RadioRob

If that is the case, I'm manually adding a million points to my own score!! We've got some hot guys here I would not kick out of my bed for eating crackers.

I miss a lot of things... that's not unusual. 😳

That is correct. It's based on interactions. The default "starting" rank is "Newbie". As you do various activities on the site such as start new topics, reply to topics, get/give reactions, you gain points that move your virtual rank up. The "Newbie" note you saw earlier was shortly after the upgrade completed, but before the system had a chance to actually go back and count all of the activity on the site over the last 20 years or so. (That is actually STILL going on. We're only about 65% done counting right now.) Your rank as of right this second is "Enthusiast". Like I said, the system is still counting all of the posts, topics, reactions, and the various things that score points based on the thread. That's why I mentioned that for a short period of time, EVERYONE was a newbie.

Your reputation score is different than the achievement points. I just checked and even had the system actually recount your score for you. I show it as 700 with 402 posts. You can see exactly how this was calculated from your profile page: https://www.companyofmen.org/profile/3337-hotwhitethirties/reputation/ You'll see how many of each reaction you've received. As you click through each of the various types of content (topics, posts, status updates, etc), you'll see the exact what triggered each individual scoring decision. If there was a different number listed before, it was inaccurate so I apologize if there was a misunderstanding.

Absolutely. It’s not a competition. This is just something fun and a way of noting the top contributors to the site.

@marylander1940@jjkrkwoodand @WilliamM now make up our top 3. Remember... the system is counting oldest to newest, so those that have more of their content later will move more as the counting completes. This isn't the 2000 election, it's playing out more like the 2020 election.

Reaction points did not change from this morning. It's been the same since we moved to IPB. Like, Thanks, Haha, and Applause are considered "positive" reactions and are worth 1 reaction point. All other reactions (verbose, sad, confused) are considered neutral and do not add or subtract reaction points. Since moving to IPB, we have not had any reactions assign negative points.

We're at 62%. So it's not going to be too terribly long.

Details in the link above.

The system is hiding the ranks for now while the recount is in progress. I posted details about this at: The system is parsing through hundreds of millions of posts, reactions, and actions.... so far @Lucky is in the lead of 23,877 points (enough for Grand Master).

With the newest version of Invision Community that was applied this morning, there is a new feature that replaces ranks with what is called Achievements. As you perform certain types of activities on the site, you earn "points". These build on the old rank system where points can be awarded for more things than just new posts. Points An example of points being awarded: Content Item Followed = 2 points Following a Member = 2 points Node (forum, album, etc) Followed = 2 points Content Item Posted = 10 points Comment/Reply Posted = 5 points Reaction Given = 1 point (for person given and a separate point for the person recieving) Based on the number of points that are received, this determines a person's "rank". Rank Newbie = 0 points Rookie = 40 points Apprentice = 90 points Explorer = 185 points Contributor = 250 points Enthusiast = 400 points Collaborator = 800 points Community Regular = 1,300 points Rising Star = 1,950 points Proficient = 2,600 points Experienced = 3,900 points Mentor = 5,200 points Veteran = 9,100 points Grand Master = 13,000 points Achievements Outside of ranks, when certain activities happen, the system will recognize it and award a badge noting it as a personal milestone. We can define new badges, but some of the default ones that exist include: First Post - 1 comment/reply Collaborator - 10 comments/replies Posting Machine - 500 comments/replies Well Followed - 10 people follow you Conversation Starter - 1 new topic posted Reacting Well - 5 new reactions received Very Popular - 100 new reactions received One Week Done - Been a member of the site for 7 days Dedicated - Signed into the site for 7 consecutive days One Month Later - Been a member of the site for 30 days One Year In - Been a member of the site for 365 days The system is in the process of calculating everyone's ranks, achievements, points, etc. There are literally hundreds of millions of records to process. It's about 2% done, so everyone can enjoy being a newbie for a bit. The ranks will work themselves out as it parses everything. EDIT: While the system is regenerating this info, ranks and achievements have been set to hide during the recount. They'll automatically display again as soon as the counting finishes!

You're about to get more also. The new achievements system is counting badges and trophies in the background as I type this.

I was wondering who would be the first to notice this. I'm making a post about this in a bit. This happened earlier today with an upgrade that happened this morning. There is a new ranks/achievement system that was installed. It's recalculating everyone in the background.