May 28, 2015, 08:42 AM
(May 28, 2015, 08:22 AM)My Cupcake Money Wrote: For an official statement on the topic, we believe that signatures can tend to make a forum look messy with all the different sizes, colors, images, gifs, and so on and originally we didn't have them at all. There was a fairly long discussion about whether or not even the staff should have them. Eventually we settled on the system you see in place today but it took months to get here.
As for how to get Trusted User? It doesn't just involve reputation. How old (in days) your account is and your posts are also a factor. We'd rather not have people spamming posts or begging for rep to hit these thresholds so we're keeping the numbers secret. Just know that if you stay active, friendly, and helpful then you'll become a Trusted User eventually. Hopefully it'll be a nice surprise when it happens.
Hey what about making different levels of Trusted User then?