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

[fxbit]

My activity stats have been 28 for more than 2 weeks anything I can do to correct this?

[1714143396]

1714143396

[coolclass]

I think it's going to take me. Forever to pass newbie

[fxbit]

Please I have more than 30 posts and my activities stops at 28. May I ask what is the difference between the post and activity count.

Posts have nothing with Activity because now activity will increase on 7 November 2017 and then 21 November 2017 mean after every 2 weeks you need to post minimum one post during this period

Ok I just realized your answer just above my post

[hivesix]

Are the BTC donation values for sub-ranking still valid, considering the current price of BTC?

[lotfiuser]

i like it but i believe there are a lot bots / cracked accounts i think that you must make it harder to creat new account maybe id verification or something like that its out of controll

[hilariousetc]

Are the BTC donation values for sub-ranking still valid, considering the current price of BTC?

Yes. However, you can donate any amount you wish to the forum here: https://bitcointalk.org/donate.html

i like it but i believe there are a lot bots / cracked accounts i think that you must make it harder to creat new account maybe id verification or something like that its out of controll

This is a terrible idea. Nobody wants to verify their identify just to be able to post on a message board forum and it's a huge security risk. I certainly wouldn't do it. I don't necessarily disagree on some restrictions being implemented like only one account is allowed to sign up per IP but these can still be easily bypassed.

[DragonLancer]

If I understand correctly, I am able to get 14 activity points per 2 weeks, right? So let's say I will post 12 posts on the beggining of the 2 weeks, and then I will get my Activity +12 but nothing more during these 2 weeks, right? Or am I wrong here?

[hilariousandco]

If I understand correctly, I am able to get 14 activity points per 2 weeks, right? So let's say I will post 12 posts on the beggining of the 2 weeks, and then I will get my Activity +12 but nothing more during these 2 weeks, right? Or am I wrong here?

You will have 12 activity with the potential to get 14. Once the next period starts you can get another 14 potentially by making a post in that period. Once you have made 28 posts total you will then have 28 activity.

[Avalance]

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.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Newbie:	(none), gets 1 gold coin under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Jr. Member:	Activity: 30, gets 1 gold coin under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Member:	Activity: 60, gets 2 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Full Member:	Activity: 120, gets 3 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Sr. Member:	Activity: 240, gets 4 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Hero Member:	Activity: 480, gets 5 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gifhttps://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
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.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/legendary.gif
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.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/donator.gif
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.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/vip.gif
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.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/staff.gif
Global Moderator:	Applied to Staff that have moderation privileges in all boards. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is half teal colored.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/mod.gif
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.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/admin.gif
Founder:	Reserved for Satoshi, gets 5 platinum coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/founder.gif

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:

https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/expert.png 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.
https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/qt.png 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.
https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/hacker.png 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 just wonder how many post maximum in a day that we can post, because i see my friend got banned after he did post much in a day.

[hilariousandco]

i just wonder how many post maximum in a day that we can post, because i see my friend got banned after he did post much in a day.

It's not about the quantity but the quality of posts, so if you're making dozens of low quality posts a day just to rank up then this isn't going to be acceptable. Posting exclusively in crappy off topic threads isn't acceptable either and if you do so you'll be banned as per the sticky in there.

I.e. posts like this:

i'm Pop Rock, i never listen slow and acoustic type of music.

[Hunt_777]

i just wonder how many post maximum in a day that we can post, because i see my friend got banned after he did post much in a day.

It's not about the quantity but the quality of posts, so if you're making dozens of low quality posts a day just to rank up then this isn't going to be acceptable. Posting exclusively in crappy off topic threads isn't acceptable either and if you do so you'll be banned as per the sticky in there.

I.e. posts like this:

i'm Pop Rock, i never listen slow and acoustic type of music.

sir, if you see this kind of post, are the mods allowed to delete the post or is there a punishment for this kind of post?

[MAFTRADER]

admin i got question, right now my level is member.

how to make it able to put picture below my name ? i want to post picture

[BitSat]

admin i got question, right now my level is member.

how to make it able to put picture below my name ? i want to post picture

Here is reply its already posted in Post # 1 of this thread You need to be full member for this

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.

[MAFTRADER]

admin i got question, right now my level is member.

how to make it able to put picture below my name ? i want to post picture

Here is reply its already posted in Post # 1 of this thread You need to be full member for this

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.

thank you for fast update, but do you know on my current status, how long do i need to wait, appreciate if you can help me on this !

[BitSat]

admin i got question, right now my level is member.

how to make it able to put picture below my name ? i want to post picture

Here is reply its already posted in Post # 1 of this thread You need to be full member for this

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.

thank you for fast update, but do you know on my current status, how long do i need to wait, appreciate if you can help me on this !

If you will active here and post every week then I can hope you will full member on 5th December because on 7th November 21 November and then 5th December and you will gain 126 activity and full membership status

[ltcatcher88]

Why is it enough to post only one message per day to  get more activity and rank? Is there some reason this forum only allow to get the same activity for 200 messages and 1 message? I mean, there can be more activity for more posts (example 50 post per day = 2 activity, 100 = 3 etc.).

[MAFTRADER]

admin i got question, right now my level is member.

how to make it able to put picture below my name ? i want to post picture

Here is reply its already posted in Post # 1 of this thread You need to be full member for this

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.

thank you for fast update, but do you know on my current status, how long do i need to wait, appreciate if you can help me on this !

If you will active here and post every week then I can hope you will full member on 5th December because on 7th November 21 November and then 5th December and you will gain 126 activity and full membership status

thank you for assisting me, you been really helpful, i will do my best to contribute for BCT people. AIYE AIYE !

[bitctrimor1]

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.

Thank you for this valuable information. I think ranks are important because the projects and campaigns you can join are limited depending on the rank of your account. Therefore, by leveling them up, it provides more opportunities to you to join projects and basically to earn more.

[bob75coin]

I saw the date of the first post. I think that 10 BTC donation for Donator as sub rank is too expensive due to the rise of btc, isn't it?

[actmyname]

I saw the date of the first post. I think that 10 BTC donation for Donator as sub rank is too expensive due to the rise of btc, isn't it?

This has been discussed before. The donation ranks are based in BTC. Perhaps originally the designation was because it made sense for the USD value but as soon as the first donators have done it, that is the set price. It would be unfair to lower the price as it takes away the weight of the donation.