyone! Tell me how to summarize the posts and raises the rank? !!!
Thanks for answers!

[InvoKing]

Peбят вceм пpивeт! Пoдcкaжитe кaк cyммиpyютcя пocты и пoвышaeтcя paнг?!!!
Cпacибo зa oтвeты!
 


Guys hello to everyone! Tell me how to summarize the posts and raises the rank? !!!
Thanks for answers!

Hello, for the Russian version https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1762094.0
To increase your rank, just make several posts in each period = 14 days (today a new period will start), and once your activity pass 30/60/120/240/480 you will get another rank

[sorin90]

hello. what is the diference between posts and activity. I have more posts than activity so i think there should be a difference. What is the activity per-say

Posts is the total number of replies and topics you made. Activity, on the other hand, is a bit different. 14 potential activities are added up every 2 weeks. You might be confused what these "potential activities" and "activities." Read this:

Can anybody explain what is potential activity? The difference between the number of posts and activity?

Not really. You only need to make one post to be able to collect the full 14 activity at a later date. So if you made one post each in two seperate periods you would have 2 posts and 2 activity but a potential activity of 28. Once you made a total of 28 posts you would then get the full 28 activity but no more until the next period.

Do I still need to make 28 post to earn 28 activity or just make 2 post will earn 28 activity as long as I made that post on 2 separate periods

It depends on the number of posts you have since it will cover up those potential activities. For example, you have 43 posts and in the next acitivity period  you are suppose to have 28 then all you need to do is just post atleast one to get your activity updated (which is in hourly basis). Another scenario, you have 16 posts and next activity period your suppose to have 28 activities yet you only post one so that means you will have 17 activities and 11 potential activities.

P.S. Activity updates every hour. Activity updates and activity periods are 2 different things.

And is there a specific day or time when this calculation happens? or everyday I post, I receive points on the same day?

Yes. Here is the link.

Thank you for your reply.

[InvoKing]

Really weird that my activity didn't update today, its should go up to 84 but it didn't?

It is already 84 in few minutes, you just need to wait up to 1 hour for activity to update 

[jundel]

The higher the rank the higher of what?

[steve0nz]

is donator still 10btc? I am sorry but I can't afford 80k!

[mervane020]

Thanks for this i understand many things that i'm unaware.

[izay]

This article is really helpful. For us newbies, we have guidelines so that we will know what the do's and dont's of this community. Thank you so much for this.

[mekem]

great.. now I understand..Thanks

[snm6699]

Very informative thread, cleared all my doubts.

[bitcoinsly]

very useful and understandingly written information about ranks of users. Must say professional approach to spamming problem

[howard.ashoul]

How the activity is calculated for n00bs:

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For every day since registration you will get 1 point. For every post you will get 1 point. Lower number is your activity.

EG: registered for 28 days and 14 posts = Activity 14
EG: registered for 28 days and 64 posts = Activity 28

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"registered days" are calculated every 2 weeks and you have to make a post in these 2 weeks
if you don't make post for 2 weeks, you won't get 14 points for your "registered since" number

[CodyAlfaridzi]

is donator still 10btc? I am sorry but I can't afford 80k!

Do you know that there is a new paid rank which is really affordable? theymos recently introduced a new paid membership rank — Copper Member. It is no way close to VIP or Donator, though. It wasn't meant to be a prestigious rank. The benefit of Copper Member is the roughly the same as being Member. That is 1. Able to post image, 2. Signature styling restriction, 3. Decreasing the time interval between posts limitation. With these perks, newbies could sort of paying to get Member privileges instantly, no need to wait for 60 activities.

You are already on Member rank so I guess it won't be cool for you Read more here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2385104.0

[Crypto_Zone]

Very useful!! Thank you for the information.

[bright4mech]

thank for the information in Rank