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Carpe Diem · 22nd Mar 2012, 12:47 AM

Hey fellow ECs.

Recently, I noticed my user title (the little phrase below the name) changed from "Member" to "Well Known". My current default user title sounds a bit, for the lack of a better term, cocky LOL.

I have no intention to create my own custom user title yet so I'll leave it as it is despite feeling a bit uncomfortable with the title (it sounds like I'm full of myself

). However, I do have a few short questions regarding the user title:

1. I noticed that the user title, like other forums, will change according to the number of posts. Do you have the list of user titles and its corresponding min post count?

2. If I want it to display "Member" instead, do I just use the custom user title function to do that?

Thanks in advance.

Cheerio,
Carpe Diem

**Chip** · 22nd Mar 2012, 03:13 AM

Yes, the custom title will allow you to put something, so you could just be creative and go with, oh, "bored and confused" or "gay and loving it" or something like that... or the more mundane "member"

There's a list somewhere of the titles and post count for each. I'll see if I can find it, or maybe one of the other admins will get to it before I do

**Ethan** · 22nd Mar 2012, 06:42 AM

As far as I know it's

Newbie - 0 posts
Member - 10 posts
Well-Known - 100 posts
EC Addict - 250 posts

Though I could be wrong.

**Owen** · 22nd Mar 2012, 06:45 AM

Nazo hit the nail on the head; I can confirm all those numbers are correct.

Emberstone · 23rd Mar 2012, 10:15 AM

they should add more title post counts. 250 seems like a low number to stop at.

**Owen** · 23rd Mar 2012, 02:05 PM

Someone wants to show off his high post count, does he?

To add some numbers to this, out of all of our members on the Members List page, 580 of the 6254 have post counts above 250. That about 9%. Considering that we have four categories (which would thus average 25% each if all things were equal), I guess whether or not you think there needs to be another category comes down to whether or not you think the hardest category to get into (250+ posts) is exclusive enough if it has 9% membership.

But wait, I got more.

We can't forget about the fact that when someone reaches 250 posts, more often than not, they've already chosen a custom user rank for themselves. Let's say a new rank was introduced for members with 1000+ posts (I think that's a fair continuation of the current hierarchy). It would only show up if those members haven't already enabled their custom user title and changed it. I went through with the help of the ctrl-f function and counted, and there are a grand total of 28 members with 1000+ posts still wearing the "EC Addict" title. That's less than half of 1% of our members that the new title would even show up on.

Your call: is it worth it?

Emberstone · 23rd Mar 2012, 06:53 PM

at the very least, you should get one for 1337

**Owen** · 23rd Mar 2012, 08:35 PM

I'm probably not going to get any points for guessing which adjective that rhymes with "meat" you want to be in that new title, am I?

Harlequin · 24th Mar 2012, 04:12 PM

Clearly he wants those users to be dubbed "Feet" :P

**Owen** · 24th Mar 2012, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harlequin

Clearly he wants those users to be dubbed "Feet" :P

Really? I thought he was going for "replete", since the forum is replete with their posts. But hey, I like your guess, too!

Emberstone · 25th Mar 2012, 12:51 PM

its fun when you come across a forum admin/mod that doesnt know leetspeak.

**Owen** · 25th Mar 2012, 01:16 PM

Perhaps my verbal irony was too leet for you (I do consider myself to be in the elite when it comes to such wit), for your assumption about me is patently false. I've been on these interwebz for too long to have not picked up leetspeak.

22nd Mar 2012, 12:47 AM	#1
Carpe Diem Well Known Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: All but family Location: Australia Age: 24 Posts: 136 Join Date: Feb 2012	User title Hey fellow ECs. Recently, I noticed my user title (the little phrase below the name) changed from "Member" to "Well Known". My current default user title sounds a bit, for the lack of a better term, cocky LOL. I have no intention to create my own custom user title yet so I'll leave it as it is despite feeling a bit uncomfortable with the title (it sounds like I'm full of myself ). However, I do have a few short questions regarding the user title: 1. I noticed that the user title, like other forums, will change according to the number of posts. Do you have the list of user titles and its corresponding min post count? 2. If I want it to display "Member" instead, do I just use the custom user title function to do that? Thanks in advance. Cheerio, Carpe Diem

22nd Mar 2012, 03:13 AM	#2
Chip EC Advisor EC Admin Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: northern CA Posts: 8,574 Join Date: May 2008	Re: User title Yes, the custom title will allow you to put something, so you could just be creative and go with, oh, "bored and confused" or "gay and loving it" or something like that... or the more mundane "member" There's a list somewhere of the titles and post count for each. I'll see if I can find it, or maybe one of the other admins will get to it before I do

22nd Mar 2012, 06:42 AM	#3
Ethan Formerly known as Nazo EC Moderator Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: A few and then some Location: Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 2,711 Join Date: Dec 2010	Re: User title As far as I know it's Newbie - 0 posts Member - 10 posts Well-Known - 100 posts EC Addict - 250 posts Though I could be wrong. __________________ "You cannot roll with me," said the Big O, "but perhaps you can roll by yourself." "By myself? A missing piece cannot roll by itself." "Have you ever tried?" asked the Big O.

22nd Mar 2012, 06:45 AM	#4
Owen (ʘ‿ʘ)ノ✿ "Hold my flower" EC Admin Gender: Agender, male-assigned at birth Orientation: Panromantic (love all) androsexual (lust for men) Out Status: Sexuality: entirely out. Gender: Facebook friends. Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 22 Posts: 4,609 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: User title Nazo hit the nail on the head; I can confirm all those numbers are correct. __________________ ♫ I’m not a self-help book; I’m just a fucked up kid. I had to take my own advice and I did. Now I’m waiting for it to sink in. Expect me standing tall, back against the wall, 'cause what I learned was: It’s not about forcing happiness; it’s about not letting the sadness win. ♫ -The Wonder Years, "Local Man Ruins Everything"

23rd Mar 2012, 10:15 AM	#5
Emberstone Flappychap Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Oregon, USA Age: 29 Posts: 6,692 Join Date: May 2008	Re: User title they should add more title post counts. 250 seems like a low number to stop at. __________________ Will you join the crusade to find and destroy every single one of Pat Robertson's Horcruxes? The fate of our world rests on this task!!! YOU MUST NOT FAIL!

23rd Mar 2012, 02:05 PM	#6
Owen (ʘ‿ʘ)ノ✿ "Hold my flower" EC Admin Gender: Agender, male-assigned at birth Orientation: Panromantic (love all) androsexual (lust for men) Out Status: Sexuality: entirely out. Gender: Facebook friends. Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 22 Posts: 4,609 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: User title Someone wants to show off his high post count, does he? To add some numbers to this, out of all of our members on the Members List page, 580 of the 6254 have post counts above 250. That about 9%. Considering that we have four categories (which would thus average 25% each if all things were equal), I guess whether or not you think there needs to be another category comes down to whether or not you think the hardest category to get into (250+ posts) is exclusive enough if it has 9% membership. But wait, I got more. We can't forget about the fact that when someone reaches 250 posts, more often than not, they've already chosen a custom user rank for themselves. Let's say a new rank was introduced for members with 1000+ posts (I think that's a fair continuation of the current hierarchy). It would only show up if those members haven't already enabled their custom user title and changed it. I went through with the help of the ctrl-f function and counted, and there are a grand total of 28 members with 1000+ posts still wearing the "EC Addict" title. That's less than half of 1% of our members that the new title would even show up on. Your call: is it worth it? __________________ ♫ I’m not a self-help book; I’m just a fucked up kid. I had to take my own advice and I did. Now I’m waiting for it to sink in. Expect me standing tall, back against the wall, 'cause what I learned was: It’s not about forcing happiness; it’s about not letting the sadness win. ♫ -The Wonder Years, "Local Man Ruins Everything"

23rd Mar 2012, 06:53 PM	#7
Emberstone Flappychap Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Oregon, USA Age: 29 Posts: 6,692 Join Date: May 2008	Re: User title at the very least, you should get one for 1337 __________________ Will you join the crusade to find and destroy every single one of Pat Robertson's Horcruxes? The fate of our world rests on this task!!! YOU MUST NOT FAIL!

23rd Mar 2012, 08:35 PM	#8
Owen (ʘ‿ʘ)ノ✿ "Hold my flower" EC Admin Gender: Agender, male-assigned at birth Orientation: Panromantic (love all) androsexual (lust for men) Out Status: Sexuality: entirely out. Gender: Facebook friends. Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 22 Posts: 4,609 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: User title I'm probably not going to get any points for guessing which adjective that rhymes with "meat" you want to be in that new title, am I? __________________ ♫ I’m not a self-help book; I’m just a fucked up kid. I had to take my own advice and I did. Now I’m waiting for it to sink in. Expect me standing tall, back against the wall, 'cause what I learned was: It’s not about forcing happiness; it’s about not letting the sadness win. ♫ -The Wonder Years, "Local Man Ruins Everything"

24th Mar 2012, 04:12 PM	#9
Harlequin EC's resident hug magnet. Full Member Gender: Genderqueer Orientation: Panromantic Out Status: A few people Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 106 Join Date: Feb 2012	Re: User title Clearly he wants those users to be dubbed "Feet" :P __________________ "I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

25th Mar 2012, 12:51 PM	#11
Emberstone Flappychap Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Oregon, USA Age: 29 Posts: 6,692 Join Date: May 2008	Re: User title its fun when you come across a forum admin/mod that doesnt know leetspeak. __________________ Will you join the crusade to find and destroy every single one of Pat Robertson's Horcruxes? The fate of our world rests on this task!!! YOU MUST NOT FAIL!

25th Mar 2012, 01:16 PM	#12
Owen (ʘ‿ʘ)ノ✿ "Hold my flower" EC Admin Gender: Agender, male-assigned at birth Orientation: Panromantic (love all) androsexual (lust for men) Out Status: Sexuality: entirely out. Gender: Facebook friends. Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 22 Posts: 4,609 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: User title Perhaps my verbal irony was too leet for you (I do consider myself to be in the elite when it comes to such wit), for your assumption about me is patently false. I've been on these interwebz for too long to have not picked up leetspeak. __________________ ♫ I’m not a self-help book; I’m just a fucked up kid. I had to take my own advice and I did. Now I’m waiting for it to sink in. Expect me standing tall, back against the wall, 'cause what I learned was: It’s not about forcing happiness; it’s about not letting the sadness win. ♫ -The Wonder Years, "Local Man Ruins Everything"

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