Quote from: John (John K.) on April 17, 2013, 05:54:54 AM

Ranks

Update on 2/3/18: Merit points are now added
In addition to the activity points, merit points (click for more information) are required to advance your ranking.

Quote from: Cyrus on June 18, 2013, 11:33:58 PM

All the main ranks that can be handed out to normal users are: Brand New, Newbie, Jr. Member, Member, Full Member, Sr. Member, Hero Member and Legendary.
In addition to the main rankings, there are also sub-rankings that can be applied, and those are: Donator, and VIP.
Finally, staff sub-rankings are as follows: Staff, Moderator, Global Moderator, Administrator, and Founder.

Rank	Description	Tag
Brand New:	0 posts, gets 1 gold coin under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Newbie:	(none), gets 1 gold coin under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Jr. Member:	Activity: 30, gets 1 gold coin under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Member:	Activity: 60, gets 2 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Full Member:	Activity: 120, gets 3 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Sr. Member:	Activity: 240, gets 4 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Hero Member:	Activity: 480, gets 5 gold coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/star.gif
Legendary:	Activity: the Legendary membergroup has no universal activity requirement. You are guaranteed to become Legendary somewhere between 775 and 1030 activity, but the exact point in this range at which you become Legendary is random per user. Gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half dark blue.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/legendary.gif
Sub-Rank	Description	Tag
Donator:	Manually applied by administration after 10 BTC donation, and gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half green. 5 coins are shown regardless of post count when user is a Donator.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/donator.gif
VIP:	Manually applied by administration after 50 BTC donation, and gets 5 gold coins under his name of which the last is half purple. 5 coins are shown regardless of post count when user is a VIP.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/vip.gif


Staff Rank	Description	Tag
Staff:	Shown when moderators (see next point) post outside of the sections that they moderate. The tags under their usernames are dependent on their post group.	variable
Moderator:	Shown when moderators of specific sections post within those sections. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is shown as half faded-out green.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/staff.gif
Global Moderator:	Applied to Staff that have moderation privileges in all boards. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is half teal colored.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/mod.gif
Administrator:	Has all available permissions and can appoint moderators and perform other administrative tasks. Gets 5 gold coins, of which the last is shown half red regardless of post count.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/admin.gif
Founder:	Reserved for Satoshi, gets 5 platinum coins under his name.	https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/founder.gif

The way activity is calculated:

Quote from: theymos on June 18, 2013, 08:44:42 PM

The activity number is determined in this way:
time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration
activity = min(time * 14, posts)

Activity is updated every hour.

To become a Donator or a VIP, send a PM to theymos to get a unique donation address.

Took the liberty to update it according to the new Activity & new member limits/groups.
Edited with proper number of coins.
malevolent - update: added info about the new rank, changes to the Staff rank tag, removed the deprecated "SCAMMER" sub-rank. Also included info about the posting limits.

Signature restrictions

There are restrictions on signatures, based on your activity/rank.

Quote from: theymos on February 26, 2014, 09:15:18 PM

- Newbie: No styling (including links) allowed. Max 50 characters.
- Jr. Member: Max 150 characters.
- Member: Links allowed. Unlimited length.
- Full: Color allowed.
- Sr. Member: Size allowed
- Hero: Background color allowed

Badges

Quote from: theymos on December 31, 2013, 06:55:38 AM

I added a system of badges to SMF a while ago, though only two are defined now. Here are the current badges:

https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/expert.png Bitcoin expert	Dev&Tech only. People with this badge know enough about the Bitcoin network to reimplement something very like it from scratch. They are capable of intelligently discussing the Bitcoin network: current protocol, possible attacks, proposed changes, etc. Criteria: Recommendation by an existing Bitcoin expert or core dev and approval by a forum administrator.
https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/qt.png Bitcoin-Qt core developer	Dev&Tech only. These are the core developers of Satoshi's Bitcoin client. They are listed here. Core developers are among the top contributors to Bitcoin-Qt, and they are all bitcoin experts, though they don't also get that badge.
https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/badges/hacker.png The Glider(hacker symbol)	Awarded for people who have responsibly disclosed forum security flaws.

A core dev does not "outrank" a bitcoin expert (or vice-versa), and it's possible for someone without a badge to contribute meaningfully to a discussion with experts and core devs.

Limits on posting

Quote from: theymos on December 25, 2013, 03:50:28 AM

Code:

waittime = 360;
if(activity >= 15)
   waittime = (int)(90 - activity);
if(activity >= 60)
   waittime=(int)(34.7586 - (0.0793103 * activity));
if(activity >= 100)
   waittime = max((int)(14-(activity/50)), 4);

Limits on PMs

Quote from: theymos on July 10, 2013, 10:43:13 PM

I've adjusted the limits to make spamming more difficult.

Activity	Min. seconds between post actions	Max PM recipients	PMs per hour
0	360	3	5
16	74	5	30
30	60	5	60
60	30	5	60
100	12	10	120
200	10	15	120
300	8	20	120

Avatars
Full Member and up only.
It must be no more than 120px wide, 80px tall, and 100 KiB in size. It must be a PNG, GIF, or JPEG image. It must be safe for work.

I have a Question, how do you go from being a newbie to a junior, if you can't post in the first place, is there some magic room I need to enter. I'm trying to boost my status but no idea how to? I'm not sure if this place is ran by slytherin or Mark Zuckerberg, either way could some please give me merit so I can move up. Signed lost in bewilderment and angst!