resolved Brohoofs for level up?

[Shiny Silvermoon 3,707]

Greetings, everypony! I hope you are all having a wonderful day! 

It's not a big deal but I've realized that was rarely using brohoofs when reacting to a post! I'm mostly using hugs and from what I saw, it's the case of many ponies here. Misfortunately, it causes level up to be extra long to achieve since you can get ranks only with brohoofs on your posts. I don't really care about ranks to be honest but I wanted to start up a discussion! Also, don't change anything about it! I love this website the way it is! 

So what do you think about it? Feel free to express yourself on the topic! 

Edited April 10, 2023 by The Wife of Law

[StarHeart333 1,763]

Let's make it a challenge and see how fast we can make each other climb the ranks with this.

 

Or at least enough to make all the admins on here wonder why one post or reply has so many...

 

[Nitobit 1,766]

Did something change with how ranks work?  I thought brohooves don't affect your rank, only your post number does. But then I saw people with one or two posts who are already muffins, and now I'm not sure.

[Splashee 28,563]

@Shiny Silvermoon

Your thread has been moved to Site Questions.

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7 hours ago, Shiny Silvermoon said:

Misfortunately, it causes level up to be extra long to achieve since you can get ranks only with brohoofs on your posts.

The rank you see on the side of your posts is not connected to brohoofs, but instead connected to a points system. One way to get a point is to post a reply in any of the sections where your post count is increased. You should be able to see how many points you have left until your next rank by looking in the top right drop down menu.

As for brohoofs, what can I say? All forums have these reputation systems. YouTube has the Thumbs Up which is similar. Like, share and subscribe = Brohoof, share and follow/befriend.

[Rikifive 24,126]

Yep, reactions don't have any impact on user ranks, but I'd also like to mention, that with the recent forum upgrades, user rank is no longer strictly based on post count, but rather, the new points system. 

You gain those points by posting in areas, where post count increases, so in theory, the functionality of the post count is retained, but for various reasons these two values may desynchronize at some point and I can already tell you, that you have more points than what your post count shows. 

Therefore, the only reliable information regarding your points is displayed in the account drop-down menu in the upper right corner like @Splashee mentioned.

 

Also, let me mention, that hugs do increase reputation (reputation - not to be confused with points) at the moment, just like brohooves, so make sure to hug everyone!  

 

Now that I look at it, the book also needs to be updated ;-;

[Jeric 46,850]

It’s not post it’s points. This is a massive distinction because some things that never caused you to rank up now do