Confused about Membership Rules--Vets Forum

[DMertz99]

I just have to make this comparison, even though I may be comparing apples to oranges, but coming from an Amateur Radio background, I think that they are pretty easy going on the rankings in this forum. If this was Amateur Radio, every last one of us here would be "noobs". It takes five years of being a licensed "ham", before one qualifies for being an "Official Observer", ham radio's equivalent of a "Moderator". Also around five years to be considered a "Veteran" and if you want to be an "Old Timer", well.....that comes about after 25 years of being licensed.

Sun, I was an Army Veteran at the ripe old age of 21, so being a veteran, doesn't necessarily mean you are old.

Since e-cigs are so new, I guess anyone with over 2 years experience could be considered an "Old Timer".

 

[JerryRM]

Since e-cigs are so new, I guess anyone with over 2 years experience could be considered an "Old Timer".

Very true, let's hope e-cigs are around for a long time, like ham radio and not just a footnote in history !!

 

[markarich159]

I also remember in the very early days of the Veterans forum(the first 2 days or so); if you posted something in that forum in those 48 hours(even if you were only a member for a couple of weeks & had very few posts) the software automatically dubbed you an ECF Veteran. This was halted very quickly(but the status, to my knowledge, wasn't changed); so some people were given ECF Veteran status in this way as well.

 

[tmbrown327]

If you ask me, and nobody has, or perhaps even should, rankings are just that, rankings. I had enough of that in the military. If you have to have them, perhaps it should be based on the number of posts you have read, rather than the number of posts you've made...