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Member ranking?

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7Cedars

New member
I have been trying to find information on member ranking. I am new here and see that I am a Junior Member, understandable. But I see that some people are Members and some that are Senior Members? Is this dictated by time as a member of TFL or by the amount of posts, or both? And what are the benefits of the titles?
 
You're a Junior Member until 100 posts and a Senior Member after that. It has no meaning, prestige or benefits whatsoever.

It serves, along with your post count, to remind you of the life you've wasted online.:D
 
Actually, I think you become a plain old Member somewhere around 15 or 20... but even after you achieve Senior Member status, people continue to judge you relentlessly by your post count.

No, I made that up -- no one sensible does that. :D
 
0 to 14 = Junior Member
15 to 99 = Member
100 to Mike Irwin = Senior Member (Good luck trying to catch him! ;) )

As both said/implied above, it really means nothing. It's just a default setting in the vBulletin software.
 
We have Donuts? Are they hidden behind the Shiner Bock?
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What is this Shiner Bock of which you speak? All I'm finding in the fridge are a couple cans of Pabst and something that looks like fruitcake.
 
I had nothing to do with this. The Shiner Bock was there the last time I looked.
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Brian said:
Has it always been Member from 15-99? I don't remember seeing that.
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Yep, almost from day 1. Of course, that was roughly 18,000+ posts ago for you, so I can understand the memory loss. :)
 
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