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What are the stars next to peoples names... are they some type of rank or rating?

ogediah said:
What are the stars next to peoples names... are they some type of rank or rating?
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Welcome
For your question, READ here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=221503

And what is the "Junior member, senior member" is all about? How is it measured?

karimartine said:
And what is the "Junior member, senior member" is all about? How is it measured?
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If my memory does not fail me, after 30 posts you become a member, and after 100 a senior member.

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Become senior member?

I was just wondering, what does it take to become a senior member? Do I need a certain amount of posts? How do I do it? Also, what does it take to become a moderator? Does it have something to do with the amount of posts? They always have so many! Please let me know!!!

100+ posts = senior member
rest i don't know.

What ^he^ said. You started out as a Junior member and you're already a member. It happened that same way. As far as moderator goes... probably has to do with either:
1. How respected, resourceful and trusted you are by the admins.
2. How good your application+resume looks if they hire like a real job.
3. If you can figure out how many fingers the admin is holding behind her back. lol

I'm sooo close right now
Just so that this isn't a 'me too' post, wanted to add that 30 posts changes you from a junior to a regular member...

waleed786 said:
thanks guys, now im gonna have to make more posts so I can become a senior, lol.
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Rather than just making posts, try actually making useful ones rather than pointlessly spamming the forum with crap

There is no way you can SPAM all the way to 100 post without the notice of not only the Admin and Mods, but also some of the members here.
There were some Junior Members / Members who write nonsence, with info in 1 post which does not tally with another post got slam left & right, up & down by other normal members.
So watch your way before you either get slam or even worst, get banned!!!

Olipro said:
Rather than just making posts, try actually making useful ones rather than pointlessly spamming the forum with crap
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Wow!!! You are really a very senior member.
I like your signature. It has been long time I have last seen assembly programming language. You must be a software engineer!!!

what does it take to become a moderator?
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What's the mystery? £1,000 or a plentiful supply of vaseline.
V
PS I would love to say quality and quantity of posts helps to make you a moderator, but they made me one, and I think I failed on both counts!

Who cares about how many posts you have who cares what your title is. The title doesn't really do much. Why do you want to become a senior if you get nothing out of it? It's just a title..and you aren't granted any permissions.

i dont post much.. i read around alot tho! been here over a year still my post count is low.. i dun care though i just prefer to search/read before asking any questions rather than posting useless posts or flaming others!
IMO a senior member title doesnt matter unless you're carrying th knowledge learning yourself helping out others and praising/giving credits for others hard-work!!

Actually, becoming a member from a junior member, a senior member from a member and also becoming a moderator from a senior member counts nothing. You are just given the title. Like in olden times, there were knights or Sirs. We can't spam the forums just to make our names famous. Its better that to search first, got it read, check out your answer, and then if you don't get it, start a new thread.
Thanks

poetryrocksalot said:
Who cares about how many posts you have who cares what your title is. The title doesn't really do much. Why do you want to become a senior if you get nothing out of it? It's just a title..and you aren't granted any permissions.
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A lot of people cares...
And permissions are granted by Mods when you deserve it...not before...even if you have 5000 posts or have 40...

Yep. It doesnt matter what the title is. The only title that really matters is moderator or admin and those are only granted if you contribute and being granted admin is very unlikely.

a post should be posted only if its necessary..as it takes space..a senior member may be a title only..but being a senior member proves that you take part in our forum and contribute to it.so its not JUST a title...

poetryrocksalot said:
Who cares about how many posts you have who cares what your title is. The title doesn't really do much. Why do you want to become a senior if you get nothing out of it? It's just a title..and you aren't granted any permissions.
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Hmm Someone seems bitter. Maybe they didn't get their Special Senior Member Private Message talking about the abilities you have.

JimmyMcGee said:
Hmm Someone seems bitter. Maybe they didn't get their Special Senior Member Private Message talking about the abilities you have.
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LOL
Or perhaps they want to be extra senior member

orb3000 said:
LOL
Or perhaps they want to be extra senior member
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Shhh Don't tell them about THAT!

ya..usually his attitude is always like that...

Thanks guys lots of helpful info here. . .. . . . i had always wondered how people got promoted to moderator status. . . all of my questions were answered. .

Bro, i have been wondering the same question since ive become a member....er junior member.....er experienced nooob....lol, actually i have a lot of experience in networking with surveillance systems access control and integrations , but no writing.....so i am kinda leary on posting anything for fear of it being nothing more than just blanket questions that go no where. I dont wnt to be the guy that posts "need a cool rom, please help".......so i spend my time here reading and reading and reading.......maybe i will start posting some very thoughtful questions and see if i can get any response on maybe creation of new networking tools?

how to upgrade from junior member?

I know this has nothing to do with the kaiser, but I was wondering how you "go up in the ranks on this site" I've been a junior member for dumb long and I see people that have been members for a shorter period of time than me that are already senior members

It's an annual fee of $3409475345. Expensive, but worth it.
Seriously though, you have to hit 100 posts.

Ooooooooooh Ok thank you very much I was wondering.

TheChampJT said:
It's an annual fee of $3409475345. Expensive, but worth it.
Seriously though, you have to hit 100 posts.
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LOL You crazy that was a good one.
At 30 post the junior will drop off and then they will become a member and at 100 post you become a senior.

see i was wondering about this...
add that to the post count!

100th post for you! I knight you a Senior Member!

DRUGS...Responsible For Teaching America's Youth The Metric System!
That is BOMB! So funny...and so true!
In 8th grade my science teacher was trying to tell his class that the Metric system and the Standard system were incompatible and asked his class; "how many grams was in an ounce?"
My reply was "28 grams, 29 in the bag". His face turned red as he was a secret stoner~ He told me I was wrong but we all knew he was BS-ing...

todd737 said:
DRUGS...Responsible For Teaching America's Youth The Metric System!
That is BOMB! So funny...and so true!
In 8th grade my science teacher was trying to tell his class that the Metric system and the Standard system were incompatible and asked his class; "how many grams was in an ounce?"
My reply was "28 grams, 29 in the bag". His face turned red as he was a secret stoner~ He told me I was wrong but we all knew he was BS-ing...
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Ali G made a joke about it over here once, when he was interviewing some poor dupe.
The guy was one of these fellas that was up in arms about the increasing use of metric measures in Britain.
Ali asked him something to the effect of "So you fink dat schoolkids should be taught to use ounces, eighths, quarters and sixteenths?"
The guy unknowingly agreed to schoolchildren being taught to use these popular measures of hash!

this thread can be deleted at the administrators discretion now.

hnic8705 said:
this thread can be deleted at the administrators discretion now.
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Sticky this thread! I swear, look at my 100th post I guarantee it was abzolutely pointless, pardon the principle that it WAS my 100tth!!

Do like some people around here and respond to threads by dividing up your thoughts into individual sentences, and then reply 50 times to a thread. This method is very popular among the members here.

Welcome to the esteemed league of Senior Members.

hnic8705 said:
I know this has nothing to do with the kaiser,
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You said it... So why you open this thread in "KAISER GENERAL" section??

Well! I thought with a title like that it was another reference to adult sites...

Thread has been moved to About xda-developers section.

gthing said:
Do like some people around here and respond to threads by dividing up your thoughts into individual sentences, and then reply 50 times to a thread. This method is very popular among the members here.
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As far as I know, your post count is derived from how many original posts you made in separate threads. You can post as many times as you want in the same thread, however it won't pad your post count.

h4waii said:
As far as I know, your post count is derived from how many original posts you made in separate threads. You can post as many times as you want in the same thread, however it won't pad your post count.
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Not true. Most of my first 100 or so posts were helping noobs use Dutty's ROMs so I was always posting in the same few threads.
Dave

todd737 said:
DRUGS...Responsible For Teaching America's Youth The Metric System!
That is BOMB! So funny...and so true!
In 8th grade my science teacher was trying to tell his class that the Metric system and the Standard system were incompatible and asked his class; "how many grams was in an ounce?"
My reply was "28 grams, 29 in the bag". His face turned red as he was a secret stoner~ He told me I was wrong but we all knew he was BS-ing...
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thats hilarious!

JstarLuvsTina said:
thats hilarious!
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wow so much spam..

kingsizeriz said:
wow so much spam..
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what u mean spam guy.. that was f'n funny.. so i expressed my opinion

Can you get a rank higher than Senior Member?

Is there a rank past Senior Member?

Moderator. But you get that because you want to help XDA, so It's more like a Job than a rank.

Ok. Thanks!

How would one become a Moderator?

tat2me2 said:
How would one become a Moderator?
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One would go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=263 and look at the information on how applications open occasionally. They are closed at present.

pulser_g2 said:
One would go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=263 and look at the information on how applications open occasionally. They are closed at present.
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Thanks for the info, I'll keep an eye out for an open slot, I've been coming to the XDA pages since '07 - really enjoy it
regards,
tat

Forum is more about community then it is about ranks

Desert Storm said:
Forum is more about community then it is about ranks
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Yes, it is. I too would like to volunteer to be a moderator, whenever the chance opens up again. I am an experienced moderator on another large forum.

Senior Member

For reasons I cannot explain I am promoted "Senior Member", somehow appropriate given my birthday 13/10/54
But can I -please- be downgraded to beginner or whatever unqualified member?

Nofan Tasi said:
For reasons I cannot explain I am promoted "Senior Member", somehow appropriate given my birthday 13/10/54
But can I -please- be downgraded to beginner or whatever unqualified member?
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It's automated, the tag is applied to you when you hit 100 posts, and because you have 104 posts, you're classified as a senior member.

Nofan Tasi said:
For reasons I cannot explain I am promoted "Senior Member", somehow appropriate given my birthday 13/10/54
But can I -please- be downgraded to beginner or whatever unqualified member?
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A forum works in this way.
The rank changes after certain amount of post or when you are promoted (mods and developers only).
Currently it looks like this:
Junior Member -> Member -> Senior Member
Recognized Developer -> Senior Recognized Developer
Forum Moderator -> Senior Moderator
Senior means that you have a long affiliation with the forum and it doesn't say anything about your age. Even 99 years old man can be Junior Member and 10 years old kid can be a Senior Member.
Frankly speaking I don't see anything wrong with that, but if you feel differently, contact one of our admins and highlight the issue.
Thread closed.

I have a question for the Mods...

ИΘΘK¡€ said:
The order goes like so: (least powerful at the top, most at the bottom)
Junior Member (less than 10 posts)
Member (more than 10 posts but less than 100 posts)
Senior Member (anything more than 100 posts)
RC, RT (people recognized for their theming work and/or contributions)
RD (people recognized for their development work)
Senior RD, Elite RD (higher up ranks of developers)
Forum Moderator (moderators who look over a specific section of the forum)
Senior Moderator (the next-up moderator rank, who moderate the entire site and other such things.)
Assistant Forum Administrator (self-explanatory, an example is @the_scotsman)
Forum Administrator (highest of the obtainable ranks, @bitpushr and @svetius are good examples)
Forum Owner (this is @MikeChannon - he's actually a Forum Administrator, but he's the owner of XDA, too)
The News Writer ranks don't fit into the list above - they're just ranks given to people who write the XDA news, whether they're a moderator or not.
Hope this helps!
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Mike doesn't actually own XDA - he is the Forum Administrator, similar to a general manager type role.

the_scotsman said:
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Mike doesn't actually own XDA - he is the Forum Administrator, similar to a general manager type role.
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Oops.
Thanks for the tip, I've edited my previous post to correspond.

ИΘΘK¡€ said:
Oops.
Thanks for the tip, I've edited my previous post to correspond.
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No worries
If you want to be anal, there's also the XDA Assist team
EDIT: We have a sort of structure here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lK5rP103OL3StU3q9iqwX9LU_k8XABeSQIAT3EHCqgM/pub

the_scotsman said:
No worries
If you want to be anal, there's also the XDA Assist team
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Thanks, temporarily forgot about those guys since they're not a separate rank.
Adding now!

Ichigo said:
Do certain mods have more power than others? What is the ranking order of xda? And where do the portal writers come in? And I'd just have to assume the admins are above the mods and the forum administer is above them.
And then, of course, I'm at the very top, above the FA.
Edit: It appears @M_T_M has taken my post and made it into a thread. I shall not redact this post. ?
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Gathering intel before commencing your attack. A wise decision.

ИΘΘK¡€ said:
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Forum Administrator (highest of the obtainable ranks, bitpushr, svetius and MikeChannon are good examples)....
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Somebody mention my name
Just a bit of clarification to your helpful post for the line above:
Svetius is the User Experience Admin with a broad set of site-wide control and responsibilities.
bitpushr is an Admin with key responsibilities for keeping the technical side of the website up and running smoothly.
MikeChannon Forum Admin general admin and oversees the Moderation side.
XDA-Devs is not owned by me, see Wikipedia
Mike

MikeChannon said:
Somebody mention my name
Just a bit of clarification to your helpful post for the line above:
Svetius is the User Experience Admin with a broad set of site-wide control and responsibilities.
bitpushr is an Admin with key responsibilities for keeping the technical side of the website up and running smoothly.
MikeChannon Forum Admin general admin and oversees the Moderation side.
XDA-Devs is not owned by me, see Wikipedia
Mike
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Oh hi, can you change my name to MikeÇhannon please?

Tezlastorme said:
Oh hi, can you change my name to MikeÇhannon please?
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Despite the curious letter Ç the answer would have to be no siree Bob:laugh:
Mike

mikechannon said:
despite the curious letter ç the answer would have to be no siree bob[emoji23]
mike
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Ichigo said:
Would you be willing to promote me from Senior Member to Pokemon Master or Master Troll?
If not, I suppose I'll settle for Elite Admin.
Thanks in advanced.
Oh, also, thanks for changing my username so many times. You might as well go ahead and give we the ability to change my username myself as well.
Sent from my Nexus 4
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The last one actually sounds like it would save him a lot of trouble. ?

MikeChannon said:
Somebody mention my name
Just a bit of clarification to your helpful post for the line above:
Svetius is the User Experience Admin with a broad set of site-wide control and responsibilities.
bitpushr is an Admin with key responsibilities for keeping the technical side of the website up and running smoothly.
MikeChannon Forum Admin general admin and oversees the Moderation side.
XDA-Devs is not owned by me, see Wikipedia
Mike
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Oh my goodness, am I actually talking to the MikeChannon?
Thank you, kind sir, for your specification and input. I am aware that svetius is the User Experience Admin, bitpushr is the XDA Technical Admin, and you're, well, the Forum Admin. I just put you three in one rank to conserve space and whatnot.
Thank you for the Wikipedia link - I can now see that Joshua Solan is the actual owner of XDA.
Wow, what an eventful day at XDA - I've finally reached the momentous 1,000 post thank marker and had a conversation with the great MikeChannon! :laugh:

Ichigo said:
Would you be willing to promote me from Senior Member to Pokemon Master or Master Troll?
If not, I suppose I'll settle for Elite Admin.
Thanks in advanced.
Oh, also, thanks for changing my username so many times. You might as well go ahead and give we the ability to change my username myself as well.
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Haha .... if anyone gets Elite Admin it'll be meeeee
Tezlastorme said:
The last one actually sounds like it would save him a lot of trouble. ?
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Save me a lot of trouble... we don't care about him ... right
ИΘΘK¡€ said:
Oh my goodness, am I actually talking to the MikeChannon?
Thank you, kind sir, for your specification and input. I am aware that svetius is the User Experience Admin, bitpushr is the XDA Technical Admin, and you're, well, the Forum Admin. I just put you three in one rank to conserve space and whatnot.
Thank you for the Wikipedia link - I can now see that Joshua Solan is the actual owner of XDA.
Wow, what an eventful day at XDA - I've finally reached the momentous 1,000 post thank marker and had a conversation with the great MikeChannon! :laugh:
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Oh now that's such a shame. You're going to have to stop posting or else it'll ruin that nice round 1000 posts
Mike

MikeChannon said:
Oh now that's such a shame. You're going to have to stop posting or else it'll ruin that nice round 1000 posts
Mike
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Better ban him before it's too late ?

Ichigo said:
1001 now! (Sorry [emoji14])
One day I'll become Elite Admin! That'll show you.
Sent from my Nexus 4
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It actually says 1334 for me ?
Edit: oh

@MikeChannon, I could either stop posting, or I could take a screenshot. Sorry it's a bit bugged.
@Ichigo, you little...
Just kidding, actually. 1,001 is the number at which the meter goes up to 6 bars, so yay!
@Tezlastorme, I'm talking about the Thanks Meter, you're talking about my post count. Two separate items.

ИΘΘK¡€ said:
@MikeChannon, I could either stop posting, or I could take a screenshot. [emoji14] Sorry it's a bit bugged.
@Ichigo, you little...
Just kidding, actually. 1,001 is the number at which the meter goes up to 6 bars, so yay!
@Tezlastorme, I'm talking about the Thanks Meter, you're talking about my post count. Two separate items.
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You said post thanks!
No one says post thanks!

Tezlastorme said:
You said post thanks!
No one says post thanks!
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That right?
I didn't realize that - wow, I feel like such a noob.
So, do we call them "thanks", with out the "post"?
@Ichigo, congratulations, sir.

ichigo said:
not sure why i'm posting this here, or even saying this, but i have 964 post thanks
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i have 964 post thanks
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post thanks
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Ichigo said:
Do certain mods have more power than others? What is the ranking order of xda? And where do the portal writers come in? And I'd just have to assume the admins are above the mods and the forum administer is above them.
And then, of course, I'm at the very top, above the FA.
Edit: It appears @M_T_M has taken my post and made it into a thread. I shall not redact this post. ?
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Powers, who needs Powers....when you have "The Law"
MikeChannon said:
Somebody mention my name
Just a bit of clarification to your helpful post for the line above:
Svetius is the User Experience Admin with a broad set of site-wide control and responsibilities.
bitpushr is an Admin with key responsibilities for keeping the technical side of the website up and running smoothly.
MikeChannon Forum Admin general admin and oversees the Moderation side.
XDA-Devs is not owned by me, see Wikipedia
Mike
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Magic Mike always "in the House" :laugh:
Ichigo said:
Would you be willing to promote me from Senior Member to Pokemon Master or Master Troll?
If not, I suppose I'll settle for Elite Admin.
Thanks in advanced.
Oh, also, thanks for changing my username so many times. You might as well go ahead and give we the ability to change my username myself as well.
Sent from my Nexus 4
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I can't change your title, but I can change your status.....to...."Account Disabled" :silly:
ИΘΘK¡€ said:
The order goes like so: (least powerful at the top, most at the bottom)
Junior Member (less than 10 posts)
Member (more than 10 posts but less than 100 posts)
Senior Member (anything more than 100 posts)
RC, RT (people recognized for their theming work and/or contributions)
RD (people recognized for their development work)
Senior RD, Elite RD (higher up ranks of developers)
Forum Moderator (the lowest moderator rank)
Senior Moderator (the next-up moderator rank, given to Forum Moderators who have been a member for a good while and do a good job moderating)
Assistant Forum Administrator (self-explanatory, an example is @the_scotsman)
Forum Administrator (highest of the obtainable ranks, @bitpushr, @svetius and @MikeChannon are good examples)
The News Writer ranks don't fit into the list above - they're just ranks given to people who write the XDA news, whether they're a moderator or not.
There are also a number of RCs who have either applied for or been nominated for the "rank" of XDA Assist. You'll know who they are when you see that their rank is "Recognized Contributor" and there is a small blue tag underneath their rank that says "XDA ASSIST". An example of an XDA Assist RC is @R_a_z_v_a_n.
Hope this helps!
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Good Job, you almost got them all and almost got them correct.

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