Jol Wilkinson Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I've just noticed this in the Profile section. What does mean and signify? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted March 30, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2019 It just showing your access level or privilege on the forum. As a "Member" you can view and post to the forum. The mods are Moderators and can moderate content, people like Phil Parker and Andy Y are Admins with full control of the forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted March 30, 2019 Author Share Posted March 30, 2019 I understand the Member, Registered Member and Moderators "ranking". The Classification for Member in my profile has, below it, two dots. I wondered to what they refer, or is that simply "Member" as opposed to Registered Member, etc. A bit like the number of stars a USA Army General has (no need to salute!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted March 30, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Jol Wilkinson said: The Classification for Member in my profile has, below it, two dots. I wondered to what they refer, or is that simply "Member" as opposed to Registered Member, etc. A bit like the number of stars a USA Army General has (no need to salute!). Hi Jol, Same question was asked 5 years ago: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/87181-another-new-bod/&do=findComment&comment=1492884 Answers on a postcard. Martin. Edited March 30, 2019 by martin_wynne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted March 31, 2019 Moderators Share Posted March 31, 2019 It's a carry over from some years ago where members with fewer than 30 posts were restricted from some things. If you have less than 30 posts it's one pip and rank of Registered Member. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted March 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2019 From that perspective, it's part of a thing called "gamification". On most forum software it's just another representation of your post count. Each time you hit a post count milestone, your rank goes up. Most usually have 4-5 "ranks" for normal members, some go way beyond that. As Andy says, you can also tie this in to posting privileges to prevent people creating sock accounts and spamming or trolling forums etc and at the other end of the spectrum offer extra privileges. https://www.google.com/search?q=forum+ranks&oq=forum+ranks&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1348j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2019 Never mind Members rank, it is my observation that we have the inevitable smattering of rank members. No names, mind..... 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold grandadbob Posted March 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2019 Nothing wrong with my member thank you very much! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2019 1 hour ago, grandadbob said: Nothing wrong with my member thank you very much! Good to hear, Bob! After all, with your colourful history of unintentional self-mutilation, there was always a risk..... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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