The little green square?

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  1. Pete It's not rocket surgery Registered Senior Member

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    Example?
    I can't find anyone currently younger than 170 days who is tagged as "Off the scale", or anyone older than 170 days who is "On a distinguished road".

    Perhaps things were different in the past (someone playing with the feature?)
     
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  3. invert_nexus Ze do caixao Valued Senior Member

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    You're right. Both Craterchains and Arch Rival have been here longer than 170 days. Both of these were the examples used earlier in this thread. Seems like you've solved the mystery then.
     
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  5. boppa Registered Senior Member

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    actually zarky is way older than 170 days (about 2 1/4 years roughly) and is on a distinguished road so that shoots that theory down

    edit to add- thats zarkov btw
     
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  7. FieryIce Tic Toc, World in Cobalt Blue Registered Senior Member

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    Maybe Potfry didn't know someone was tagging the posters or maybe Potfry is the one doing the tagging.

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  8. cyberia Lounge Act Registered Senior Member

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    I think the green square has something to with the posts per day count. 1 or more = on path, 1 or less = off path
     
  9. Dreamwalker Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    I actually think it does nothing. And whatever it did, it was shut off because no longer see anything displayed...
     
  10. FieryIce Tic Toc, World in Cobalt Blue Registered Senior Member

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    Dreamwalker, I find with Netscape the 'off the scale' or 'distinguished road' does not display but with Internet Explorer it does display.
    Try a different browser.

    cyberia, you have the number one included in both your suggestions where as the two categories would be mutually exclusive.

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  11. Dreamwalker Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Yeah, you are right. IE still shows the messages of the little green square.
     
  12. Closet Philosopher Off to Laurentian University Registered Senior Member

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    it's the ultimate mystery
     
  13. Dreamwalker Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    I bet it is some kind of mind control device

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  14. sargentlard Save the whales motherfucker Valued Senior Member

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    Its a disabled ranking system. I have seen them in use on other boards. Basically you earn points and your amount of green dots go up. A user can give or take away points from another user if they like/dislike his/her post. If you get many points you get green dots, if people do not like your posts you get red dots.

    Its a meaningless system which doesn't belong here.
     
  15. FieryIce Tic Toc, World in Cobalt Blue Registered Senior Member

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    Dreamwalker, do you honestly think a tiny green square could control humans?

    Mr Lard, if it is a ranking system as you suggest, then it is active because there are changes in rank, maybe some systems allow participants access to changing another’s rank but that does not seem to be the case with this ranking system of "off the scale or distinguished road". Obviously the rankings are of two distinctly different things.

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  16. Dreamwalker Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    I don´t know, at least it commands their attention.

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  17. ElectricFetus Sanity going, going, gone Valued Senior Member

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    "http://sciforums.com/images/reputation/reputation_pos.gif"

    its a reputation scale, probably porfiry has not activated this system and thus we all have one dot.
     
  18. Thor "Pfft, Rebel scum!" Valued Senior Member

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    Yes, we discovered this about 5 pages ago.
     
  19. Pete It's not rocket surgery Registered Senior Member

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    True. I wonder if this thread has anything to do with it?

    Oddly, Zarkov also does not show up on the members list.
     
  20. ElectricFetus Sanity going, going, gone Valued Senior Member

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    He was banished, it happens, the only way to do it is to piss off the administrator.

    Thor,

    then why are you people still ranting on about it???
     
  21. Dreamwalker Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Lol, because the little green square is soooooo misterious

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  22. ElectricFetus Sanity going, going, gone Valued Senior Member

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    You find a vestige software program left over from the vbullitin engine this forum is based off, mysteries?
     
  23. Dreamwalker Whatever Valued Senior Member

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    Me? No, not really. But I think it is somewhat funny to see people making guesses about it when the real purpose was already revealed. Or do I sound serious on this subject?
     
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