Forum Ranks Overview (ranks/activity/merit/badges/limits)

[Micio]

Forum Ranks Overview
New forum ranks explained


Ranks

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Rank	Minimum Activity	Minimum Merit	Signature Limitations	Tag
Brand new	0	0
Newbie	1	0	No styling. No links. Max 50 characters per post.
Jr. Member	30	1	Max 150 characters per post.
Member	60	10	Links allowed. Maximum 4000 characters.
Full Member	120	100	Colors allowed. Personal images allowed.
Sr. Member	240	250	Font size allowed.
Hero Member	480	500	Background color allowed.
Legendary	775-1030	1000

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Special Rank	Description	Tag
Legendary	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.
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.

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Staff Rank	Description	Tag
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 gray.
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.

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Paid Memberships	Description	Tag
Copper [buy now]	Some of the same permissions as Member-rank members, such as reduced signature styling restrictions. (But none of the PM-related restrictions are currently lifted, such as the style limit or per-hour PM limit). Your "you must wait ____ seconds between ___" counter is reduced by 75%. So if you're naturally of Newbie rank, you only have to wait 360-75% = 90 seconds. If you paid an "evil IP" registration fee, then whatever you paid (in BTC terms) is subtracted from the upgrade fee. If you paid a registration fee a long time ago, you might even get a free Copper Membership due to the increase in BTC price.

Badges

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Badge	Description
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.

Personal Messages Limits

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Minimum Activity	Minimum seconds between post	Maximum 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

Activity System

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Activity Formula	time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration activity = min(time * 14, posts)
Activity Limitations	You can get up to 14 Activity points in a 14 days period. Activity is updated every hour.

Merit System

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What is Merit	You get merit points when someone sends you some for one of your posts. Additionally, when someone sends you merit points, half of those points can be sent by you to other people.
Who generates Merit	Certain users are designated as Merit Sources. They can create new merit out of nothing, up to a limited number per month (which differs per source). I will not be posting a definitive list of Merit Sources (so that people don't bug them too much), though you'll soon figure out who they are if you pay attention.
How should we use Merit	You should give merit to posts that are objectively high-quality, not just posts that you agree with. Do not beg for merit excessively. Trade or sell Merit is forbidden.
How to become a Merit Source	Be a somewhat established member. Collect TEN posts written in the last couple of months that have not received nearly enough merit for how good they are, and post quotes for them all in a new Meta thread. We will take a look at your history and maybe make you a source.
What is sMerit	You earn 0.5 sMerit every 1 Merit you receive. You can send sMerit, they have no other purpose. You cannot send your own Merit. When someone gives Merit to you they lose sMerit of the amount transfered and you gain Merit as well as sMerit (which in case you can send again). Example: Should I send 10 Merit to you for a post, my sMerit would decrease by 10. Your Merit would increase by 10 and your sMerit would increase by 5. Merits are exclusively earned, but the sMerit part you also get keeps the circulation flowing.
	_____________________________________ Merit stats: Recent merits Top-merited recent topics Top-merited topics, all-time Top-merited recent replies Top-merited replies, all-time Top-merited users, recent merit Top-merited users, all-time Most generous recent merit senders Most generous merit senders, all time Merit sources Merit infographic: sncc's infographics paxmao's infographic ibminer's infographic 8Habits's infographic JetSet11's infographic zentdex's infographic alia_armelle's infographic

CHANGELOG

Code:

27/09/2018: Added Copper Membership and formatted.
23/09/2018: Updated Jr. Member requirements.
01/06/2018: Added new links and link to infographics.
15/02/2018: Formatted text.
28/01/2018: Draft.

This page is under construction.

[Micio]

Updated. Please tell me what other informations you would like to see.

[Silent26]

Hi Sir Micio. Is it okay for a Full Member like me or any Member here in the forum to wear a Signature that we made by ourselves? I'm planning to make my own Signature with "Silent26" bla bla design and just wondering if it's okay for me to wear a signature that I will create. But I assure you that it will follow the Signature Limitatons as a Full Member. Im just asking if it is not prohibited here in the forum and to be sure. I'm also planning to be a Signature designer soon. Im glad that I found this thread with such helpful information about Signature Limitations. I've been having trouble  looking for this hehe. Finally found it.

By the way. I will be waiting for your response Sir. Thanks a lot.

[Cobalt9317]

Hi Sir Micio. Is it okay for a Full Member like me or any Member here in the forum to wear a Signature that we made by ourselves? I'm planning to make my own Signature with "Silent26" bla bla design and just wondering if it's okay for me to wear a signature that I will create. But I assure you that it will follow the Signature Limitatons as a Full Member. Im just asking if it is not prohibited here in the forum and to be sure. I'm also planning to be a Signature designer soon. Im glad that I found this thread with such helpful information about Signature Limitations. I've been having trouble  looking for this hehe. Finally found it.

By the way. I will be waiting for your response Sir. Thanks a lot.

Yes you can put your own signature and it isn't against the forum rules AFAIK.
I've already done it a few times in the past.

P.S That is why signature space is created to advertise yourself/anything that you would like other ppl to see.
Best wishes for being a Signature Designer talking from a signature designer as well.

n.b roam to this thread to understand more about what is wrong and against the forum rule so you wouldn't ask a question regarding signature space.

[sncc]

Updated. Please tell me what other informations you would like to see.

This is nice summary.
It would be good to include some infographic of the system as well.
Below is an infographic I created and posted here:

All pages in a single file:
https://i.imgur.com/WmwTxaT

Separate pages:
https://i.imgur.com/3eM9kbc
https://i.imgur.com/XtznZED
https://i.imgur.com/SeXIgTr
https://i.imgur.com/QYmV9pf

To be fair, there are several infographic by other users
( paxmao's infographic, ibminer's infographic, 8Habits's infographic, JetSet11's infographic, zentdex's infographic, alia_armelle's infographic )
but in my infographic I tried to make the logic more graphical and intuitive.

Also, it would be informative to include the following table by roslinpl:

Lesson 1: Forum's signature styling rules

RANK	LINKS	STYLING	BOLD LETTERS	ITALICIZED	UNDERLINED	TABLES	MAX. CHARS.
Newbies	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	50
Jr. Members	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	150
Members	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no	4000
Full Members	yes	font color, font face	yes	yes	yes	no	4000
Sr. Members	yes	yes (without 'glow')	yes	yes	yes	yes	4000
Hero/Legendary.Members	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	4000

[Silent26]

Hi Sir Micio. Is it okay for a Full Member like me or any Member here in the forum to wear a Signature that we made by ourselves? I'm planning to make my own Signature with "Silent26" bla bla design and just wondering if it's okay for me to wear a signature that I will create. But I assure you that it will follow the Signature Limitatons as a Full Member. Im just asking if it is not prohibited here in the forum and to be sure. I'm also planning to be a Signature designer soon. Im glad that I found this thread with such helpful information about Signature Limitations. I've been having trouble  looking for this hehe. Finally found it.

By the way. I will be waiting for your response Sir. Thanks a lot.

Yes you can put your own signature and it isn't against the forum rules AFAIK.
I've already done it a few times in the past.

P.S That is why signature space is created to advertise yourself/anything that you would like other ppl to see.
Best wishes for being a Signature Designer talking from a signature designer as well.

n.b roam to this thread to understand more about what is wrong and against the forum rule so you wouldn't ask a question regarding signature space.

Yees. So it is not prohibited. Thank you for your information Sir Cobalt. But, can I ask something again? I just wanted to ask what bbcode editor do you use for creating Signature. I'm just using wysiwyg rich text and html editor for android, and looking if there are much better IDE or apps for making bbc.

By the way, thanks for cheering me up Sir. Best wishes to you too. I'm still a Newbie in the field of creating Signature, I will need more practice. I admire your creativity Sir, Thank you again

[Cobalt9317]

Yees. So it is not prohibited. Thank you for your information Sir Cobalt. But, can I ask something again? I just wanted to ask what bbcode editor do you use for creating Signature. I'm just using wysiwyg rich text and html editor for android, and looking if there are much better IDE or apps for making bbc.

By the way, thanks for cheering me up Sir. Best wishes to you too. I'm still a Newbie in the field of creating Signature, I will need more practice. I admire your creativity Sir, Thank you again

I don't think other signature designer is using special editor to create signatuer design.
in windows I use notepad.
in linux I use gedit/pluma.
other signatuer designer is using the reply button notepad.

it's about your experienced and time devoted to create a signature design not the looks/appearances, experienced is the only teacher we can relay upon everything.

[Micio]

Updated. Please tell me what other informations you would like to see.

This is nice summary.
It would be good to include some infographic of the system as well.
Below is an infographic I created and posted here:

https://i.imgur.com/IbsbxOr

To be fair, there are several infographic by other users
( paxmao's infographic, ibminer's infographic, 8Habits's infographic, JetSet11's infographic, zentdex's infographic, alia_armelle's infographic )
but in my infographic I tried to make the logic more graphical and intuitive.

Also, it would be informative to include the following table by roslinpl:

Lesson 1: Forum's signature styling rules

RANK	LINKS	STYLING	BOLD LETTERS	ITALICIZED	UNDERLINED	TABLES	MAX. CHARS.
Newbies	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	50
Jr. Members	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	150
Members	yes	no	no	yes	yes	no	4000
Full Members	yes	font color, font face	yes	yes	yes	no	4000
Sr. Members	yes	yes (without 'glow')	yes	yes	yes	yes	4000
Hero/Legendary.Members	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	4000

I already put a table with signature features, if you want, I can make another table like the one you posted.

Ranks

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Rank	Minimum Activity	Minimum Merit	Signature Limitations	Tag
Brand new	0	0
Newbie	1	0	No styling. No links. Max 50 characters per post.
Jr. Member	30	0	Max 150 characters per post.
Member	60	10	Links allowed. Unlimited characters per post.
Full Member	120	100	Colors allowed. Personal images allowed.
Sr. Member	240	250	Font size allowed.
Hero Member	480	500	Background color allowed.
Legendary	775-1030	1000

_____________
Special Rank	Description	Tag
Legendary	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.
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
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 gray.
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.

[Micio]

Updated. Please tell me what other informations you would like to see.

This is nice summary.
It would be good to include some infographic of the system as well.
Below is an infographic I created and posted here:

https://i.imgur.com/IbsbxOr

To be fair, there are several infographic by other users
( paxmao's infographic, ibminer's infographic, 8Habits's infographic, JetSet11's infographic, zentdex's infographic, alia_armelle's infographic )
but in my infographic I tried to make the logic more graphical and intuitive.

I added your and the others infographics, updated links and update a new format!

[Abal Abal]

Hi Sir Micio. Is it okay for a Full Member like me or any Member here in the forum to wear a Signature that we made by ourselves? I'm planning to make my own Signature with "Silent26" bla bla design and just wondering if it's okay for me to wear a signature that I will create. But I assure you that it will follow the Signature Limitatons as a Full Member. Im just asking if it is not prohibited here in the forum and to be sure. I'm also planning to be a Signature designer soon. Im glad that I found this thread with such helpful information about Signature Limitations. I've been having trouble  looking for this hehe. Finally found it.

By the way. I will be waiting for your response Sir. Thanks a lot.

Yes you can put your own signature and it isn't against the forum rules AFAIK.
I've already done it a few times in the past.

P.S That is why signature space is created to advertise yourself/anything that you would like other ppl to see.
Best wishes for being a Signature Designer talking from a signature designer as well.

n.b roam to this thread to understand more about what is wrong and against the forum rule so you wouldn't ask a question regarding signature space.

Yees. So it is not prohibited. Thank you for your information Sir Cobalt. But, can I ask something again? I just wanted to ask what bbcode editor do you use for creating Signature. I'm just using wysiwyg rich text and html editor for android, and looking if there are much better IDE or apps for making bbc.

By the way, thanks for cheering me up Sir. Best wishes to you too. I'm still a Newbie in the field of creating Signature, I will need more practice. I admire your creativity Sir, Thank you again

thanks to # Diam_28 as the avatar and thanks to # cobalt9317 for the answer and explanation.
because this discussion also becomes what I am confused with my friend.

[sncc]

I already put a table with signature features, if you want, I can make another table like the one you posted.

Your table is fine but one thing I noticed is that there is actually a limit for number of characters:
Member: Links allowed. Max 4000 characters.

I added your and the others infographics, updated links and update a new format!

Great, that would be helpful especially for Newbies.

[Micio]

I already put a table with signature features, if you want, I can make another table like the one you posted.

Your table is fine but one thing I noticed is that there is actually a limit for number of characters:
Member: Links allowed. Max 4000 characters.

I added your and the others infographics, updated links and update a new format!

Great, that would be helpful especially for Newbies.

Thank you for the suggestion, I updated the table.

[Micio]

sncc infographic updated.

[petyang12]

Yees. So it is not prohibited. Thank you for your information Sir Cobalt. But, can I ask something again? I just wanted to ask what bbcode editor do you use for creating Signature. I'm just using wysiwyg rich text and html editor for android, and looking if there are much better IDE or apps for making bbc.

By the way, thanks for cheering me up Sir. Best wishes to you too. I'm still a Newbie in the field of creating Signature, I will need more practice. I admire your creativity Sir, Thank you again

I don't think other signature designer is using special editor to create signatuer design.
in windows I use notepad.
in linux I use gedit/pluma.
other signatuer designer is using the reply button notepad.

it's about your experienced and time devoted to create a signature design not the looks/appearances, experienced is the only teacher we can relay upon everything.

I think there are lots of editor to create a signature, all you need is experience as mention above and knowledge on how to create one when it's your first time in creating one. I would like to share an editor that you can use. Bbcode is an example editor you can use. Bbcode is a special implementation of HTML, hope you find BBcode useful.

[Micio]

Minor updates on the Overview.

[vit05]

I made this list with all those who own the Bitcoin expert Badge. There are 16 people.

The BitcoinTalk expert list

[eddie13]

Updated. Please tell me what other informations you would like to see.

I like it so far..

Add a section on how the trust system and DT work, and how to modify your trust settings..

[Micio]

I made this list with all those who own the Bitcoin expert Badge. There are 16 people.

The BitcoinTalk expert list

Thank you for adding informations, I did not know they were only 16 people in entire bitcointalk

[grimaltonio]

In terms of Signature, from full member, personal images are allowed. But could you tell me the maximum size of such images?

[nngella]

How about adding also the rank requirements in posting pictures and wearing an avatar?

This clearly distinguishes the privileges of higher rank positions.