To give more insight into community ranks, level indicators now accompany rank icons displayed by your screen names on your profile and wherever you post.
The icons – many named for gemstones, from calcite to diamond – debuted last year as part of a refresh of communities.sas.com, giving you a window into a lifelong hobby of SAS CEO Jim Goodnight.
Some of you love rocking (ha ha) the new ranks. Others not so much. Oh well. But one critique stuck with us: you want more transparency into each rank’s meaning. Like:
- Does the reply from an Explorer carry as much weight as, say, that Onyx member’s advice?
- What did I do to advance to Calcite?
- How do you get to be a Diamond?
Let’s clear up some of that.
Your level and what it means
Alongside your community posts and when someone hovers over your community ID, your profile card now displays a number that corresponds with your rank. Ranks fall between New User (someone who just joined) and Diamond, the highest rung on our ranking ladder aside from Super User and PROC Star.
You level up according to your tenure as a member, your activity on the site and other members’ reactions to your posts. See the chart below for more detail.
Your thoughts, please
Tenure as a community member and high-value actions, like solving topics and creating articles, and encouraging others by “liking” posts all count toward unlocking the next level.
While some communities tell you explicitly how to advance from one rank to the next, we as yet have no such plans. Would you want a feature that shows the distance between your current rank, the next level and what you need to do to get there? Or nah? Have you seen a great example of this sort of thing? Tell us in the comments.
As always, thank you for being a part of the SAS Support Communities!
