PSR Tutorial Forum
The PSR Tutorial Forum (5 Boards) => Forum How To Focus => Topic started by: ekurburski on October 31, 2018, 07:14:55 PM
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Some have 2, some have 5, I have 3. What do the signify?
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Usually means activate on the forum,
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Explained in the post at the following link, although it refers to 'stars' rather than 'squares' ...
https://www.psrtutorial.com/forum/index.php/topic,40699.msg318984.html#msg318984
Regards
Ian
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I'm not certain, but I believe it's related to the number of posts that you've made; when looking at how many squares members have above their avatars, compare that with the "number of posts" count below their avatar. I think it's just a visual way to show how active a member is in-- sort of like "veteran" versus "newbie," except not necessarily related to the length of time that one has been a member. This is the sort of thing that many forums do, so I presume it's a common feature in forum software.
Ian posted while I was typing. As you can see in Joe's explanation, it's related to the number of posts made.
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I too have always thought that they were related to the number of posts etc. HOWEVER it is not fact.
Take a look at Eileen's posts and you will see that she only has 4 squares with a very large post count yet I have 5 squares with only a very moderate count.
Bill
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I have only 3 😀. There is soomething about the color of the stars too, but I do not remember how it is determined.
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Hm, it seems there may be more at work here. I think certain subforums don't count toward your post count-- such as songs played by members?-- but there should still be a correlation between the count that's displayed below your avatar, because those subforum posts don't affect that post count.
I wonder if this was affected by the Great Accidental Purge? That is, I wonder if it's based only on the posts made since the purge, while the post count reflects posts made both before and after?
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Songs played by forum member counts now. I know, I listen, comment and post there all the time, and my count is rising :)
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Songs played by forum member counts now. I know, I listen, comment and post there all the time, and my count is rising :)
That's good to know-- although I see that you have only three squares above your avatar, so perhaps the posts that you've made in the songs forum don't count toward the number of squares?
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Maybe. I read something about this before The Purge.
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I have a lot of posts, but not many squares.
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How many have read the third post of this thread ;)
Alan
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Yesterday they were squares - today they are stars. Interesting.
Mike
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Just did a quick comparison and the stars revealed the following pattern:
Novice poster 1 yellow star
Junior member 2 yellow
Asst. member 3 yellow
Supporter, Senior member 4 yellow
Charter, Senior 4 yellow
Supporter Asooc member 4 yellow
PSR Performer, supporter, senior member 4 yellow
Assoc member 4 yellow
Psr performer, admin, senior member 5 redish gold
Assoc member 1 green
Global moderator, senior member 3 green or 5 purple
psr performer, senior member 4 green
Senior member 5 yellow
Did not go any further.
Jerryghr
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Mine turned jellow again. Think that is wrong.