Learn About Ranks

Wow, that's a lot of ranks!  I'm assuming there is some correlation between a person's posts, kudos, solutions and their rank.  Can this be added to the above chart?

For example,

50 posts + 20 kudos + 15 solutions = 85 'points' = Pathfinder

We're a pretty RANK group so...

It's still pointless.

Thank you for the vote of confidence @StephenW - @TomU you are in the ballpark, but I cannot give out the entire secret sauce 

OMG!

Those new "ranks" are even more ridiculous than the points we had.

What do they think we are? A bunch of kindergarden childs?

This is squalid and degrading in my opinion!

yeah - calling someone a spectator seems a bit unmotivating

< yeah - calling someone a spectator seems a bit unmotivating

Calling someone a Monarch or Overlord or any of the others isn't better.

I really don't like being treated like a small child.

This ranking is just offending!

@Werner_E @thartwell

I am sorry and apologize to you both - treating members with respect is of utmost importance to me and I would not purposly talk down to others nor would I allow personal attacks.   It is the membership and your contributions that make the community function.  I am happy to discuss in person if you like.

Best,

Toby

I really feel that ranking is unnecessary and that those "funny" rank names are rather an insult than anythng else for a serious adult user.

So, if you really find it soo necessary to have a ranking, then just stick with the points/likes/kudos alone and leave away those rank names.

Besides the rank names which are really ridiculous for a serious community, I like(d) the idea of ranking in principle.

You can see someones experience in the community in some way on one view.

But - when having points, this was easy. When having names, you always need a reference table - or could you easily tell if a promoter or a navigator has more community "experience"?

And - where are the points from the former community? I don't think the actual rank name reflects the former rank points.

My rank has been changing daily since the switch over to Lithium. I can only assume that this will continue as the thousands and thousands of posts from the old system are migrated over to the new one. More content attached to you will affect the calculations of rank, etc. Should settle out eventually.

Presumably, once things are stable, we will be able to specify our names in the same fashion we always have? The name that is currently being displayed for me is not the previous "Ken Farley" but a mashup of my full name, which is kind of weird.