Wondering what user ranks are and what they have to do with you?
User ranks are a fun community element that encourage participation while rewarding quality and establishing reputation in our community. Every member in the community is assigned a rank based on a multitude of factors (more about those below.)
You can see a person's rank in their profile or in any thread they have posted it, it appears just below their user name. Here is an example from my profile, and from a recent thread here in the community.
How is my rank determined?
Your rank is based on your engagement in the community - but it's not just how often you post, helpfulness and the value of your contributions also affect your ranking.
How can I earn a higher rank?
As we've mentioned, there are different actions that can help you gain higher ranks. The best thing to do is to visit our community often and talk to other members, but here are a few specific actions that will help you along your journey:
- Posting and replying to other people's posts
- Giving and receiving "kudos" or likes on posts
- Marking an answer as an "Accepted Solution" if it is particularly helpful
What are the Ranks available?
Our rank system is pretty straightforward - you start out as a New Member and as you progress, you gain levels. Right now we have Levels 1-15 (low to high) and we will periodically evaluate the rank system, so please feel free to leave any feedback on this post to let us know what you think!
Also, you may see some ranks not listed above - don't worry there are some ranks designed to help you identify employees and moderators in the Community. We are working on redesigning our internal ranks as well, so keep an eye out for a listing here of those ranks soon.
