Member ranking?

7Cedars · June 19, 2014, 10:38 AM

I have been trying to find information on member ranking. I am new here and see that I am a Junior Member, understandable. But I see that some people are Members and some that are Senior Members? Is this dictated by time as a member of TFL or by the amount of posts, or both? And what are the benefits of the titles?

Brian Pfleuger · June 19, 2014, 11:25 AM

You're a Junior Member until 100 posts and a Senior Member after that. It has no meaning, prestige or benefits whatsoever.

It serves, along with your post count, to remind you of the life you've wasted online.

Evan Thomas · June 19, 2014, 02:05 PM

Actually, I think you become a plain old Member somewhere around 15 or 20... but even after you achieve Senior Member status, people continue to judge you relentlessly by your post count.

No, I made that up -- no one sensible does that.

**Mal H** · June 19, 2014, 02:36 PM

0 to 14 = Junior Member
15 to 99 = Member
100 to Mike Irwin = Senior Member (Good luck trying to catch him!

)

As both said/implied above, it really means nothing. It's just a default setting in the vBulletin software.

Microgunner · June 19, 2014, 03:45 PM

Those guys are just pulling your leg.
Senior members get free donuts.

Brian Pfleuger · June 19, 2014, 04:42 PM

Has it always been Member from 15-99? I don't remember seeing that.

**Spats McGee** · June 19, 2014, 04:52 PM

When you make Staff, they take away the donuts.

**Shane Tuttle** · June 19, 2014, 07:33 PM

We have Donuts? Are they hidden behind the Shiner Bock?

**Tom Servo** · June 19, 2014, 07:48 PM

Quote:

We have Donuts? Are they hidden behind the Shiner Bock?

What is this Shiner Bock of which you speak? All I'm finding in the fridge are a couple cans of Pabst and something that looks like fruitcake.

Evan Thomas · June 19, 2014, 08:43 PM

I had nothing to do with this. The Shiner Bock was there the last time I looked.

**Mal H** · June 19, 2014, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian

Has it always been Member from 15-99? I don't remember seeing that.

Yep, almost from day 1. Of course, that was roughly 18,000+ posts ago for you, so I can understand the memory loss.

Brian Pfleuger · June 20, 2014, 08:47 AM

Hey, I don't have a life ok!

and apparently I never look at anyone else's "title" either.

**Mike Irwin** · June 20, 2014, 11:24 AM

"Has it always been Member from 15-99? I don't remember seeing that."

Has been since I've been around... Mid-April 2000...

June 19, 2014, 10:38 AM	#1
7Cedars Member Join Date: June 18, 2014 Location: Elk Grove, CA Posts: 28	Member ranking? I have been trying to find information on member ranking. I am new here and see that I am a Junior Member, understandable. But I see that some people are Members and some that are Senior Members? Is this dictated by time as a member of TFL or by the amount of posts, or both? And what are the benefits of the titles? __________________ “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville

June 19, 2014, 11:25 AM	#2
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	You're a Junior Member until 100 posts and a Senior Member after that. It has no meaning, prestige or benefits whatsoever. It serves, along with your post count, to remind you of the life you've wasted online. __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

June 19, 2014, 02:05 PM	#3
Evan Thomas Senior Member Join Date: July 7, 2008 Location: Upper midwest Posts: 5,631	Actually, I think you become a plain old Member somewhere around 15 or 20... but even after you achieve Senior Member status, people continue to judge you relentlessly by your post count. No, I made that up -- no one sensible does that. __________________ Never let anything mechanical know you're in a hurry.

June 19, 2014, 03:45 PM	#5
Microgunner Senior Member Join Date: March 6, 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 3,324	Those guys are just pulling your leg. Senior members get free donuts. __________________ *Proud NRA Benefactor Member*

June 19, 2014, 04:52 PM	#7
Spats McGee Staff Join Date: July 28, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 8,821	When you make Staff, they take away the donuts. __________________ I'm a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer. If you need some honest-to-goodness legal advice, go buy some.

June 19, 2014, 02:36 PM	#4
Mal H Staff Join Date: March 20, 1999 Location: Somewhere in the woods of Northern Virginia Posts: 16,949	0 to 14 = Junior Member 15 to 99 = Member 100 to Mike Irwin = Senior Member (Good luck trying to catch him! ) As both said/implied above, it really means nothing. It's just a default setting in the vBulletin software.

June 19, 2014, 04:42 PM	#6
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	Has it always been Member from 15-99? I don't remember seeing that.

June 19, 2014, 07:33 PM	#8
Shane Tuttle Staff Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: Montana Posts: 9,443	We have Donuts? Are they hidden behind the Shiner Bock? __________________ If it were up to me, the word "got" would be deleted from the English language. Posting and YOU: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/posting

June 19, 2014, 08:43 PM	#10
Evan Thomas Senior Member Join Date: July 7, 2008 Location: Upper midwest Posts: 5,631	I had nothing to do with this. The Shiner Bock was there the last time I looked. __________________ Never let anything mechanical know you're in a hurry.

June 20, 2014, 08:47 AM	#12
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	Hey, I don't have a life ok! and apparently I never look at anyone else's "title" either.

June 20, 2014, 11:24 AM	#13
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,381	"Has it always been Member from 15-99? I don't remember seeing that." Has been since I've been around... Mid-April 2000... __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.