Help: How's this whole thing work?

[Francisco]

Could someone out there explain to me how the forum works in regard to the stars under your name and your reputation? Is it just based off of the number of posts you make?

[MeGustaUnaPez926]

Stars are based on the number of post you have, so is your title thing. (Fishlore Newbie, Fish Bum, Fish Addict, etc.) The green boxes are recording reputation points. You see the little white simple between the green dot and the report post button? When someone has a good post, you click that to give them a reputation point. Every member starts out with ten points. If you find one of your posts, it will tell you how many points you have. I hope this helps!

[Lucy]

Here's are the threads that explain the stars and rep points (green boxes)
What the stars signify under user names
and
Reputation System

A member has to have 50 posts to give rep points and see the scale to give them.

If you click on My Settings under My Settings at the top of the page it will tell you how many rep points you have and which posts recieved them.

[grannypammy2j2]

I've been just trying to figure out how to say hi and that I have an interest in goldfish, and wish I'd have found this forum years ago.

[Lucy]

Originally Posted by grannypammy2j2

I've been just trying to figure out how to say hi and that I have an interest in Goldfish, and wish I'd have found this forum years ago.

You can start here:
FishLore Forums
Navigate to the forum that best suits your question or comment.
To introduce yourself and say hi, you can post here:
Welcome to FishLore
Here's our goldie forum.
GoldFish
It's listed under cyprinids
Don't worry, you'll get used to it
Welcome to the forum!