Why does it say I'm NEW under my avatar? Been here 3 years!

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glendalough

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New kid?? I may not post every day but I'm not new! HUH?!! I'm kind of offended!!
 

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You can always change it.
 

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Go to Edit Your Details in your User CP.
 

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I thought the title changed several times before 243 posts... something like at 50, 100, 200... or am I thinking of the alternate text for the invisible green emeralds...

ETA: Hold your mouse pointer right under the "P" in "Posts: 243" (or whatever it's up to when you read this), and you'll see the alternate text:
glendalough is on a distinguished road
:)
 
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I wondered cause I can't change my new kid title.. I guess I'm stuck with it.
 

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I think it's a bug. The title should change for the first time after around 50 posts, I think (to something like "Got the hang of it, here".) I've sent a note to MacAllister about it (using the Contact form at the bottom of every page).
 

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I think it's a bug. The title should change for the first time after around 50 posts, I think (to something like "Got the hang of it, here".) I've sent a note to MacAllister about it (using the Contact form at the bottom of every page).

Mac turned off the various levels a couple of weeks ago.
 

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Ah, that explains it! I could have sworn that I was moving up the rankings. Although, hey, maybe people will cut my posts more slack if they think I'm a 'new kid'.
 

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There's an oddity with the folks that haven't done the "I'm a human being" verification in their profiles, that seems to break the part of the code that allows you to change your own User Title - when I see people who need 'em fixed, I try to go and fix 'em, manually...but there's a LOT of folks signing up every day, and I know I miss a bunch. :)

Everyone in this thread so far has now been manually checked to make sure you can set your own user title, btw.
 

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Is this going to be like that time my boss said I could choose my own job title, but immediately rejected "Lord of All I Survey"?

Maryn, who worked in a trailer at the airport--but ruled it totally
 

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I thought the title changed several times before 243 posts... something like at 50, 100, 200... or am I thinking of the alternate text for the invisible green emeralds...

ETA: Hold your mouse pointer right under the "P" in "Posts: 243" (or whatever it's up to when you read this), and you'll see the alternate text:

:)

The "hover the mouse under Posts" is an indicator of the number of rep points the user has, not their user title. One of the threads in FAQs (I think) shows the progression.
 

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Ooooh.... that's so cool.... Gee, can you tell I'm bored? I spent the last twenty minutes holding my pointer under everybody's post count.... Man, this site is addictive in the subtlest of ways!!
Wait a sec.... Why is everybody so great that we've run out of compliments and I'm a beacon of light? Is that even a compliment? Oh, wait, it says "glorious"... ah, that's good... Ehm... Who came up with these anyways??

** looks around, one of the Mods glares back superciliously **
No, no, I love 'em, I really do!!!!
** scuffs on the ground and whistles **


;)
 
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Ooooh.... that's so cool.... Gee, can you tell I'm bored? I spent the last twenty minutes holding my pointer under everybody's post count....
;)

:roll: I'm gonna have to get you another day job, our kid.
 

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Well, I love my new user title. 'Heckuva good sport', it may not be accurate, but it's the image I want to project. My thanks to whoever chose it.
 

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It's the easter egg room. :) You're not supposed to see it - that'd ruin the surprise. :D
 
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