question about the codes on avatars.

[philipma1957]

So under my avatar photo on a sunset in NYC it reads

MacRumors 603

others have
MacRumors member
MacRumors 6502a
MacRumors 68040
MacRumors 6502
MacRumors regular
suspended -------- I think I get this one
MacRumors G5
MacRumors 68000


Is there a thread and a list that explains this?

 

[BigMcGuire]

https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201624413-How-do-user-titles-work Check this out -

 

[philipma1957]

https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201624413-How-do-user-titles-work Check this out -

Okay I see you just made G4 10000 posts. Thank you. I am close to 605 just 52 more posts

 

[maflynn]

I wouldn't mind seeing Apple Silicon being added to the list

 

[S.B.G]

I think the list needs modernization.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

So under my avatar photo on a sunset in NYC it reads

MacRumors 603

others have
MacRumors member
MacRumors 6502a
MacRumors 68040
MacRumors 6502
MacRumors regular
suspended -------- I think I get this one
MacRumors G5
MacRumors 68000


Is there a thread and a list that explains this?

These titles - based on the names given to (historic) Mac processors - are used to denote how many posts a member, a poster, actually has at a particular time (now).

Not only do they change as the number of posts made by a forum member increases, but the gap between different "ranks", or titles, - in other words, the number of posts needed to reach the next "rank", or title, - also increases as, or if, one continues to make posts.

The thread linked by @BigMcGuire explains it in greater detail.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I think the list needs modernization.

I'm curious as to what you mean.

Do you think that the specific designations need modernisation, or that more actual titles ought to be added?

 

[maflynn]

Do you think that the specific designations need modernisation, or that more actual titles ought to be added?

I could be convinced either way, adding apple silicon, or completely changing it.

How many apple fans in 2025, know what a 6502 or a 68000 are?

On the flip side, I have the most posts as anyone at the moment, and my designation is Haswell - an intel processor from 2013. Given the fact that Intel may not even be around in a few years and Apple has been on their own silicon for 5 years, it seems that maybe something completely different could be imagined and implemented.

 

[maflynn]

Here's some of the discussions related to the entire list and maybe adding apple silicon
User titles ... reduce chip sets used, adding M1/M2/M3 chips
Definitive MacRumors Forum Rank List (Includes 'Secret' Ranks!)