Definitive MacRumors Forum Rank List (Includes 'Secret' Ranks!)

[retta283]

But a newbie with 5 posts who joined in 2002 isn’t really contributing to the site. So in lots of ways a newbie compared to someone who posts a lot who’s been a member for a short time.

This could be true, but it's also possible that they're just a lurker who only posts once every few years. I guess they could still be a community newbie in a way, as in people don't really know them.

 

[Apple fanboy]

This could be true, but it's also possible that they're just a lurker who only posts once every few years. I guess they could still be a community newbie in a way, as in people don't really know them.

Exactly. It’s the posting that makes you familiar, not the join date.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

But a newbie with 5 posts who joined in 2002 isn’t really contributing to the site. So in lots of ways a newbie compared to someone who posts a lot who’s been a member for a short time.

But a newbie with five posts who joined in 2002 probably had a question he or she wished to have answered, and didn't see the act of joining the site as a prelude to actually contributing to the site on a more permanent basis.

 

[Doctor Q]

Maybe the "newbie" title should change to "introvert" after a year if a user still has insufficient posts to become a "member."

 

[Apple fanboy]

Maybe the "newbie" title should change to "introvert" after a year if a user still has insufficient posts to become a "member."

Or instead of MacRumors Westmere it could just say “has no social life”!

 

[Abstract]

• Newbie => 0 - 29 posts​

• Member => 30 posts​

• Regular => 100 posts​

• 6502 => 250 posts​

• 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 => 20,000 posts (?)​

• 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??​

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]​

I’ve been made an example of!

 

[jive turkey]

I've been coming here every day (often multiple times a day) for over 12 years, and I have less than 500 posts. People like me do exist!

 

[Blowback]

I've been coming here every day (often multiple times a day) for over 12 years, and I have less than 500 posts. People like me do exist!

Likewise! Been coming here everyday for years (along with MacSurfer RIP) .....didn't think to join until a few ago. Still, has been more than worth it....great site! I've pointed many others this way over the years.

 

[CmdrLaForge]

Reading the titles I wonder what the first Apple CPU might be called and who will be the first A14m... or will iOS device CPUs sneak in?

 

[theSeb]

Maybe the "newbie" title should change to "introvert" after a year if a user still has insufficient posts to become a "member."

Some forums use various forms of lurker for this. For example less than 10 posts after 10 years gets you a super special lurker status

 

[Apple_Robert]

I've been coming here every day (often multiple times a day) for over 12 years, and I have less than 500 posts. People like me do exist!

Your font moves but we can’t hear what you say.

 

[Blowback]

Some forums use various forms of lurker for this. For example less than 10 posts after 10 years gets you a super special lurker status

LOL!!!!😂 Thanks for the smiles.....

 

[Blowback]

...Stealth Lurker???

 

[retta283]

Ivy Bridge definitely does exist but I cannot confirm the exact post amount.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Ivy Bridge definitely does exist but I cannot confirm the exact post amount.

I believe it starts at 54K.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I believe it starts at 54K.

I’ll let you know in another 15,000 posts.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Ivy Bridge definitely does exist but I cannot confirm the exact post amount.

Yes, I can confirm - definitively and conclusively - that it does appear to exist.

I believe it starts at 54K.

I believe that I actually saw that very change take place quite unexpectedly before my rather bemused bespectacled eyes a matter of mere days ago.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Yes, I can confirm - definitively and conclusively - that it does appear to exist.



I believe that I actually saw that very change take place quite unexpectedly before my rather bemused eyes a matter of days ago.

You are the member I used to check when the count changed. Lol

 

[GGJstudios]

Yes, I can confirm - definitively and conclusively - that it does appear to exist.



I believe that I actually saw that very change take place quite unexpectedly before my rather bemused eyes a matter of days ago.

Congratulations on a new milestone!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

You are the member I used to check when the count changed. Lol

It took me by surprise, as well, as I hadn't exected it, and had never seen any refernce to Ivy Bridge as a possible 'rank', secret or otherwise.

However, I can confirm that it clocks - or registers - a change of rank at 54,000.

Congratulations on a new milestone!

Thank you.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Congratulations on a new milestone!

Well there aren’t too many Ivy Bridge users.
Mind you there aren’t too many Westmere’s either!

 

[Apple fanboy]

It took me by surprise, as well, as I hadn't exected it, and had never seen any refernce to Ivy Bridge as a possible 'rank', secret or otherwise.

However, I can confirm that it clocks a change at 54,000.


Thank you.

Are you the only one?

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Well there aren’t too many Ivy Bridge users.
Mind you there aren’t too many Westmere’s either!

No, not many.

In fact, I suspect that I may be entirely on my own (unless @maflynn also holds it), just as I am domestically (at the moment) in these challenging Covid times.

 

[Apple fanboy]

No, not many.

In fact, I suspect that I may be entirely on my own (unless @maflynn also holds it), just as I am domestically (at the moment) in these challenging Covid times.

I think he has a mod one, but yes that would be his rank I believe. I’m sure we shall have some statistics along shortly as it’s nearly that time of year.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Are you the only one?

I suspect that I may be, (unless @maflynn is one, too).

For what it is worth, I think that the nine times table proffers some clues as to when these changes occur: (36, 34, 54, etc).