[Bug] Regular Status [Solved]

Level1Techs Bug report
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Why is the requirement for regular status so high? i mean 85% of topics viewed, 50% of days on here. for someone like me who made a account and then left for a while and then came back. it is nearly impossible to become a regular.

85% of topics viewed? Most of the topics are build logs, politics (which i dont care for) or a linux question i dont know howto fix.

50% of days? I joined Way back in June 28 '15. i would have to be on here everyday atleast to even meet time requirements. But i cant since i dont have internet at home.

Sorry this turned into a bit of a rant, but i am just wondering.

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what does it matter?

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i use to be leader then @spacecat took it away from me :`(

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Hi, my names SpaceCat, and I was a tek syndicate leader.

is this a fuckin AA meeting

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i doesn't but the requirements are seem so high.

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Sorry, but I must ask... Do you care, if the forum is going to lable you as "regular"?

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the reason the Regular requirements are so high is because at one point Leaders and Regulars were identical when it came to power on the forum.

Leaders can edit threads, close them, hide them, and so on. Regulars were able to do that too at one point, till that got fixed. But that's one of the reasons. But overall Regular doesn't provide you special privledges anymore. Being a Leader does however.

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but how will people know im better than them?

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You can change your title to Regular to stroke your Ego. That helps.

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but to become a leader you have to be elected or something like that since there is no auto-promotion for leader status

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Leader can be earned but it's next to impossible. You can be rewarded "Leader" status by a mod, which is how I became a Leader. But honestly to do that you just need to be a Good Samaritan on the forum that's all.

Yeah I fuck around with you guys on the lounge, but I did help a lot ot people over the 3 years I've been here. The forum has been the calmest it's ever been. So I don't think the mods are going to be electing leaders any time soon

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yeah. but its not auto-promoted.

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I just want more likes thoo

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It is, you'll get a notification like any other notification when you get promoted to Regular, or Leader.

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I just want a little title under my name. How do I get that?

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message a mod.

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Leaders are regulars who have been around forever and seen everything. They set a positive example for the community through their actions and their posts. If you need advice, these are the folks you turn to first.

They can get to trust level 4 by...

Manual promotion only at the moment!

In the future, look closely at quality?

From discourse forums, I can't see anythibg suggesting theyve changed that, they might have though.

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Not true, Spacecat was rewarded leader 8 months after joining the forum. He's been demoted. Didn't even know he was. But you can earn it quick.

Though Prior from the old forum to Discourse, you had to establish yourself.. Which is so much easier to do now then back then.

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No that's just what discourse creators said
It's the next bit
Manual promotion only
Hence why an 8 month or 8 year old could get it, regardless of their post count or whatever

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When I said Rewarded I meant given the status by the mods, not worked for without anyone awarding it to you.