I notice I've just attained the 500 post count, sure enough my rank now reads 'Active Member' --- Apparently said 'promotion' is synchronized with the '500 messages trophy' --- So... Inasmuch as there are 'Active Members' having post counts<500 this would seem to bear-out @tjohnson 's hypothesis as stated in post #18

Now... I'm trying to figure whether (from a military perspective) I've gone from from Sergeant Major to 2'nd 'Louie' or, merely PFC to Lance Corporal?

Donning parade dress
HP

 

With the vB forum you could peruse the member lists to see how many posts it took to get into the Nth percentile of all members (that had made at least one post). You can't do that with the XenForo software.

This might be of some interest to you:

http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/30-000-members-strong-aac-tidbits.71809/

 

--- So... Inasmuch as there are 'Active Members' having post counts<500 this would seem to bear-out

I hung my 3000 posts plaque on my office wall and polish it every day.
Max.

 

After looking again at several members' profiles, I'm beginning to wonder if the qualifications for Active Member are either to post 500 messages, or to be a member for 5 years.

I notice I've just attained the 500 post count, sure enough my rank now reads 'Active Member' --- Apparently said 'promotion' is synchronized with the '500 messages trophy' --- So... Inasmuch as there are 'Active Members' having post counts<500 this would seem to bear-out @tjohnson 's hypothesis as stated in post #18

The more user profiles I have looked at, the more certain I've become that my hypothesis is correct. Shall we follow the scientific method and call it a theory?

 

After looking again at several members' profiles, I'm beginning to wonder if the qualifications for Active Member are either to post 500 messages, or to be a member for 5 years.

This would have been trivial to check under the vB software since you could order the members by join date (as well as many other parameters) and then do a binary search through the pages to find the member of interest. Not so anymore.

 

The more user profiles I have looked at, the more certain I've become that my hypothesis is correct. Shall we follow the scientific method and call it a theory?

What say we cut to the chase and declare it an axiom?

 

Two months later...

...the axiom has been further substantiated by my newly gained title.

 

I guess it depends on how heated the issue gets and the tenor of the discussion.

It's kinda like an active volcano VS an inactive one:

An active member blows up in a spectacular eruption while an inactive one just lurks around the board and watches all the action.

 

So should I cease my activity on AAC?

@Glenn Holland: Where is the volcano in the video located?

 

Just remember, none of the posts in the off topic area counts.

 

Two months later...
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...the axiom has been further substantiated by my newly gained title.

You need to celebrate that!Call your neighbors and set up the barbecue!

 

TJohnson: I don't know where that "volcano" located -or whether the whole video is a real at all.

However, it's obvious to those in the field of volcanology/geology that the vid is actually the product of a special effects artist and the "eruption" is fake.

It looks more like a video of burning gasoline imposed on a video of a mountain and a lake somewhere.

 

However, it's obvious to those in the field of volcanology/geology that the vid is actually the product of a special effects artist and the "eruption" is fake.

Or it was made to put forth an agenda and influence those useful idiots.

and then there's spoofs that irk the useful idiots .... like this picture

 

Above picture might not be a real animal. That animal is like form Jurassic park animal thingy
Did the guy who commented ever thought of that ?

 

It is a joke.

 

Well, that settles that. There really is dinosaur flesh.

 

It is a joke.

I agree. The comments weren't jokes, they were serious.

 

@R!f@@

The joke is that somebody is so stupid that they think it is possible to kill a dinosaur that has been extinct for 65 million years.

 

UPDATE: In case anyone yet cares about any of this...

FWIW: I've been alerted to my attainment of the 'Addicted Trophy' (1,000 counted posts) -- Moreover, it seems I've been promoted to: "Well-Known Member" --- Ah! To have exchanged my stripes for bars - sans a stint at OCS!

So... This would seem to be the Deal:

500 counted posts (or 5 years tenure) = "Active Member"
1000 counted posts = "Well-known member"

I'll let y'all know the 2500 post trophy's effect upon rank -- granting I survive that long

As a possible point of interest: Back-checking shows that the alert arrived fully 56 minutes following my 1,000'th post??? -- How truly Xenforo works in mysterious ways its wonders to perform!

Best regards
HP

 

Moreover, it seems I've been promoted to: "Well-Known Member" --- Ah! To have exchanged my stripes for bars - sans a stint at OCS!

HP that doesn't make any sense! Are you saying like old 4hv where must take aptitude test to promote? I thought then that only to join? What means OCS?