Some people, of whom i'm one of, unfortunately got their account suspended voluntarily to prevent unauthorised access to it several years ago when Bitcointalk got breached. Unfortunately it's impossible to get my main account back, because I no longer have access to some Altcoin addresses I screwed around with back in the day of which they request proof of the address to prove your ownership despite me proving original email communications from them about the breach. So, this became my new primary account, which means starting again from scratch. Rank IMHO doesn't mean much, it just shows how active someone is on the forum.