Star ratings changed?
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Topic: Star ratings changed?
Posted By: Victoria
Subject: Star ratings changed?
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2016 at 10:07am
Because I need to ask the important questions!
Have the star ratings changed? I used to have four stars, and now I only have three? I used to be an addict and now I'm a regular? I was counting down the posts to my next star! :)
I realize I have no life.
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Posted By: Reez
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2016 at 12:27pm
How odd! I'd lobby to get that star back if you earned it. BTW if that's your hair, I love the colour!
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Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2016 at 1:28pm
I might have to stage a protest to reinstate my star! :) Surely there's a pennant emoticon that's appropriate.
That is my hair! Or my hair about 9 months ago - I had to take the violet and fuschia out because I just didn't have time to maintain it properly, and it was bleeding too much into my regular hair which made it a bit less nice.
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Posted By: mwit08
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2016 at 2:57pm
Thank you for posting, Victoria! I just logged on and was about to post the same thing (I'm also glad I'm not the only one this happened to...was starting to think I was a little crazy). During the FF2015 competition, I definitely had 3 stars, and when I logged onto the forums for the SS, I was down to 2. It's a total bummer, for sure!
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Posted By: NYC Midnight
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2016 at 9:50pm
We did change it slightly, sorry! We won't be changing it again any time soon though, we just felt it needed a little bit of tweak since the forum has been growing these past few years. Sorry again!
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Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2016 at 2:25am
Ahhh, you moved my goalpost! I feel like Lucy pulled the football away! ;)
Just kidding. I am sure I can find a way to be Gobby enough to get it back.
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Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2016 at 7:45am
NYC Midnight wrote:
We did change it slightly, sorry! We won't be changing it again any time soon though, we just felt it needed a little bit of tweak since the forum has been growing these past few years. Sorry again!
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I just realized that the admin group has 5 stars but...666 points. It's true, you are a cabal! :D
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Posted By: DBA Lehane
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2016 at 10:15am
Not like the old days, when you became a black belt just by talking to yourself ;)
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Posted By: mwit08
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2016 at 5:29pm
NYC Midnight wrote:
We did change it slightly, sorry! We won't be changing it again any time soon though, we just felt it needed a little bit of tweak since the forum has been growing these past few years. Sorry again!
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Thank you for the info. Wish you would've made the changes for the new people and grandfathered in everyone else, but such is life, I guess.
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Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2016 at 5:36pm
mwit08 wrote:
Thank you for the info. Wish you would've made the changes for the new people and grandfathered in everyone else, but such is life, I guess. |
We could always just come back to this post and comment with a every 20 seconds until we get our stars back.
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Posted By: mwit08
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2016 at 9:04pm
Victoria wrote:
mwit08 wrote:
Thank you for the info. Wish you would've made the changes for the new people and grandfathered in everyone else, but such is life, I guess. |
We could always just come back to this post and comment with a every 20 seconds until we get our stars back. |
I like the way you think, Victoria!
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Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2016 at 4:48am
well I figure if they can move our goalposts (I was so close to my black belt!!!), then we can pad our numbers. :D
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Posted By: DBA Lehane
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2016 at 7:21am
Stars don't write stories
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Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 27 Jan 2016 at 7:25am
I beg to differ! Stars DO write stories. :)
Leave us our silliness, sometimes it's all we have.
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Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2016 at 3:51pm
HA! Take that, star thieves! I got my fourth star back! :)
Too bad I'm now 500 away from my 5th star, instead of 50 :(
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Posted By: tcFlash
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2016 at 4:52pm
Victoria wrote:
mwit08 wrote:
Thank you for the info. Wish you would've made the changes for the new people and grandfathered in everyone else, but such is life, I guess. |
We could always just come back to this post and comment with a every 20 seconds until we get our stars back. |
Victoria, you do have four stars. At least that's what I'm seeing.
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Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2016 at 4:56pm
tcFlash wrote:
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Victoria, you do have four stars. At least that's what I'm seeing. [/QUOTE]
I do now, TC. I didn't a week ago when I posted this. :)
I was onl something like 20 away from my fifth star, but they changed it and dropped me down to three, so then I was 20 away from my fourth star instead.
I'm sure that is clear as mud now :D
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Posted By: tcFlash
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2016 at 5:37pm
Victoria wrote:
tcFlash wrote:
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Victoria, you do have four stars. At least that's what I'm seeing. |
I do now, TC. I didn't a week ago when I posted this. :)
I was onl something like 20 away from my fifth star, but they changed it and dropped me down to three, so then I was 20 away from my fourth star instead.
I'm sure that is clear as mud now :D
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Nice recovery
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Posted By: sootfoot5
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2016 at 5:57pm
Victoria wrote:
I beg to differ! Stars DO write stories. :)
Leave us our silliness, sometimes it's all we have. |
where is the f-king like button? I want "leave us our silliness, sometimes it's all we have" on a bumper sticker!
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Posted By: topangarose
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2016 at 6:36am
I was thinking this one;
DBA Lehane wrote:
Not like the old days, when you became a black belt just by talking to yourself ;) |
Needed a like button too!
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Posted By: topangarose
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2016 at 6:37am
Sootfoot-- I never realized you're from Outer Space (man) . Well, not surprising.
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Posted By: maiaco
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2016 at 1:15pm
topangarose wrote:
Sootfoot-- I never realized you're from Outer Space (man) . Well, not surprising.
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Like button needed here too. And I'm heading into Outer Space with Sooty - love it :)
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Posted By: sootfoot5
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2016 at 1:21pm
I was with the Sioux when they touched the stars.....
frankly, I wondered when anyone was ever going to notice that! It's been there for about a year now!
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Posted By: Victoria
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2016 at 1:21pm
sootfoot5 wrote:
Victoria wrote:
I beg to differ! Stars DO write stories. :)
Leave us our silliness, sometimes it's all we have. |
where is the f-king like button? I want "leave us our silliness, sometimes it's all we have" on a bumper sticker! |
We could have some made!
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Posted By: sootfoot5
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2016 at 1:23pm
I swear I'd vote for the Prez candidate who used it for their slogan!
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Posted By: RelaxedReady
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2016 at 3:06am
Victoria wrote:
Because I need to ask the important questions!
Have the star ratings changed? I used to have four stars, and now I only have three? I used to be an addict and now I'm a regular? I was counting down the posts to my next star! :)
I realize I have no life.
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................ this really made my night...my Friday night lol, do you get points if I like your post? LOL take care
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Posted By: turtle7313
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2017 at 11:22pm
I realize im a year late in this conversation, but where do you see how many posts away you are from your next star?
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Posted By: plkphoto
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2017 at 1:15am
People just look to see the break-off when other people get stars, I think. I don't know that it's actually written anywhere. But, you get more points for "thanks" on your posts than you do for just a comment. So, a good way to blast through the levels is to write something helpful that people will thank you for. :)
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Posted By: plkphoto
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2017 at 1:32am
At the moment, I think it's:
0-99 points: Newbie (one star) 100-249 points: Groupie (two star) -- one person with 256 as a Groupie… so maybe 260? 250-499 points: Regular (three star) -- one person with 505 still as Regular? Maybe 510? 500-1499 points: Addict (four star) 1500+ points: Black Belt (five star)
And -- I think it also depends on whether or not you've been active recently. The people that started way back when got to keep their BlackBelt status at under 1000 points… but only as long as they're not active. As soon as you come back it recalculates.
Have fun chasing those stars!
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Posted By: tcFlash
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2017 at 1:51am
I've been around for a little while, and I still don't know how the stars that appear along with our screen names and photo to the left relate to the stars that show up in the center of the screen under the heading, rating. I've looked around on the site but haven't found any explanation. Would anyone care to enlighten me?
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Posted By: plkphoto
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2017 at 1:59am
tcFlash wrote:
I've been around for a little while, and I still don't know how the stars that appear along with our screen names and photo to the left relate to the stars that show up in the center of the screen under the heading, rating. I've looked around on the site but haven't found any explanation. Would anyone care to enlighten me? |
The stars by your name relate to the number of points you have (as outlined above). You get 1 point for every reply/comment you make, 2 points for every new topic you post, and 5 points every time someone "thanks" you for a reply/message.
The stars in the "rating" are ratings for posts. You can rate a post when you have it open (up in the corner of the post just above "post options" -- click on how many stars you want to give it. Those show up along side the topic in all the menus.
As far as I know, that doesn't affect the poster's personal points…
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Posted By: tcFlash
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2017 at 2:04am
Thank you for that prompt response, and I did click the thanks button for you.
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Posted By: turtle7313
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2017 at 9:47am
plkphoto wrote:
At the moment, I think it's:
0-99 points: Newbie (one star) 100-249 points: Groupie (two star) -- one person with 256 as a Groupie… so maybe 260? 250-499 points: Regular (three star) -- one person with 505 still as Regular? Maybe 510? 500-1499 points: Addict (four star) 1500+ points: Black Belt (five star)
And -- I think it also depends on whether or not you've been active recently. The people that started way back when got to keep their BlackBelt status at under 1000 points… but only as long as they're not active. As soon as you come back it recalculates.
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There it is!! Thank you! Also, I've been on this forum since 2014 and never once even noticed the "thanks" button until today. The things you learn when you are bored on a Sunday Night and dont watch the super bowl.....and instead decide to crawl through the forums. LOL
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