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The Requirements System Explained - Traum - Jun 5, 2019

The Requirements System
of HackForums Explained
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Introduction:
As you know (or don't) there are requirements around HF that prevent certain usergroups from using the various features HF has to offer.
To give you a better understanding of what you can and can't do, I'll explain the requirements system in this thread.
Take a look below to find the topics that interest you and see what requirements are put in place.


Topics:
Avatars
Changing Username
Custom Usertitle
Popularity / Reputation
Posting Links / Images
Posting / Making Threads & Editing Them
Private Messages
Searching
Signatures
Trust Scan
Upgrades



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Avatars:


Default / Premade Avatars
- usable for everyone >>>here

Custom Avatar
- must be upgraded to L33t or Ub3r
- image can't be larger than 120x150 pixels
- image can't be larger than 100KB


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Changing Username:

- must be upgraded to L33t or Ub3r
- username must have at least 4 visible characters
- Ub3rs can have 3 character usernames


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Custom Usertitle:

- must be upgraded to L33t or Ub3r
- maximum of 35 characters

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Popularity:

Popularity / Reputation can only be given by upgraded members.
Depending on the upgrade you can give more popularity than others.

L33t: +1 | 0

Ub3r: +3 | -3

V3ndor (w/ L33t): +5 | 0
V3ndor (w/ Ub3r): +5 | -5



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Posting Links / Images:


Posting Links
- minimum of 50 quality posts / upgraded to L33t or Ub3r

Posting Images
- minimum of 50 quality posts / upgraded to L33t or Ub3r


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Posting / Making Threads & Editing Them


Posting
- no requirements

Post Length
Regular Member: 8,000 characters
L33t: 12,000 characters
Ub3r: 30,000 characters
V3ndor: 40,000 characters

Making Threads

Marketplace / Premium Sellers Section
- upgraded to L33t or Ub3r

Science, Religion, Philosophy, and Politics Section
- upgraded to L33t or Ub3r

Other Sections
- no requirements


Editing Posts / Threads
Regular Member: 5x in a 60-day period
L33t: 10x in a 90-day period
Ub3r: 15x in 180-day period
V3ndor: unlimited & no edit time limit

Closing Threads / Deleting Posts
- must be upgraded to L33t or Ub3r


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Private Messages:


Sending Private Messages
- minimum of 25 quality posts / L33t or Ub3r

Receiving Private Messages
- no requirements

Inbox Size
L33t: increases the inbox size to 2,500
Ub3r: increases the inbox size to 10,000
V3ndor: increases the inbox size to 25,000

Message Pruning
Regular Member: messages older than 2 months
L33t: messages older than 6 months
Ub3r: messages older than 1 year
V3ndor: unknown


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Searching:

Regular Member:
L33t: 5 second search flood limit
Ub3r: 5 second search flood limit
V3ndor: unknown


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Signatures:


Signature Text
- no usergroup requirements
- maximum of 250 characters

Signature Image
- must be upgraded to L33t or Ub3r
- maximum of one image
- image can't be larger than 600x200 pixels
- image can't be larger than 500KB


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Trust Scan:

- must be upgraded to L33t or Ub3r


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Upgrades:


L33t
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- no requirements >>>upgrade here

Ub3r
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- must be upgraded to L33t
- account is at least 60 days old
- made 100 or more posts
- have at least 50 popularity >>>upgrade here

V3ndor
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- must be upgraded to L33t
- $100 fee
- need to get accepted >>>apply here

RE: The Requirements System Explained - flavoral - Jun 5, 2019

Can L33T users close threads now?

RE: The Requirements System Explained - Traum - Jun 5, 2019

(Jun 5, 2019 07:31 AM)flavoral Wrote:  Can L33T users close threads now?

Yes, they can.

RE: The Requirements System Explained - ❤️BowmanBot❤️ - Jun 5, 2019

Very well done! Glad to see this information all in one page.

RE: The Requirements System Explained - Spaark - Jun 5, 2019

Good work Traum, you're setting a great example of what Samaritans is striving for into the future. Well done <3

RE: The Requirements System Explained - flavoral - Jun 5, 2019

(Jun 5, 2019 07:40 AM)Traum Wrote:  Yes, they can.

Nice. Well great thread anyways. This should help some people.

RE: The Requirements System Explained - Jiren - Jun 5, 2019

Nice thread, I know you’ve worked hard on this! Keep it up :)

RE: The Requirements System Explained - Traum - Jun 5, 2019

(Jun 5, 2019 07:45 AM)❤️BowmanBot❤️ Wrote:  Very well done! Glad to see this information all in one page.

(Jun 5, 2019 07:57 AM)Spaark Wrote:  Good work Traum, you're setting a great example of what Samaritans is striving for into the future. Well done <3

(Jun 5, 2019 08:03 AM)flavoral Wrote:  Nice. Well great thread anyways. This should help some people.

Thanks a lot! <3 I hope it does help new and old members out.
(Jun 5, 2019 08:07 AM)Jiren Wrote:  Nice thread, I know you’ve worked hard on this! Keep it up :)

Thanks <3 I'll make sure to keep content like this coming.

RE: The Requirements System Explained - Haseo™ - Jun 5, 2019

Looks like you've worked hard on this and it turned out nicely. Well done ^_^

RE: The Requirements System Explained - Dorrance - Jun 5, 2019

Nice thread boss I was first to see it, but I couldn't post. I am glad someone has finally made a thread like this to help knowledge some users instead of asking simple questions.

RE: The Requirements System Explained - Xerotic - Jun 5, 2019

Nice. You have a couple inaccuracies though.

RE: The Requirements System Explained - Traum - Jun 5, 2019

(Jun 5, 2019 10:06 AM)Xerotic Wrote:  Nice. You have a couple inaccuracies though.

Please feel free to educate me on what needs to be changed in order to be accurate!

RE: The Requirements System Explained - flavoral - Jun 5, 2019

(Jun 5, 2019 10:06 AM)Xerotic Wrote:  Nice. You have a couple inaccuracies though.

Oh yeah true.
For usernames, UB3R can have 3 letters usernames.

RE: The Requirements System Explained - Traum - Jun 5, 2019

(Jun 5, 2019 10:15 AM)flavoral Wrote:  Oh yeah true.
For usernames, UB3R can have 3 letters usernames.

Thanks, I'll update the thread.

RE: The Requirements System Explained - RedCupcake - Jun 5, 2019

Very nice informational thread buddy. :)