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

[hilariousetc]

Hi.
Is there any way to learn why someone got banned? I know a girl that was almost junior member. She was doing only normal stuff like ICO's etc, but she was banned. Che complained 2-3 times but no answer. Is anything more that she can do?
Thnx

Yes. You can create a thread in Meta about it. What was her account name? She will have been banned fro breaking one of the rules like copy and pasting content or making low quality content continually. You can read the full list of rules at the following if you want to try figure out why she was banned: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

[drixty]

Ranks

Update on 2/3/18: Merit points are now added
In addition to the activity points, merit points (click for more information) are required to advance your ranking.

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: Max 150 characters.
- Member: Links allowed. 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.

A big help for a newbie like me.. This one helps a lot. Thank you.

[ralags]

Can anyone post the latest updates on ranks/positions/badges/merits and renew this old thread

[OmegaStarScream]

Can anyone post the latest updates on ranks/positions/badges/merits and renew this old thread

Everything is updated. We didn't have any modification on the activity/ranks system beside the merits system, just make sure to read the thread linked in the OP.

[arcadian]

Still not clear how activity is recorder, somehow I see my activity number equivalent to the number of posts

[TheQuin]

Still not clear how activity is recorder, somehow I see my activity number equivalent to the number of posts

Congratulations, you've done the hard bit and found the thread explaining it. If you move on to step 2 and read the OP you will find it explained there under the heading "The way activity is calculated:".

[mtodd]

Thank You.
This post was really helpful. I'm sure others have said the same, but there is a lot of rules to learn and follow on bitcointalk and it can sometimes be confusing for newbies such as myself.
Cheers

[sye]

just noticed new ranking here in the screen grab but it is not mentioned in the main post for this thread
https://vgy.me/gHEoQ6.png

[TheQuin]

just noticed new ranking here in the screen grab but it is not mentioned in the main post for this thread

It has it's own thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2385104.0

It's a paid membership in addition to the ranks listed here. If you see a post by someone wearing a Copper Membership it is listed in addition to their rank.

[Jaitch89]

So the rank is either dtermined by posts or by time. But time just if you post in a two week window as well, right?

[hilariousandco]

So the rank is either dtermined by posts or by time. But time just if you post in a two week window as well, right?

Why could you find this thread but not this one (which explains everything you need to know): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0

[welpboy]

Folks, i got a question. How could I increase my merit?

[jhimli]

Folks, i got a question. How could I increase my merit?

Can any one here , Please reply I also want to know How to add merit ?? please please 

[TheQuin]

Folks, i got a question. How could I increase my merit?

Can any one here , Please reply I also want to know How to add merit ?? please please 

So you managed to find this thread but not the one about merit, amazing. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

[Totoff]

sorry it's certainly stupid but, how to obtain gold coin under my name ?

[BitSat]

sorry it's certainly stupid but, how to obtain gold coin under my name ?

You already have one GoldCoin as your rank gone up you have more GoldCoins under your name like me 

[dangershadow]

I am a Little Confused in The Activity and Posts calculation method. For Instance say that i Logged in an activity period that is a 2 week period and did a post will I Get 14 Activity Points Just to Do a Single Post?

Or I have to do more posts in that period to gain 14 activity points that is the max amount I can Get in a period. Because i was reading another thread

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.msg28250551#msg28250551 By hilariousandco

and these two different calculation methods really got me confused?

[pitchi]

i have a question if you dont mind
i sing up on octobre 19th 2017 i should have by now 126 activity but since i dont poste that much on that period i have just 56 activity and 71 Posts
my question is if i increase my posts to 130 by the end of the next period 27 February can i get my 126 activity or its dose not work like that  

[BitSat]

i have a aeustion if you dont mind
i sing up on octobre 19th 2017 i should have by now 126 activity but since i dont poste that much on that period i have just 56 activity and 71 Posts
my question is if i increase my posts to 130 by the end of the next period 27 February can i get my 126 activity or its dose not work like that 

No you can get only 14 activity on every period no more you must post once for every period for not losing these activity points

[pitchi]

I am a Little Confused in The Activity and Posts calculation method. For Instance say that i Logged in an activity period that is a 2 week period and did a post will I Get 14 Activity Points Just to Do a Single Post?

Or I have to do more posts in that period to gain 14 activity points that is the max amount I can Get in a period. Because i was reading another thread

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.msg28250551#msg28250551 By hilariousandco

and these two different calculation methods really got me confused?

i will try to explain it to you :
so the next periode end on 27th of February to incresse your activity by 14 point you have to do at least 14 posts in tow weeks ( 03 February to 27 February ) . you cant get more then 14 activity in one period of time ( 2 weeks ) i hope my explanation is useful