Hey all!
As you know, a user’s rank on these wonderful MacRumors forums is dictated by their number of posts. The nomenclature, from the official MacRumors help article on forum names, "come from the increasingly powerful microprocessors used in Apple computers over the years. The 6502 and 658xx are from the Apple II family, 680x0 were used in early Macintosh systems, 601 and beyond are PowerPC chips." By 2013, the moderator and admin community on MR decided to renovate the list and change which numbers associated with a certain rank.
Their updated list, however, omits secret titles above the threshold of G5, or 12,000 posts.
So, here’s the most current and complete MR forum rank list, along with some examples. I based my list off of Doctor Q’s excellent statistical threads on MR’s top forum posters.
Special Ranks:
Example users of January 15, 2015:
It is curious to note that since Doctor Q’s hierarchy list in Jan 2013, many of the above users have reached a higher title. Based on some simple regression between Westmere’s 37k, Nehalem’s 30k, I estimate the general trend to be +6000, +7000, +8000, etc. Thus, the next title, Sandy Bridge, should be at 45k. And, based on Doctor Q’s top users list as of July 2014, and some poor calculations on my part:
IGGJstudios will reach Sandy Bridge first, with under 4000 posts left! And, if he continues his rate of posting, he'll reach it within the next 12 months! Get to postin, GGJstudios!
Also, since I am not an Admin, I do not have permission to access the members list, which I imagine came in handy in Doctor Q’s posts, unless he was an absolute bamf and calculated all his numbers without using his admin privilege. So, any Admins out there, I'd welcome your help!
I plan this post to be a work-in-progress that I or others may update, and if any of you spot a change, feel free to add it in. As such, this is a wiki-post. I look forward to any and all feedback from you eagle-eyed forum members, or otherwise!
As you know, a user’s rank on these wonderful MacRumors forums is dictated by their number of posts. The nomenclature, from the official MacRumors help article on forum names, "come from the increasingly powerful microprocessors used in Apple computers over the years. The 6502 and 658xx are from the Apple II family, 680x0 were used in early Macintosh systems, 601 and beyond are PowerPC chips." By 2013, the moderator and admin community on MR decided to renovate the list and change which numbers associated with a certain rank.
Their updated list, however, omits secret titles above the threshold of G5, or 12,000 posts.
So, here’s the most current and complete MR forum rank list, along with some examples. I based my list off of Doctor Q’s excellent statistical threads on MR’s top forum posters.
• Newbie => 0 - 29 posts
• Member => 30 posts
• Regular => 100 posts
• 6502 => 250 posts (now the MacRumors Marketplace appears under Community)
• 6502a => 500 posts
• 65816 => 1,000 posts
• 65832 => 1,500 posts
• 68000 => 1,505 posts
• 68010 => 2,000 posts
• 68020 => 2,005 posts
• 68030 => 2,500 posts
• 68040 => 3,000 posts
• 601 => 4,000 posts
• 603 => 5,000 posts
• 604 => 6,500 posts
• G3 => 8,000 posts
• G4 => 10,000 posts
• G5 => 12,000 posts
• Pentium => 15,000 posts
• P6 => 15,100 posts (thanks Intell!)
• Core => 19,020 posts (thanks jav6454)
• Penryn => 24,000 posts (thanks SandboxGeneral!)
• Nehalem => 30,000 posts (thanks SandboxGeneral!)
• Westmere => 37,000 posts. (Thanks GGJstudios! (nbd, the top user casually chiming in))
–––––––– (Titles beyond this line have not been confirmed, but are predictions following the nomenclature of Apple processors.) ––––––––• Sandy Bridge => 45,000 ?
• Ivy Bridge => 54,000??
• Haswell => 64,000??
Special Ranks:
- Cancelled => User specifically requested to have their MacRumors name closed and have left the forums.
- Moderator => self-explanatory
- Moderator Emeritus => A former moderator, derived from emiritere, meaning "complete ones service"
- Suspended => User was naughty and had to be temporarily or permanently removed from posting privileges.
- Contributor => User donated to MacRumors.
Example users of January 15, 2015:
• GGJstudios – Westmere [42,424 posts]* – is #1 user!
• GoCubsGo (formerly jessica.) – Nehalem [35,544]*
• Abstract – Penryn [24,215]
• Alphaod – Core [20,306]
• MacNut – P6 [18,388]
• KnightWRX – Pentium [15,043]
It is curious to note that since Doctor Q’s hierarchy list in Jan 2013, many of the above users have reached a higher title. Based on some simple regression between Westmere’s 37k, Nehalem’s 30k, I estimate the general trend to be +6000, +7000, +8000, etc. Thus, the next title, Sandy Bridge, should be at 45k. And, based on Doctor Q’s top users list as of July 2014, and some poor calculations on my part:
IGGJstudios will reach Sandy Bridge first, with under 4000 posts left! And, if he continues his rate of posting, he'll reach it within the next 12 months! Get to postin, GGJstudios!
Also, since I am not an Admin, I do not have permission to access the members list, which I imagine came in handy in Doctor Q’s posts, unless he was an absolute bamf and calculated all his numbers without using his admin privilege. So, any Admins out there, I'd welcome your help!
I plan this post to be a work-in-progress that I or others may update, and if any of you spot a change, feel free to add it in. As such, this is a wiki-post. I look forward to any and all feedback from you eagle-eyed forum members, or otherwise!
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