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And how do you get em? I never gave much thought to this when I joined, and shrugged it off. But then I seem to have changed from cub reporter to Kerth. Did I do that, did the system do that or did somebody make me one? What IS it, anyway? Alright, so I've been here for awhile! I'm just here for the stories. =)   
“Is he dead, Lois?”
“No! But I was really mad and I wanted to kick him between the legs and pull his nose off and put out his eyes with a freshly sharpened pencil and disembowel him with a dull letter opener and strangle him with his own intestines but I stopped myself just in time!”
- Further Down The Road by Terry Leatherwood.
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Those are titles based on the number of posts you have made. You start out as a cub reporter. With 50 posts, you become Merriwether, 100 is Kerth and 300 Pulitzer. More detailed information can be found here. Saskia 
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Oh! Thanks Sasika! Certainly incentive to leave more FDK! I get a Pulitzer!
“Is he dead, Lois?”
“No! But I was really mad and I wanted to kick him between the legs and pull his nose off and put out his eyes with a freshly sharpened pencil and disembowel him with a dull letter opener and strangle him with his own intestines but I stopped myself just in time!”
- Further Down The Road by Terry Leatherwood.
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I did not know that either about the member statuses. I'm glad you asked about this. I would not have thought to ask about the different levels of the statuses. 
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Luckily I had my sister to ask, but also I was a member of a message board somewhere else and learned of the (fairly common) practice of statuses based on number of posts.
Is 1000 Editor-in-chief, or is there no 100 level and the Editor-in-chiefs have that status because of their function?
I think, therefore, I get bananas.
When in doubt, think about time travel conundrums. You'll confuse yourself so you can forget what you were in doubt about.
What's the difference between ignorance, apathy, and ambivalence?
I don't know and I don't care one way or the other.
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Yes, function. Editors-in-Chief are Admins. Moderators are Section Chiefs. LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Can you make a 1000 level or do you just not consider it worth it (besides lacking a name for that level)?
I think, therefore, I get bananas.
When in doubt, think about time travel conundrums. You'll confuse yourself so you can forget what you were in doubt about.
What's the difference between ignorance, apathy, and ambivalence?
I don't know and I don't care one way or the other.
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Not sure, Woody. I'd have to email Annette to see if there were technical issues - which I can't imagine there would be. Any ideas for a status title? LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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I don't know, something to do with a "Lifetime Achievement Award for Journalists" (that's not the name, just the theme).
I think, therefore, I get bananas.
When in doubt, think about time travel conundrums. You'll confuse yourself so you can forget what you were in doubt about.
What's the difference between ignorance, apathy, and ambivalence?
I don't know and I don't care one way or the other.
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Actually, we could just move things around. There's quite a jump from cub reporter to pulitzer.
Newsie
Gopher
Copy Person
Obituary Reporter
Classified Reporter
Beat Reporter
That's all I can think of off the top of my head.
"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited
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Good ideas, Karen. I think we'll put this one on hold though until Annette can get the php problems on the mbs sorted. What with having flu and dealing with that, I figure she's got enough to handle. Woody, once the dust has settled on that, why don't you send the admins a suggestion form on this one, including Karen's title suggestions? (Just click on the 'contact us' button at the bottom of the forum) And we'll take it from there? LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Actually, it's very simple - something any of the admins can do. Annnnd... with a wave of her magic wand, it is done  Pulitzer now requires 2000 posts, and there are nine levels altogether. These titles don't have to be permanent; I just put them in to see how it would all work. So comments welcome! Wendy
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Let me guess, 1500 is Kerth?
I think, therefore, I get bananas.
When in doubt, think about time travel conundrums. You'll confuse yourself so you can forget what you were in doubt about.
What's the difference between ignorance, apathy, and ambivalence?
I don't know and I don't care one way or the other.
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cool, new Member names. Good Idea! But could anyone of you please name them all and how many posts do you need? Just curious I have seen now: Merriwether Front-page Journalist Kerth Pulitzer Cub Reporter Beat Reporter I guess I'm missing 3 other names? Barb
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Okay, here's the full list as found in the directory.
Cub Reporter
Dog Show Reporter
Beat Reporter
Gossip Columnist
Feature Writer
Front-Page Journalist
Merriwether
Kerth
Pulitzer
Section Editor
Editor in Chief
Sam
PS: I don't know how many posts you need to qualify for the next level
I was home eating chocolate—cottage cheese.
Chocolate flavoured cottage cheese. It's a new flav—
I was doing my laundry.
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Section Editor and Editor-in-Chief are titles reserved for the Moderators and Admins of the mbs, respectively. As such, no matter how many posts you make, you won't be assigned either. The others are up for grabs though: 0 Cub Reporter 50 Dog Show Reporter 100 Beat Reporter 300 Gossip Columnist 500 Feature Writer 750 Front-Page Journalist 1000 Merriwether 1500 Kerth 2000 Pulitzer LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
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But now I've lost my Kerth! *sniffle, sniffle* Figures.  I guess I'll just have to earn it back. Why is gossip columnist above beat reporter? Are they really, in a newsroom? I didn't know that!
“Is he dead, Lois?”
“No! But I was really mad and I wanted to kick him between the legs and pull his nose off and put out his eyes with a freshly sharpened pencil and disembowel him with a dull letter opener and strangle him with his own intestines but I stopped myself just in time!”
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Yikes!  Lois Lane would never stand for this - I guess I'd better get writing, but honestly, I don't see a Pulitzer in my future ever again... Kathy (really liking the idea of new levels, but sorry that she lost so much in the process)
"Our thoughts form the universe. They always matter." - Babylon 5
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Aw, darn. I'm back down to Merriwether.
Ah well. At least that means I'm less than half-way back to my previous Pulitzer. Should only take me another year or so, considering how fast I got the first 1,000+ posts.
"You take turns, advise and protect one another, even heal or be healed when the going gets too tough. I know! That's not a game--that's friendship!" ~Shelly Mezzanoble, Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress: A Girl's Guide to the Dungeons & Dragons Game Darcy\'s Place
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I lost my M, K, P- awards  but I'm still a Front-Page Journalist, so there is hope, YAY!
If she had to move heaven and Earth, perhaps come back to haunt Perry and explain the story after they'd killed her, she would do it.
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