Clarification on Activity status

[coinlary]

I used to be inactive but not deeply, yet I could be away for up to 3 to 4 months at times.
I've somehow become active lately and I noticed my post count seems to be adding to my activity. I'm not worried about that, although  I don't get that much merit that could cover up the gap.

I'm trying to understand if my years of inactivity already accounted for the activity waiting period. If so, what should my activity be if I have to wait every 14 days again? I'm just trying to get my current activity stance figured.

[PX-Z]

I'm trying to understand if my years of inactivity already accounted for the activity waiting period. If so, what should my activity be if I have to wait every 14 days again? I'm just trying to get my current activity stance figured.

Yes, since you missed those days of posting of being inactive due to some reasons, your activity count will be stucked as well regardless of your registration date. So you will get only 14 activity every 2 weeks, and yes its fixed, so be active again and it will increase just everybody else.

What happens if I miss a period?

Nothing. You just won't get that activity and you miss that activity forever. Just make sure to post in the next period to get another 14.

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If I create an account and leave it for x amount of time will I become a higher rank when I return?

No. You will still be a newbie. Activity measures how active you are on the forum and is to prevent against lazy account farming. If you do not make at least one post in each period then you will not get that activity. 

[EL MOHA]

I've somehow become active lately and I noticed my post count seems to be adding to my activity. I'm not worried about that, although  I don't get that much merit that could cover up the gap.

The thing is if you post even one day of the 14 days activity add up, even if that particular activity days are over you will stay have the 13 post added for you if your post counts are available or it will be added when you actually come back to posting after years of inactivity,

Just one post in every 14 days actually keeps the whole activity of that cycle active already.

Use the below spreadsheet which tracks the activity time to see for yourself
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/12saLhlUoqIdairxzuSPu6EYGrt7FN2lOstO1yDjCEbA/htmlview

[hd49728]

I'm trying to understand if my years of inactivity already accounted for the activity waiting period. If so, what should my activity be if I have to wait every 14 days again? I'm just trying to get my current activity stance figured.

With 1 post marks for each 14 days, you will later be able to make more posts and still get full 14 activity points for that 14 days. It's a tip on how to reserved maximum activity points when you are not active now but don't want to miss any activity points when you are more active in the future.

It's just a small tip and only about activity point that is not too important. If you want to rank up, there is a bigger challenge, merit and merit point, as it is harder to earn merit points than activity points.
TIL Activity does not work on precisely 2 week intervals + interval timings.

[hosemary]

The following formula explains everything about how your activity is calculated.
Activity = min (post count, 14*n), where n= number of two-week activity periods in which you have made at least 1 post.

[coinlary]

Okay, so if I can get you all clearly. Does this mean that all the time I became active for some days, I was keeping the 14 days activity?
Also, does it mean that I'm currently using the accumulated activity count and this will still increase every 14 days?

[hosemary]

Okay, so if I can get you all clearly. Does this mean that all the time I became active for some days, I was keeping the 14 days activity?

For every two-week activity period in which you made at least 1 post, you gained 14 potential activity.
By potential activity, I mean the maximum activity you can reach in the current two-week activity period.

Also, does it mean that I'm currently using the accumulated activity count and this will still increase every 14 days?

Now your post count is less than your potential activity. Therefore, with every new post you make, your activity increases by 1 and that will stop once your activity reaches your potential activity.

[TypoTonic]

Okay, so if I can get you all clearly. Does this mean that all the time I became active for some days, I was keeping the 14 days activity?
Also, does it mean that I'm currently using the accumulated activity count and this will still increase every 14 days?

Yes, for each specific period that you were active (i.e., made a post). It will continue to increase until you reach your max potential activity (see explanation below).

You only need to make at least one post in each activity period to be able to collect the activity at a later date. For instance, you could make one post in three different periods and you would then have 3 posts and 3 activity, but a potential activity of 42. Once you made the 42 posts you would then have 42 activity but no more. If you made one post in 35 different periods you would then have 35 posts and 35 activity but a potential activity of 480. That means you would be a Junior Member but if you made the full 480 posts you would instantly become a Hero Member.

I used AI to check the number of activity periods where you made at least one post, using the data from https://loyce.club/archive/members/358/3587984.html and this spreadsheet. I also accounted for the deleted posts, so this should at least give us a rough idea:

Now let me tally the periods with at least one post:
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That gives 40 activity periods in which coinlary made at least one post.

Keep in mind that we can only get 14 activity points for every period. Assuming the AI didn't make a mistake (I manually counted 41), you currently have 560~574 potential activity that you can collect by posting. This will continue to increase by 14 for each upcoming activity period where you make at least one post.

[coinlary]

Thank you all, I think I get it now.
Technically, it's  possible  I'm  currently having the potential activity of a hero member.or still stuck around Senior member but will still equal  Hero by the time I near it.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Thank you all, I think I get it now.
Technically, it's  possible  I'm  currently having the potential activity of a hero member.or still stuck around Senior member but will still equal  Hero by the time I near it.

If the issue is resolved, close the thread so as not to force people to repeat the same thing.