"Advanced Member" looses value

[ddmcse]

this post is for the forum moderator and/or admin

is there some kind of criteria for membership levels ?
it's a bit confusing
i see people who don't even own a supra nor have they ever turned a wrench and most likely never will,
shooting out suggestions to people who rely on your membership rating system for advice when they come here .

lets face it if you were new here:
would you be looking for help from a "newbie" or an "advanced member" ?
i think we all would assume that the "advanced member" has had some first hand experience hopefully with a supra .

it completely de-values the title when someone who has never even seen a supra and couldn't diagnose a blown headlight for the life of herself becomes an advanced member in a matter of a days.

i don't recall the exact member total when i joined this forum but i want to say membership was around 700 people
the forum is growing and you might want to decide how to create criteria for the future

it's easy to talk the talk .. but lets see them walk the walk .
what are the levels anyway ?
"newbie" i think that should be "new here"
"member"
"advanced member"

one forum i frequent uses icons .. ok so this forum has approx 12,000 users and run by hardcore geeks but it makes sense
this is "my rating"
Icon rating based on posts i guess

this is what i would call an "advanced member"
Advanced Member

you can easily tell who will probably be best to pay attention to when looking help on this forum. .

the current system on the supra forum should be re-evaluated .
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