Understanding Membership Levels and Roles

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We use a system of levels attached to your membership account to reflect membership status.  It is intended mainly as a bit of fun but it also  provides a simple indication of a members engagement with the forum and it's members. 

The Member levels are ...

• No Posts - N00b
  
• 1 Post - Rookie
  
• 10 Posts - Recruit
  
• 25 Posts - Apprentice
  
• 50 Posts - Prodigy
  
• 100 Posts - Superstar
  
• 250 Posts - Elder
  
• 500 Posts - Expert
  
• 750 Posts - Guru
  
• 1000 Posts - Maestro
  
• 2500 Posts - Myth
  
• 5000 Posts - Legend
  
• 7500 Posts - Grand Master
  
• 10000+ Posts - Ultimate Being (Currently under review)
  

The main significance of these membership levels is the implied status.  Should these Member Level titles not be to your liking, you are able to customise this for yourself in the User Control Panel  after reaching the 'Recruit' user.

Behind the scenes, there are also membership groups.  Access permissions to various areas and functions of the messageboard are based upon membership groups. These are...

• Guests
  
• Registered Users
  
• Trusted Users 
  
• Moderators 
  
• Super Moderators 
  
• Administrators
  

These group roles are mainly self evident but note the following...

• New signups become 'Registered' users. 
  
• New signups are restricted from including external links in posts and signatures, this is to deter message board spam.
  
• 'Registered' users are automatically promoted to a 'Trusted' user after making 10 posts AND having a reputation of Zero or higher (consistent with the 'Recruit' level above).
  
• The 'Trusted' user group enables use of attachments, external links and custom titles for the member.  
  

Please note: For users who have no interest in Opinion and Politics, or the Covid 19 forums, we are able to exclude these from your messageboard view if desired.  This is not user configurable but please ask one of the moderators or admin so it can be implemented.