Member status levels

From a "New User"

[mrsadm]

I have been looking around Webmaster World and have used the search feature and the help area, but I cannot seem to find any description of how one gets the various member status codes that show next to our nicknames - like "New User", "Junior Member", "Senior Member", etc. ("Moderator" I can figure out for myself!)

Put another way, how/when do I graduate out of "New User"?

[Brad]

Hi mrsadm, welcome to the forums.

You will find an explaination for member levels on this thread:
[webmasterworld.com...]

[Eric_Jarvis]

It translates as follows:

New User - has just arrived...yet to be corrupted...mostly here to ask when the Google update will begin...may recognise one or two regular poster's names

Junior Member - is just starting to suffer from lack of food and sleep and being too long at the computer...is probably already a hopeless case...is now able (wrongly) to post they've spotted the Google update starting...may be able to recognise one or two regular poster's faces

Senior Member - has been here too long and is undergoing at least one form of medical treatment as a direct result...now a hopeless addict and will only leave through death or bankruptcy...can recognise the start of the Google update by holding a finger in the air and snifing the wind...can recognise most body parts of most regular posters when drunk enough

Moderator - now has a life inextricably linked with webmasterworld, has some relatives who are discussing suing Brett for compensation for emotional distress...will continue to post posthumously...emails Google to let them know when they can start the update...can no longer tell their own *rse from their elbow, though could describe the entire posting history of all the regulars entirely from memory

[Sinner_G]

Eric, you forgot to mention that senior members get a nervous breakdown when reading the number 654'000 :).

[BlobFisk]

Preferred Member - Still clutching tentatively to some semblance of life in the outside world... in his/her ability to still order a pizza and just about hold a conversation with someone not from WebMasterWorld. This ability is slowly purged as he/her near status of Senior Member. Watches the movements of the Senior Members and above and can tell from their typos when a Google Update is approaching. Quivers in fear at the number 654,000 but manages to remain in a semi-conscious state.

[mrsadm]

Thanks everyone for your replies. This looks like a great community.

I hope I don't ask too many "newbie" questions!

I started building web pages very early on (1995-1996?) and studied the search engines very hard and got excellent results for our clients. However, I've been away from web design for about 3 years now and I cannot believe how much has changed. Google didn't exist back then, nor did style sheets and a lot of other stuff. I thought Java would be on every page - boy was I wrong about that!

Linda

[Yidaki]

Eric_Jarvis, you're wrong!

- New User: Allways welcome ;-)
- Senior Member: Only few hairs left (hey, i'm senior!?), age of ... hmm ..., strange job, dependent on donations ... LOL (sorry for that, i'll donate tomorrow, i swear!)

Blob, you're wrong, too!
- Preferred Member: Members we keep in our heart ... explanation is to emotional to discuss here in pulic, ... LOL

:)

... no, i'm not yet drunken allthough i'm a Full Member, LOLAGAIN

[Eric_Jarvis]

Sinner G: "Eric, you forgot to mention that senior members get a nervous breakdown when reading the number 654'000"

damn you!...now I'm going to have a nervous breakdown

[Nick_W]

Don't forget the 1000+ sad cases. Without WebmasterWorld we just gibber and twitch ;)

Nick

[BlobFisk]

Nick - At this moment in time you are 1 away from 2,000 posts... we're doing a donation to upgrade your medical insurance... :)