The dots below username, what kind of badge is it?

[Jokers]

It would be great for admin team to make a post explaining what all that badges and icons mean, and how we can get them or lose them.

Most badges, including some revoked, are mentioned in this topic https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=14162.0

There are some other possible badges, like the ones for plagiarism, shilling or necro bumping, but most are in the list.

[damsix]

I noticed that some users have specific badges, but I did not find an explanation of their meaning.
For example, the admin has 5 red dots

while dkbit98 has one yellow:

I didn't find anything about it here https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=14162.0

The 5 red dots that the admin has seem to be an identification mark specifically for Admins only, which means that only admins have these 5 red dots.
As long as I have been on the altcoinstalks forum since 2018, I have never seen any member who has 5 red dots apart from the admin, but I often see yellow dots in various members.

"yellow box is used on multiple ranks that have no badges,
after this thread, i'll work on removing it from these ranks."
That is a reference that the admin has said previously in a different thread and I am also still waiting for the admin's decision to remove some of the yellow dots by the Admin.
This takes time for the Admin to do, considering that the admin has a ton of problems, improvements, suggestions and various information that are currently being worked on for the forum.

Please also see the references made by members "dragoncrypto" .
https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=184767.0
The information at the bottom has a picture of yellow dot 1 and red dot 5, there are the words "Inactive Mods=>" pointing to yellow dot 1, but I'm not sure that's a sign for an inactive Moderator.
Because as proof, many other members have yellow dot 1, and they are also ordinary members, not from the Moderator section.

[dkbit98]

And what is the red circle in damsix profile?
This is getting confusing and it is better to ignore all dots, circles, triangles and other geometrical figures, until someone posts clear explanation for all of them.
I don't think this is so important, but people are always curious

[Cantsay]

And what is the red circle in damsix profile?

I also wanted to ask about this same circle dot when I clicked on the link he shared.

But I noticed that all the accounts that have this circle dot are related to "multi-account" accusation, so maybe the dot was given when their karma got drained by the admin.

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[Jokers]

But I noticed that all the accounts that have this circle dot are related to "multi-account" accusation, so maybe the dot was given when their karma got drained by the admin.

Sounds reasonable. This red circle is related to a new group "zoom 1". There were no explanation as for now, but admin said he will clarify it in the future. I'll wait for more info from him.

Distribution done,

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- Users will red dot were skipped (the reason will be addressed later)

[Jokers]

And now we know. There was implemented an additional color system indicating good and bad contribution of some users. Main aim is to improve overall quality of forum posting. And red circle is a really bad mark. There can be up to six different colors of this circles at the moment, this marking should help campaign managers.

[examplens]

And now we know. There was implemented an additional color system indicating good and bad contribution of some users. Main aim is to improve overall quality of forum posting. And red circle is a really bad mark. There can be up to six different colors of this circles at the moment, this marking should help campaign managers.

This is something completely different and the basic idea is not bad, it is simpler to recognize the real rank of users, especially for campaign managers. It is also useful for me because it will help me not to waste time reading some nonsense.

However, I think that it is not very well executed, it is quite centralized, the admin has added some additional duties to himself, and it can be quite unclear how these badges are assigned. At some point, this can only open up additional discussions as to whether someone was fairly or unfairly assigned a certain.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

And now we know. There was implemented an additional color system indicating good and bad contribution of some users. Main aim is to improve overall quality of forum posting. And red circle is a really bad mark. There can be up to six different colors of this circles at the moment, this marking should help campaign managers.

This is something completely different and the basic idea is not bad, it is simpler to recognize the real rank of users, especially for campaign managers. It is also useful for me because it will help me not to waste time reading some nonsense.

However, I think that it is not very well executed, it is quite centralized, the admin has added some additional duties to himself, and it can be quite unclear how these badges are assigned. At some point, this can only open up additional discussions as to whether someone was fairly or unfairly assigned a certain.

You get the point really clear enough, I was actually thinking exactly same thing after I finished reading the announcement of this new development in the thread posted by admin, unfortunately, the thread is not open for discussion, esle, this is exactly the issue I wanted to raise.

Admin said in the announcement that not every user will have this dots, that only those, based on reposts about them; will have the dot, does not matter the color, could be red - which symbolizes negative trust, or green - which symbolizes positive trust as stated in the announcement.

Maybe going into the future, we will get a clearer picture of how this is programed to work, but I still feel that admin should have made this feature decentralized where by, it's the forum users rating of users individually that directly decides or determines who gets a red pill, and who gets a green pill next or under their username.

[hugeblack]

However, I think that it is not very well executed, it is quite centralized, the admin has added some additional duties to himself, and it can be quite unclear how these badges are assigned. At some point, this can only open up additional discussions as to whether someone was fairly or unfairly assigned a certain.

I think, as a start, the forum should not reveal your identity/how you are classified according to these points.

 - Prepare a list of 30 members who can vote on the quality of your posts.
 - Update the list every month.
 - Something that might be more like BTT DT list, as it is updated every month, but a hidden list to avoid drama/conflict of interest.

Overall, I really liked the idea.

[Jokers]

Maybe going into the future, we will get a clearer picture of how this is programed to work, but I still feel that admin should have made this feature decentralized where by, it's the forum users rating of users individually that directly decides or determines who gets a red pill, and who gets a green pill next or under their username.

We have so many protests even against negative karma option! I can imagine what will we face with if to make a decentralized system which impact on badges.

Especially if to remember wonderful reasons for Trust marks from some DT members on BTT, like when someone has a totally different political opinion or some reasons like "I don't know him, but he left me a negative tag, so I will give him a negative tag also". If it worked at least on BTT as it was expected...

[dkbit98]

And now we know. There was implemented an additional color system indicating good and bad contribution of some users. Main aim is to improve overall quality of forum posting. And red circle is a really bad mark. There can be up to six different colors of this circles at the moment, this marking should help campaign managers.

I had the feeling this red circles are not something good, and something is finally revealed from admin
Now everyone will try to get those nice green and blue circles, and this could be important for campaign managers when choosing new participants.
Let the Circle competition begin. 

[BitcoinGirl.Club]

It would be great for admin team to make a post explaining what all that badges and icons mean, and how we can get them or lose them.

I was about to ask the same but you already did.
Perhaps an experience forum member can work on that topic. Everything in one place like the topic from hilariousandco on bitcointalk FAQ.

While I was browsing I discover another dot LOL

Let the Circle competition begin. 

Has anyone got any yet?

[dkbit98]

Has anyone got any yet?

I saw only red circles on member profiles so far, but I am waiting to see who is going to receive first green or blue ball 
There is also one more red line I noticed like this / and I think this is representing strikes for something like plagiarism and other bad things like using AI for generating posts.
Circles could be a good idea if done correctly.

[examplens]

Maybe going into the future, we will get a clearer picture of how this is programed to work, but I still feel that admin should have made this feature decentralized where by, it's the forum users rating of users individually that directly decides or determines who gets a red pill, and who gets a green pill next or under their username.

We have so many protests even against negative karma option! I can imagine what will we face with if to make a decentralized system which impact on badges.

Yes, but this is certainly too centralized. One person decides what is good enough or what is bad. Plus, all complaints go to the admin, which will have additional obligations to arbitrate and explain.


If perhaps one of the goals of the quality bar was to help managers during the selection of candidates, I would say that needs to be better implemented and visible on all pages.

Bad Quality

 :
This user have a major issue that needs to be resolved. (this is like negative trust) . We advise the user to contact the admin to see if there is a solution to this issue.
(multiple accounts, account farms, ...)
We do not advise bounty managers to work with these users.

For example, let's simulate when the manager selects the participants, or if he wants to check changes during the campaign.

Managers are going to check the user info so for example user Power420 has a red circle, and his profile looks like this, without this quality bar.
Also, the manager will go through his post history, where again the quality bar is not displayed.



Summary of user Power420 https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?action=profile;area=summary;u=75922
Post History of Power420 https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?action=profile;area=showposts;u=75922


Here is the Winz.io campaign spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XOnkUdeSq-NbzZrk0t4EpVZLoPCjVubLHUjg7-d0kVc/edit?usp=sharing
Anyone can check how convenient it is for the manager to check if one of his participants has or has received a red circle under his name in the meantime.

[Jokers]

Managers are going to check the user info so for example user Power420 has a red circle, and his profile looks like this, without this quality bar.
Also, the manager will go through his post history, where again the quality bar is not displayed.

I guess they will learn fast enough that red circle badge is given for those who have "Additional Membergroups: zoom 1". All badges have their own groups most of which are visible in the profile as Additional Membergroups. So it's not the biggest issue IMO.