Here we go with another thread asking about this, and people are giving the same
answers over and over.  This is tiresome and the answer to ranking up really needs
to be stickied in bright bold red letters on the front page of meta, where this
question gets asked the most.  These threads should also be moved to beginners &
help.

It's also annoying that so many newbies are so concerned with rank here.  I've never
seen this attitude on another forum (and I know why.  It's because they're so anxious
to start spamming for money).