I'm not sure what you mean by that. Who's got what title dancing by their username? Are you referring to Legendary members or some other thing?
I'm not referring to anyone in particular but there are users in this Forum that are seen as, how do I put it, ok let me call it very special set of people, they have done something that even the new members see them and acknowledge them. If you refer it on ranks I don't think is all high ranked members that have done something for the growth of this Forum.
I'm not sure I've helped this forum "grow" at all. Growth implies increased traffic, new members, and that sort of thing--and if that's the question you're asking, I couldn't even name a single member who's helped in that capacity. That's not to say there aren't members doing that, just that I don't know who they are.
You can't really say if you have but people who have seen your works or should I say your actions , how you go about things making sure nobody fail the rules and regulations would testify for you, so to you
S.C, you haven't done anything, but to others you have. They're many and is best not to even mention them, contributors to this Forum are many, following there steps is something even the newbies would want to.
If you really want to give a shout out to growth drivers, aim it in the direction of projects/exchanges/whatever that run signature campaigns and bounties here, because those are the things that attract new members by the hundreds, perhaps thousands. Not that I think they're always doing something positive for bitcointalk, but I have zero doubt they're responsible for the forum's popularity worldwide.
Compared to them, I haven't done jack shit.
About the signature campaign is like some people speak too much about that, as if everybody's attention is to just join and do the needful and logout, why is it that way?
Some members still think beyond that, is so sad that some people sees other members are money chasers, fine everyone needs it but making it as a topic on every thread is some how to me, we should just let it slide.
Well you keep saying you haven't done anything but before God and man you have and many sees you as a mentor.
We can't eliminate the importance of those who are impactful in catching spammers and cheaters, they are true heroes of the forum as long as they are true to the course.
These set of people you mentioned above are the true MVP because is not easy for them to devote their time to fish out those annoying scammers and others who just choose to make the Forum unhealthy for users, I'll always acknowledge them for that.
And for others with "prominence" tags outside this, my research shows that some are truly deserving of it, but are very few. I checked a whole lot about many of them and it shows that their work speaks for them indeed.
Is best to always put them to heart other than mentioning them because the list to me won't end here, like they always say in my country (Nigeria) "you can't tell yourself you're beautiful, people around you are the ones to cherish your beauty" that's what you really mean by their work speaks for them.
But for most others, they are only lucky to join the forum earlier or have amassed many merits one way or the other, which is why they believe they are prominent, but I can't find anything outstanding they've done.
That's true I quite agree with you on that, started early on the Forum and being old here makes them look outstanding without doing much for the growth of the Forum, to me I can't see such persons as prominent. To me before you own that you might have done something that's important or should I say helpful on the Forum.