Who assigns member status?

[Clifford Johnson]

I have read all the posts from the recent book deals that ,some, have gone sour. I am wondering who assigns the status? Such as "senior member", "AH Legend", "AH Fanatic". I looked at member designations of some new, and some older that I recognize. The person that was selling the books in question was a " senior member" even though they only joined days before the post. There seems , to me, no rhyme or reason to these titles? One would think that a "senior member" was someone who has been around a while-not a day or two? Any thoughts??

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

I have read all the posts from the recent book deals that ,some, have gone sour. I am wondering who assigns the status? Such as "senior member", "AH Legend", "AH Fanatic". I looked at member designations of some new, and some older that I recognize. The person that was selling the books in question was a " senior member" even though they only joined days before the post. There seems , to me, no rhyme or reason to these titles? One would think that a "senior member" was someone who has been around a while-not a day or two? Any thoughts??

See the following:

AfricaHunting.com User Titles

You may have noticed that I have created new User Titles, something that I have been meaning to do for a while. I wanted to give a different status to those who participate and contribute the most. I also wanted new members and visitors to the site to be able to easily recognize those members...

www.africahunting.com

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

Hmmm, I guess I better post a little more often...

 

[crs]

Post cancelled .

 

[buck wild]

Just here checking my title

 

[mark-hunter]

I was confused with the same, when I was "promoted to AH fanatic?!".
But, it is similar system in other forums as well.
Status is automatically given with certain number of posts.