How To Stop Being Listed As A "NEW USER"

So if your wondering on how To get the “New User” listing off… The simple answer is to earn Badges :grin:… Well (1) Badge to be specific! :wink:

There are certain LEVELS on the forum (4) in total, but really only (3) Available to us Users… without Admin appointment of the 4th level! :thinking: :sweat_smile:

So starting off all new users have limits on what they can do :expressionless:… They are:

  • Send personal messages to other users
  • “Reply as new topic” via Link button (UI removed)
  • Flag posts
  • Post more than 1 image
  • Post any attachments
  • Post more than 2 hyperlinks in a post
  • Have actual links in the ‘about me’ field of their profile (will be silently and temporarily converted to plain text)
  • Mention more than 2 users in a post
  • Post more than 3 topics
  • Post more than 10 replies
  • Edit their own posts after more than 24 hours

Then by obtaining The Basic Badge (LEVEL 1)… One Gets the ability to:

  • Use all core Discourse functions; all new user restrictions are removed
  • Send PMs
  • Upload images and attachments if enabled
  • Edit wiki posts
  • Flag posts
  • Mute other users

Now How to Obtain that Badge you need to: :thinking:

  • Entering at least 5 topics
  • Reading at least 30 posts
  • Spend a total of 10 minutes reading posts

Now after that by obtaining The Member Badge (LEVEL 2)… One Gets the ability to:

  • Use the “Invite others to this topic” button for one-click on-boarding of new users to participate in topics
  • Invite outside users to PMs making a group PM
  • Daily like, edit, and flag limits increased by 1.5×
  • Ignore other users
  • Edit their own posts for up to 30 days after posting

Now How to Obtain that Badge you need to: :thinking:

  • Visiting at least 15 days, not sequentially
  • Casting at least 1 like
  • Receiving at least 1 like
  • Replying to at least 3 different topics
  • Entering at least 20 topics
  • Reading at least 100 posts
  • Spend a total of 60 minutes reading posts

And finally the last one us Users can earn The Regular Badge (LEVEL 3)… One Gets the ability to:

  • Re-categorize and rename topics
  • Access a secure category only visible to users at trust level 3 and higher
  • Have all their links followed (we remove automatic no-follow)
  • TL3 spam flags cast on TL0 user posts immediately hide the post
  • TL3 flags cast on TL0 user posts in sufficient diversity will auto-silence the user and hide all their posts
  • Make their own posts wiki (that is, editable by any TL1+ users)
  • Daily like, edit, and flag limits increased by 2×

Now How to Obtain that Badge you need to: :thinking:

  • Must have visited at least 50% of days
  • Must have replied to at least 10 different non-PM topics
  • Of topics created in the last 100 days, must have viewed 25% (capped at 500)
  • Of posts created in the last 100 days, must have read 25% (capped at 20k)
  • Must have received 20 likes, and given 30 likes.*
  • Must not have received more than 5 spam or offensive flags (with unique posts and unique users for each, confirmed by a moderator)
  • Must not have been suspended or silenced in the last 6 months

And lastly The Leader Badge (LEVEL 4)… One Gets the ability to:

  • Edit all posts
  • Pin/unpin topic
  • Close topics
  • Archive topics
  • Make topics unlisted
  • Split and merge topics
  • Reset topic bump date
  • Daily like, edit, and flag limits increased by 3×
  • Any TL4 flag cast on any post immediately takes effect and hides the target post
  • Can send personal messages to an email address

Now How to Obtain that Badge you need to: :thinking:

  • Be appointed by the Admin

Hope This Helps All New Users!! :grin:

Sincerly, From a guy with a lot of kinks! :wink: :rofl:

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Bump 1 Hope this helps!!:thinking: :wink: :grin:

Bump 2 Hope this helps!!

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Bump 3 so all will know about it!

Bump 4 cause you want to know!