You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
Learn, share, and get recognized
Just curious who has the most points in the community and who is the fastest person to Level 10.
I know those dont matter and were all here to help each other, but im curious for my own knowledge, if anyone knows, thanks.
How quickly a person can achieve Level 10 has no bearing on anything. Literally, nothing. There's no prize or reward of any kind. The only thing a higher level conveys is a given person has been here long enough to get there. And more importantly, has provided useful and helpful information to earn those points.
The members who have been here the longest have seen this happen over and over. And that's when newer users try to make some sort of self-imposed contest at getting to Level 10 as fast as possible. They end up burning out as they realize it's, a) going to take a long time (because you very often don't get any points where you deserve them) and, b) all you get for your efforts is another dot by your name.
I've been a member since 2001, still haven't made Level 10, and don't care if I ever do. The people who last the longest are those who don't give a hoot about points. The entire purpose of the forum is for users to help each other. That's really all there is to give or gain.
Hello~ I see you have now met the very wise BDAqua? Definitely someone to learn from….
~Katana-San~
Zachyy wrote:
Also, do higher level contributors get less replying restrictions, I tend to hit a replying limit often and wonder since you guys reply to so many more posts and get so many more responses.
While the Hosts have never publicly published posting limits, they do exist. They are more stringent when you are still new. Over time, they become unnoticeable.
Senior members also reply to more threads because they have to do less research for answers because they have frequently answered the same question hundreds of times.
Lawrence Finch wrote:
Yes, the posting restrictions should go away at level 2 and up.
It's been a while, and things might have changed, but I recall well after attaining level 6 that I hit a "Can't post more than every 30 seconds" warning. It happened when I was giving short responses to several questions in a row that were very easy. I figured it meant it was time for me to take a break.
If there’s another post and you have something to contribute beyond what was already posted, go ahead anyway.
And sometimes 2 or 3 people post the same answer at about the same time. That should be encouraging to the original poster, if 2 or 3 answers agree.
No idea really, that stumps me, I was just going on 10,000s of posting by others, & it ca get old & repeticious seing that for a prolific helper & causes hard feeliings or complaints my friend.
Hopefully it doesn't dampen that great spirit of yours, it can be grueling trying to help out here, often with long stretches of no rewards... then you'll help someone & they'll give you a heartfelt & gracious thank you & your inner pride will glo better than points!:)
I won’t quit, I’ve just started! 😄👍
Glad to see you drop the big picture and Memoji on everything you reply to!:)
Look at the leaderboard, I'm thinking maybe none of the top 100 or 3 use signatures!
Hello again ~ I told you he was wise and he’s very kind as well.
~Katana-San~
Alright, thanks. It’s great to meet you and many new users in the Community that have had lots of experience through the years, and provide great support to others.
Zachyy wrote:
Also, do higher level contributors get less replying restrictions, I tend to hit a replying limit often and wonder since you guys reply to so many more posts and get so many more responses.
Apple doesn’t document their spam management.
Details have shifted over the years.
I’d expect post throttling won’t be a factor by level 3, if not by level 2.
Pragmatically, level 6 and the lounge is the one to aim for, too.
And AFAIK and entirely FWIW, Legacy Contact doesn’t get you login passwords:
“Certain information, like movies, music, books, or subscriptions you purchased with your Apple ID, and data stored in your Keychain—like payment information, passwords, and passkeys—can’t be accessed by your Legacy Contact.”
Which means regaining access here might be problematic.
Good to know, because when I was in the level 1 I would sit there for a couple of minutes for the restriction to go away, with my whole answer typed out. Then someone would beat me to it and type the same thing 😃
Zachyy wrote:
Good to know, because when I was in the level 1 I would sit there for a couple of minutes for the restriction to go away, with my whole answer typed out. Then someone would beat me to it and type the same thing 😃
You won’t encounter much contention making replies to previously-unanswered posts older than a few days.
Who has the most points in the community and who is the fastest person to Level 10, just curious.
