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01-12-2007, 01:31 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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What do the stars mean?
Can someone tell me what the stars next to everyone's name signify? I know it has something to do with how active you are on the Board, but what are the specific criteria for how you go from one level to another?
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01-12-2007, 01:41 PM
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Re: What do the stars mean?
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Originally Posted by ScaredtoQuit
Can someone tell me what the stars next to everyone's name signify? I know it has something to do with how active you are on the Board, but what are the specific criteria for how you go from one level to another?
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Good Question - We don't know either!
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Re: What do the stars mean?
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01-12-2007, 01:47 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Re: What do the stars mean?
Mean Mercury is retrograde, which, um... Do you know the secret handshake? 
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Re: What do the stars mean?
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01-12-2007, 01:59 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: San Diego
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Re: What do the stars mean?
More posts = more stars, I don't know the exact break points.
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Re: What do the stars mean?
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01-13-2007, 11:21 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nomadic in the Rockies
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Re: What do the stars mean?
For most people, the stars and dryer sheet remarks are directly based on the number of posts they've made. Moderators currently have 5 green stars and admins have 5 red stars. Occasionally individuals are singled out for mockingspecial treatment. At the moment I think only brewer12345 has a special "star" count: one large birthday cake for posting the 100,000th post.
The current count breakpoints are as follows: 0, 10, 25, 50, 500, 1000, 5000. After 500 posts the dryer sheet references give way to remarks about posting a lot.
For grins, here are the user counts for each group in order from 0-9 posts up through 5000+ posts: 2347, 268, 160, 296, 43, 39, 5.
There are 8 moderators and 1-3 admins depending on how you count them. (3 admin accounts, 2 actual people, 1 account that currently posts.)
I kind of miss this special graphic: 
I originally thought moderator "stars" should be these:  , but I was aparrently alone in that opinion. I now think it was a bad if cute idea.
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01-13-2007, 11:26 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mesa
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Re: What do the stars mean?
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Originally Posted by BigMoneyJim
For most people, the stars and dryer sheet remarks are directly based on the number of posts they've made. Moderators currently have 5 green stars and admins have 5 red stars. Occasionally individuals are singled out for mockingspecial treatment. At the moment I think only brewer12345 has a special "star" count: one large birthday cake for posting the 100,000th post.
The current count breakpoints are as follows: 0, 10, 25, 50, 500, 1000, 5000. After 500 posts the dryer sheet references give way to remarks about posting a lot.
For grins, here are the user counts for each group in order from 0-9 posts up through 5000+ posts: 2347, 268, 160, 296, 43, 39, 5.
There are 8 moderators and 1-3 admins depending on how you count them. (3 admin accounts, 2 actual people, 1 account that currently posts.)
I kind of miss this special graphic: |
I changed user sign-in after I reach 2000 posts just to avoid some sort of recognition (I forget now what it was). Then they changed the rules on me anyway. Now I have one sign-in name with 2000 posts plus this one. If I remember when I get to 2000, I'll switch names again. It's a tradition. 
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01-13-2007, 11:44 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nomadic in the Rockies
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Re: What do the stars mean?
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Originally Posted by sgeeeee
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For a while we tried omitting the post count for high-count posters as there seemed to be some contention on post counts. I picked 2000 as the cutoff because at the time that was right around the cutoff point for the top ten posters. You happened to be right under 2000 at the time, and much fun was had, especially in the Day of Jennifer. There is no post count omission now because it really had no effect on the situation and requires maintenance across forum software updates.
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Re: What do the stars mean?
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01-14-2007, 06:29 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Re: What do the stars mean?
just checking my stars.....
Audrey
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01-14-2007, 08:06 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Central, Ohio, USA
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Re: What do the stars mean?
Just checked my PROFILE. Lots of posting information there at the bottom of the page through the links.
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Re: What do the stars mean?
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01-14-2007, 05:33 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 7,693
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Re: What do the stars mean?
Since this is post 25 does this mean I get a star? I love the internet so much easier to become a star than Hollyweird
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Re: What do the stars mean?
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01-14-2007, 05:33 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 7,693
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Re: What do the stars mean?
Wow it works.
New occupation, shameless star gatherer
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Re: What do the stars mean?
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01-14-2007, 05:41 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
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Re: What do the stars mean?
Nah, JG's on hiatus...
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01-14-2007, 08:50 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 195
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Re: What do the stars mean?
I got a Gold Star in First Grade, for not peeing my pants. I managed to graduate from high school, with the same success record. But, I only have the one star and no certificate to support my accomplishment. I feel unrewarded and psychologically
blighted!
Should I , contact Jerry Springer or Mike Nifong 
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