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Title: What are the gold stars and why do they go up and down ?I
Post by: kstuart on January 22, 2013, 01:52:22 pm

I've searched and can't find any references...

What are the gold stars under one's user name on the Forum, and why do they increase and decrease from time to time ?

Title: Re: What are the gold stars and why do they go up and down ?I
Post by: MrC on January 22, 2013, 01:57:25 pm

Related to the number of posts?

Title: Re: What are the gold stars and why do they go up and down ?I
Post by: kstuart on January 22, 2013, 02:06:23 pm

Could be related, but they do decrease, while the number of posts doesn't...

Title: Re: What are the gold stars and why do they go up and down ?I
Post by: glynor on January 22, 2013, 03:17:38 pm

Quote from: kstuart on January 22, 2013, 02:06:23 pm

Could be related, but they do decrease, while the number of posts doesn't...

Really?  I don't think I've ever seen that.

If so, Jim is probably screwing with you.  ;) ;D

Title: Re: What are the gold stars and why do they go up and down ?I
Post by: MrC on January 22, 2013, 03:19:21 pm

SMF (and also YaBB) have a post count based star system, as well as member groups.  There are modification packages to change behavior.  The forum software is built to deal with 5 levels, each based on post count.  Once a user reach a certain post count, the user's level increases.  Stars are related to that.

Here's a screenshot of how this is managed (in a new version of SMF):

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=459505.msg3209450#msg3209450 (http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=459505.msg3209450#msg3209450)

I haven't admin'd one of these forums in a long time now, so don't have the exact details handy.  I'm not sure if your stars decrease as soon as you jump a level.

Title: Re: What are the gold stars and why do they go up and down ?I
Post by: glynor on January 22, 2013, 04:14:31 pm

On Interact, at least, and every other SMF forum I've used, the stars == the "level".  But it was a long time ago that I was below 5 stars, so I'm not sure.

Title: Re: What are the gold stars and why do they go up and down ?I
Post by: kstuart on March 06, 2013, 12:51:06 pm

Aha !  I did see it !

In one thread in the MC18 Forum is:

Dare978Devil
Sweet 16
*****
Posts: 62

kstuart
Galactic Citizen
****
Posts: 384

Note five stars and Posts 62 and four stars and Posts 384.

So, the stars are not proportional to the posts.

Title: Re: What are the gold stars and why do they go up and down ?I
Post by: JimH on March 06, 2013, 01:01:38 pm

We have sweethearts.