This is making me crazy...

[Roughtrade]

Wot the frell are the meanings behind the yellow/green/red dots under the names and above the avatars here?
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Sometimes I have two.  Sometimes I have one.  Some people have red ones in some areas and green ones in others.

Where's the map key?

[Tenzhi]

Perhaps it indicates amount of activity in a particular section?

[Roughtrade]

Perhaps... or for a day...  Or color coded for being able to mod one area and not the other.

I dunno.

[mikoroshi]

I did some research into the bulletin board system that Tony implemented on this site.  Although the source code's been modified somewhat, a few hours of delving into the deepest, darkest functions and calls of the system.  Into the labyrinthine depths of code I ventured, with naught but my ever-dimming flashlight and a SQL coding book 5 years out of date.

You may not like what I've found:

The yellow squares are indicators of the likelihood of the user to give pie to the poster below them.

[Tenzhi]

The yellow squares are indicators of the likelihood of the user to give pie to the poster below them.

Seems plausible.  I'm strongly inclined to keep all pie to myself and possibly steal yours.

[faith.grins]

Fairly sure the red blocks are for moderators.  I imagine some people (like Tony) are red everywhere, and some people (like project leads for Plan Z: Pheonix City) are only mods in one area, so only red there.  I'm color-blind, so I've never noticed green ones.

As for how many?  It seems to me to be related to the rank under your name.  Underlings get one, minions get two, lieutenants get three, bosses get four, elite-bosses get five.  Not 100% on that.

[Thirty-Seven]

Well... I have Admin privs... look how many blocks I get!

(Oh, and I always thought of them as orange, not red... until this thread.)

[eabrace]

If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)

[Electric-Knight]

If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)

See... sometimes knowing just takes all the fun out of it...
 

[Rae]

..I'm sorry, what was that about pie?

[KoA]

And to think the whole time I thought we were playing red light green light.  You mean I've been running around my desk all this time for absolutely no reason?   


OK seriously, tho, I thought they were equalizer levels, and the more dots the louder the person was saying what they were typing.  Red means extremely loud, pretty much shouting.   


OK now I'm being serious.  I had no idea what they meant, thanks for clarifying.   

[chasearcanum]

If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)

I read that entire sequence expecting at least some bit of geek humor... like a "there... are.... four.... dots!" reference or something.   Please modify your post to reflect that. 

Thank you.

[dwturducken]

If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)

Also relative to what you are worth if killed. And the likelihood that "FPARN" will find its way to this board. 

[Copper Cockroach]

I read that entire sequence expecting at least some bit of geek humor... like a "there... are.... four.... dots!" reference or something.   Please modify your post to reflect that. 

Thank you.

There ya go.

[Glass Goblin]

I like pie.

[KoA]

[KoA]

If the dots are yellow, it indicates the number of posts (as does a user's title.)

If the dots are green, it indicates that the user is a moderator within the section the current thread was posted.

If the dots are red/orange and there are four of them, it indicates that the user is a forum admin/moderator throughout the forums.

If the dots are red/orange and there are five of them, it indicates that the user is a network admin (with all the privileges of the forum admins and then some.)

[Codewalker]

Just wait until you guys see the BLUE dots we've been working on.

[mikoroshi]

Just wait until you guys see the BLUE dots we've been working on.

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[dwturducken]

There ya go.

OK, I officially cannot look at the forums in class, anymore. Not a good place to LOL.