Does scrolling past posts count as reading them? If so I just got 58 of them done.
I used to be active on the old forums and post a lot. I never post here hardly anymore. Just post on Twitter or Reddit.
Depends how fast you scroll.
Has to be on screen for like 2.5s to register.
The little blue dot on the top right of a post near the timestamp goes away if it’s registered.
Yeah but if they get you enough times then you get the temporary suspensions and that’ll knock you off progress. Cuz it sure did for me
( Altho if I’m mistaken then that’s on me )
Buff for xtra forum threads and reddit gold I mean, Panda Bronze I mean, Like this post , I mean… No wait, I think that last one is right. Pls buff the drop rate for Post-Likey Hearts and 4x the rate threads viewed gives.
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If it’s severe enough, yes they will.
I don’t even know which TL I am, says regular, so, just vibe!
They did actually give me a few days break a while ago too. That was for my snarky response to their ad about the cosmetic wrist transmog that came with traders tendies. There are degrees of transgression and punishment. And yeah, also probably frequency of offences. It’s why I vehemently disagree when people suggest it’s all automated. My enduring TL3 shows the opposite.
regular = 3
member = 2
Idk what 1 is because getting to 2 is like “visit the forums 3 times” then it jumps to the TL3 insanity.
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I have a rule where I’m not allowed to make forum posts after I’ve been out partying with Lady Moonberry. I have to wait until at least the next day to determine if I should be posting whatever was on my mind while I was chugging Moonberry Sparkle Juice.
The answer is usually "No, I should probably leave Lady Moonberry’s sage, sassy wisdom in the Shadowlands, before my Forum account get’s banished to the other kind of ‘Shadowlands’ ".
If you ever see any particularly spicy posts from me, it’s probably just because Lady Moonberry decided to visit the forums on my account while I was bio behind a tree from too much Juice. That silly lily-leaper sometimes has quite a strong imagination 
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And some rather… strong opinions. 
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for me my gripe aside from the post count that you mentioned, is the requirement to give likes too.
99% of the time of posts i read none of them stick out that i genuinely feel i need to give a like to.
I’m gonna take a shot in the dark here and guess that the person you’re quoting thinks that LGBT people, minorities, and women existing in a game or gaming community is “politics”.
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Agreed on that 100%, but the amount is fairly trivial so you can just kinda scroll down mashing the heart once a day for a few days and be fine. It shouldn’t be a requirement, but since it’s such a small amount I can overlook it.
IMO, the ideal set of criteria would be:
- Consecutive Days Visited (Ensures regular forum use)
- Posts Read (Ensures the former criteria isn’t met by just leaving the tab open forever)
- Posts Created (Ensures you’re interacting with the forum, not just looking at it).
- Account in good standing (obvious reasons)
That’s all the key ones. The rest is fluff.
Huh I’ve never looked af the requirements… says I’m member. I get flagged and silenced a lot for having opinions and that’s not changing any time soon and I’m not spending 50 days on these forums lmao…
I hear you. People also think that ‘liking’ means you 100% agree with the person. Nope.
I tend to not give out likes unless:
- I’m in the mood - sometimes I just don’t feel like it
- I think the person
a) is genuinely helpful,
b) has interesting ideas, and/or
c) has an attribute that makes me laugh (name, style of post).
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At the end of the day, why does it matter? Plenty of people are TL3 by just, hanging around and interacting. I didn’t even know what it was until I noticed I reached it.
It’s not exactly a prestigious title or anything, just people hanging out in the forums. SO hang out, vibe and gg.
More like propaganda. It’s shoehorned into everything so much in all media that if I belonged to any of those groups I’d be insulted.
Sure thing buddy
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For real. Drink more kool-aid it’s tasty