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4.3 Stars Trinkets Spinners and points

Points:
You accumulate points for frequently using BroadBandReports.com ... you cannot see your current points but the system stores them.

As points are accumulated you will gain stars, which you can see.

Points are awarded for:

Stars and Team Icons: Posted by Sheesh

Stars are rewarded for points earned. Getting stars depends on how long you have been a member, number of posts you have made, and where you post. There are other things to determine your star status.

1 2 and 3 silver stars are earned as you reach 2k, 5k and 20k points
1 gold is shown if you pass 60k points
1 green is shown if you pass 120k points.

A single green star is the end of the star system, except for:
1 blue star means the user is a site subscriber (tool points)

For Tool points, and avatars, please see elsewhere in this FAQ.

Additional trinkets:


indicates membership of Team Discovery (United Devices)
indicates membership of Team Starfire (Seti)
indicates membership of Team Helix (Folding/Genome)



To qualify for one of the spinners shown above, you must first join that team and then go to Members/Extra and fill out Why Did I Join. You should have your team spinner by the next day.


Feedback received on this FAQ entry:
  • I just signed on but have not yet sent the confirmation, so my guess is that I'm an unconfirmed subscriber. My problem is that I want to change my user id, and it's best that I do this now. Would greatly appreciate getting an answer ciao, teo de boer

    2015-10-14 15:52:06 (DutchCanuk See Profile)

by KeysCapt See Profile
last modified: 2015-05-27 19:57:45


Capabilities
If you go to the "Members" link in the menu, you will see "Capabilities" as an option. Clicking on that choice will show you your status in the levels/points progression.



You will not see anything higher than level 8 here, but when your info is viewed by others using the "I see people" feature, the level may be higher depending upon your site activity.


Feedback received on this FAQ entry:
  • Pretty much all outdated info. Perhaps a complete rewrite is in order

    2014-03-17 20:26:17 (Pacrat See Profile)

by KeysCapt See Profile
last modified: 2005-01-23 19:49:07

It means the user is enrolled in the Seti@home project. For more information please see our team seti page.

by KeysCapt See Profile
last modified: 2002-10-09 08:01:39

It means the user is enrolled in the Folding@home project. For more information please see our team Folding page.

by KeysCapt See Profile
last modified: 2002-10-09 07:56:39

The member is enrolled in the Team Discovery Project. Please visit our Team Discovery Forum.

by KeysCapt See Profile
last modified: 2002-10-09 08:00:46

There are usually three possible explanations for this:

You may have checked "show no trinkets" in your preferences. Sometimes clearing your browser's cache will resolve this problem.

If you're using ZoneAlarm or Proxomitron, check to make sure that animation is not turned off in those apps.

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If you're just not seeing them in your posts, remember that they will only show up in longer posts -- currently by letter count. 125 letters or more, and your information is displayed. Punctuation marks and numbers don't count.

by KeysCapt See Profile
last modified: 2008-01-24 18:39:48