hitchingpost's blog: "Kudos to fubar system"

THIS IS EXTRACTS FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION, MOSTLY OF STUFF THAT I NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT. FUBAR LEVELS AND POINTS: What are Points and how do I earn them? You earn points while you surf and interact on fubar. When you reach a certain level, you will unlock features and benefits such as increased photo storage, ability to rate and comment more photos, ability to create MuMMs and more. You can see your point total on your home page or profile page. Points also help your Ranking; the more points you have in comparison to everyone else on the site, the higher your ranking! babyjesus does not reveal how many points you receive for what action, but you receive points for nearly everything you do to interact on fubar. Points are awarded when you: Rate a photo Leave a photo comment Upload a photo Leave a comment Change your trackz Rate a member’s profile Upload a mobile photo Someone becomes your fan Someone adds you as a friend Take someone’s cherry comment Configure your mobile phone Configure your trackz Upload a stash item Rate a stash item Comment on a stash item Successfully invite someone to join fubar (500 points each) Stop by the fuMall and participate in one of the product offerings. Post a Blast! - earn points each time you post a BLAST on fubar! Send special shoutouts to your family and friends. ( see more details on how to under Post a Blast ) VIP- members earn $10,000 fuBucks signing bonus! (See details about more benefits under the VIP description and learn how you can earn even more points and special gifts!) Hint: There are some things not listed which earn you points too! ;-) But that is one of babyjesus’ secrets that shall not be revealed. How do I increase my Ranking? Your fubar ranking is a sum of different aspects of the site. It is calculated based on your overall rating, the number of times you have been rated, how often your profile is viewed, how many people you have invited and joined fubar, and how many fans you have. Why don’t I get points when people rate and comment on some of my photos? Photos flagged as NSFW will not get any points for ratings and comments. fubar Levels: Levels, Points, and Unlocks: Levels Points Unlock... 0 Freshmeat 0 Up to 50 photos 1 Newfu 250 Being known as Meat 2 Fu-ling 500 Set your own online status 3 Grasshopper 1,000 Vote on a MUMM 4 Chill Fu 2,000 Post HTML comments 5 Fu-Fighter 4,000 Create your own MUMMs 6 Twisted Fu 6,500 Rip a photo 7 Wasted Fu 9,000 Up to 70 photos 8 Psycho 14,000 Up to 750 profile ratings 9 Freak 25,000 Up to 6000 friends 10 Friend of fubar 35,000 Create your own lounge 11 Barfly 50,000 Up to 110 photos 12 Regular 75,000 Up to 10,000 friends 13 Bad Fu 100,000 Up to 140 photos 14 Minion 135,000 Up to 25 family members 15 Idol 170,000 Up to 5 MUMMs a day 16 Fu-gee 210,000 Up to 175 photos 17 Pimp 250,000 Up to 1000 photo ratings 18 Assassin 300,000 Up to 1000 profile ratings 19 Ninja 350,000 Up to 225 photos 20 Rock Star 425,000 Bolded nickname 21 Fubarlord 750,000 Up to 1500 profile ratings 22 Henchman 1,500,000 Up to 500 bulletins 23 Insider 2,250,000 Up to 280 photos 24 Fu-king 3,000,000 Up to 290 photos 25 Godfather 6,000,000 Up to 25 Top Friends. 26 Disciple 12,000,000 Up to 310 photos. 27 Prophet 24,000,000 Up to 35 Family members. 28 Oracle 48,000,000 Special abilities! 29 ??? ??? ??? We couldn't think of anything 30 Lost Soul 96,000,000 More Special Abilities 50 Sponsored User - Someone who has shown consistent support for fubar throughout its lifetime 100 fubar Supporter - Someone who has helped out fubar along the way 150 fubar Bouncer - A community volunteer who helps keep fubar a safe and clean place to hangout! 200 fubar Family - The folks who spend every breathing moment working fubar 255 Shepherd - babyjesus What are fuBucks? As you earn Points, you will also earn fuBucks. Points and fuBucks are basically the same, except that you can spend your fuBucks, which will make the amount decrease as you spend. Points will always accumulate and never decrease. You can use these fuBucks to buy virtual gifts for anyone on fubar! Use them to either flirt, cheer someone up, or just for fun! You will find the fubar Gift Shop link on a member's profile page in the top left section. A GREAT ice-breaker! A virtual gift can be "purchased" with fuBucks from the fubar Gift Shop. There are a variety of items to choose from and gifts range in price from 100 to 1,000,000 fuBucks. When you browse someone's profile you will see a link at the top left of their page that says, "GIVE A GIFT!". Click on that link and you will be able to buy that person a virtual gift. You can also click on the “Gift” link on the top of your page and choose a friend at the top of the page, or you can click on the "give gift" link in the tooltip when you hover over their thumbnail: PHOTO ASSISTANCE: How do I increase my photo storage? Initially you can upload 50 photos at the Freshmeat level, but it goes up quickly from there once you begin interacting with fubar and increasing your level. Please refer to the Levels to see how much photo storage you unlock with each level. Also, check out our fuMall and participate in one of our offers, or purchase a Blast for a quick point increase! You can also benefit from an enormous amount of photo storage by purchasing a VIP membership which allows up to 2500 photos! What size can my pictures be? The maximum image size is 1MB. Valid image types are: JPG, PNG, & GIF. What is considered NSFW (Not Safe for Work)? A photo is deemed NSFW if it is: Explicitly sexual in nature (suggestive) and includes real photos, cartoon drawings, and all styles of animations Overtly tasteless Slandering to any person or ethnicity In addition to the above criteria, if a photo is a primary photo, it will be flagged as NSFW if it also contains a suggestive body part without the member’s face in the photo. If you have a borderline photo that is not considered NSFW and it was marked as such, there’s a chance someone who has ripped that photo is using it as a Primary Photo. Remember: The Bouncers will be MORE STRICT with those used as Primary Photos. Accounts will be terminated for abusing the adult content policy. This includes your Home page, Bulletins, Comments, MUMMs, Stash, Blasts, Spotlight, and Blogs. fubar will not dispute photos that they have marked NSFW as it is at their own discretion. Why am I unable to view NSFW photo galleries? Level 0 (Freshmeat) are not allowed to view NFSW photos until they have reached level 1. Level 1 and up must be added as a friend or family to view NSFW galleries. Also, make sure your NSFW content settings in your profile menu (http://www.fubar.com/profile.php) are set to YES. By setting this to YES, you are guaranteeing that you are 18 years or older. How do I mark my photos to NSFW? You can flag your photos NSFW when you upload them by checking the box that says NSFW (Not Safe For Work). If your photos are already uploaded, click into the “my photos” link and check the NSFW box next to the photos you wish to flag. Make sure you click on the “update” button to save the changes. If you want to make the entire album NSFW, click into the album you wish to mark NSFW and then click on the “album options” link at the top of the gallery. Check the box that says NSFW and then make sure to click the “ok” button to save your changes. How do I set my photos to private? Click on the “My” link and select “Photos” on the top left hand side of your home page. Once inside your gallery, select the album you wish to set to private from the list of albums on the left of your gallery. Look for the “album options” link at the top of the gallery next to the “delete album” link and right below your album title. You will be able to change the name of the album and adjust the privacy settings however you like by clicking on that link. fubar gives you the option to display albums to: everyone, friends only, family only and only myself. Note: If you delete the name of your album during this process and save the changes, your photo album will become locked. Please make sure your photo albums are named. How can I create another photo album? Click on the “My” link and select “Photos” on the top left hand side of your page. Once inside your gallery, look for the prompt ‘Create New Album” at the bottom of the page. Name the album whatever you want and then click on the “Create Album” button. What is a Salute and why should I make one? A salute is a candid photo of yourself holding a HANDWRITTEN sign with your screen name, member ID, and fubar.com proving to the world that you’re the real person behind your fubar profile. Members often write their information on their hands, feet or other body parts. Please do not submit NSFW salutes. You will NOT be able to move up past level 10 without a verified salute. If you do not submit a salute by level 10, your level will freeze along with your points. This means, until you submit a salute to level up, you will not accumulate points by participating in the day to day actions on fubar. Submitting a salute is a level-up requirement. If you do not wish to submit a salute, that is OK. But your level will freeze at level 10. How do I make a Salute? Take a photo of yourself with the following information clearly displayed in the photo. 1. Your SCREEN NAME, 2. Your Member ID number, (which is located in the end of your URL address; www.fubar.com/user/22) 3. AND, the words: fubar The following items will be accepted as a complimentary addition to your salute: You wearing a fubar t-shirt or you in front of your fubar homepage (not your profile page or any other fubar page) that is CLEARLY visible. Photoshopped or any “type” print will NOT be accepted. Grainy and barely legible salutes will NOT be accepted. Salutes placed in a PRIVATE album will NOT be accepted. How do I submit a Salute? Upload your salute to your main gallery just like you would any other photo. Click on the “Submit as a salute!” link below the photo. Once you click to submit, a verification page will come up to confirm your entry. Confirm the photo that you want to be verified and wait. Once your salute is verified by our staff, it will appear at the top of your gallery page. All Salutes are approved by the fubar Bouncers. Using fake or bogus photos will result in your account being removed. NSFW, privately marked, or exposed photos are NOT acceptable. We will reject any salute that looks suspect or is questionable. Please do not take this personally. All Salutes are approved by the fubar Bouncers. Using fake or bogus photos will result in your account being removed. NSFW, privately marked, or exposed photos are NOT acceptable. We will reject any salute that looks suspect or is questionable. Please do not take this personally. What do I do if my Salute is rejected? If your Salute is rejected, please simply submit a new salute following the above guidelines. If you see a salute that looks FAKE, please report to a bouncer (orange highlighted name) or fubar Support. We will audit any salute that is deemed FAKE and take appropriate action immediately. We are a community regulated site and appreciate your feedback. What do I do if my verified Salute is deleted? If your salute is deleted you will be asked to re-submit a new salute. If you submit multiple FAKE salutes, your account will be removed. Please do not take it personally if your salute was rejected or deleted, our goal is to ensure that verified members are legitimate people. OTHER FUBAR FEATURES: (VIP, STASH, MuMMS, Stash, Blasts) What is the VIP program and how can I purchase this? VIP (Very Important Person) is an OPTIONAL paid membership reserved for NON COMMERCIAL USE. The following is a list of VIP perks: Upon signing up you will get a 10k fuBuck signing bonus, increased photo storage space – 2500 photos, a specially colored nickname that will be displayed all over fubar, 50 family members and access to VIP gifts. Click here to sign up. How do I cancel my VIP membership? Log into your account and go to your “profile” settings under the “My” drop down menu on the top left side of your homepage. Next, click on the “Check your VIP Status” link on the bottom left of your profile settings page. Note: If you’re attempting to delete your entire fubar account, keep in mind that you must wait until your VIP status discontinues. Once your VIP runs out, or is cancelled by you, you may then continue to delete your account. What is the Stash? The Stash is where you can store all the cool stuff you find on the Internet: videos, pics, jokes, surveys, trackz, or whatever! Your Stash will be shown on your profile so that you can share this stuff with the entire fubar community. You have a limit of 2,000 items allotted to you to stash, so choose carefully. There are a lot of great things out there to store! NSFW contents are not permitted in your Stash. If found, your stash and entire fubar account can and will be deleted without notice. How do I add stuff to my Stash? Finding stuff for your Stash is completely up to you. There are hundreds of videos, jokes, news, surveys and music sites out there to choose from. Once you find the material you want to add, copy the link to the webpage or the code that will allow you to embed the material. Next click on the “My Stash” tab at the center of your homepage and paste the link into the “content” field. Be sure to name and categorize your material accordingly. Click on the “Stash It” button and your content will be added to your stash. The most recent items you stashed will be displayed on your profile page for everyone to see. If you post content that is offensive, adult or NSFW (Not Safe For Work), your account will be deleted. How can I purchase a Blast? For myself, for another? To buy a Blast for yourself, click on the yellow “Add Blast Now!” link on the upper right hand side of your home page or click here. To buy a blast for a friend, go to their page and click on the “buy a gift blast!” on the left side of the page and follow the prompts. How can I purchase a Ticker message? For myself, for another? To buy a Ticker message for yourself, click on the 'Add your own message to the Ticker' above the Ticker bar in the center of the bar. To buy a Ticker mesage for a friend, go to their page and click on the “buy gift Tickers!” below their name. How can I keep up with my Blasts? Blasts can be accounted for by clicking on the “Blasts” link in the "My" drop-down menu in the main navigation bar.. How long will my Buzz last? Your buzz will start decreasing 24 hours after you received your first drink, but will continue to go up the more drinks you receive daily. What's a Sticky Bulletin? A Sticky Bulletin is a bulletin that will stay locked at the top of your bulletin board for 24 hours. This way your bulletin will not scroll off your friends' bulletin boards when other bulletin are posted. You can make any bulletin a Sticky one by clicking the yellow "MAKE STICKY!" link on the top of any bulletin or checking the "Sticky Bulletin" box when you post a new bulletin. Who do I contact if I have a problem with my Blast or Sticky Bulletin? Please send a private message to Scrapper or fubar Support. What is a MUMM? MuMMs (Make up My Mind) are polls which allow the fubar community to help you make up your mind...just like asking a bartender at a bar a question! Inappropriate content will be deleted. What Guidelines should I follow for posting a MUMM? MUMM stands for Make Up My Mind. It is designed to be a platform to allow you to pose a question that has an A and B option. MUMMs are NOT designed to promote yourself or anyone else, gain points, advertise an event or commercialized product, or promote racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm against any group or individual. MUMMs must also NOT contain inappropriate conduct, phone numbers and contact information, nudity, violence, or offensive subject matter, nor can it provide links to adult websites. Any use of PHOTOS or VIDEOS posted in the MUMMs must be appropriate and relevant to that MUMM, or the MUMM will be deleted. fubar has the right in its sole discretion to delete a MUMM with or without notice if it contains any of the above material and/or deems it inappropriate content, and can thereby suspend your privileges of use for the feature for an undisclosed amount of time. How do I make a MUMM? Click on the “MuMMs” link under the “My” drop down menu at the top left of your page or look for the “My MuMMs” tab at the center of your homepage. Next click on the yellow “create a mumm” link and follow the prompts. You can select to post global MUMMs (which are sent out to everyone site-wide), or friend MUMMs which go out to everyone on your Friends list. ANY adult or inappropriate content will be deleted. Why do I get the “You’re not allowed to do this” when I try to post a MUMM? If your MUMM did not follow the guidelines and was deleted, you will automatically lose your global MUMMing privileges. fubar Admin will not respond to requests to reactivate your privileges, so please follow the guidelines. What are Packs? Packs are groups of members on the site associated by their verified email address. For example, people who verify an official US Marine Corps. email address (ie: mhedlund@usmc.mil) are added to the US Marine Corps. pack. Students at Virginia Tech who verify their school email address (ie: mhedlund@vt.edu) are added to the Virginia Tech pack. Members of a pack have their Pack Icon displayed on their tooltip (the little box of data that pops up when you mouse over someones photo), CT home page, and on their profile. Pack members also receive extra functionality to browse, communicate, notify, and keep in contact with all other members of their pack. Because this feature has just started, Packs are currently limited to US Military branches and worldwide educational institutions only. If you've verified your email address, meet the above criteria, and don't find yourself associated with a Pack (there will be an icon for your Pack on your homepage), please email support@fubar.com and submit your request for a new Pack. Note: the more members you have ready to join your pack when you submit it, the quicker we'll add it. To verify your email address, or check your email verification status, click here! What are Midget's? A fubar midget is a mini version of your profile. You can embed it anywhere... your blog, myspace, etc. It's updated in real time, so whoever see's it can find your current fubar status, level, fans, photos, etc,. One of the best things about the midget is that you also receive points everytime someone looks at it! To find out more about your inner midget, click here! What is fu-Owned? fu-Owned is a game where members are bought with fuBucks and considered owned by the buyer. The buyer is gauranteed to hold onto their new purchase for at least 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, others may purchase the member out from under the owner at an increased price, the profit being split at varying percents between the member being purchased, fubar, and the previous owner (if applicable). After 30 days of being owned by the same person, ownership will expire and the member's value will be reset. Every consecutive purchase will result in increased worth of the user being bought. The number of members one can fu-Own will vary depending on what one's user level is on fubar. What's all this Angel/Demon stuff? Angel or Demon? This could be one of the most important decisions you ever make on fubar. When you hit the Godfather level (25), you will be given a choice of going the good or evil route. Once you become an Oracle (Level 28) you'll be given special abilities! We will be introducing new abilities from time to time and the side you pick today will affect which abilities you will be able to use in the future. Choose wisely. What is the Secret Admirer Game? The Secret Admirer Game is a fun new way to try and connect with new people on fubar!. There are two modes of play. In "Find people!" you are shown a series of member photos. Based on these photos, you can decide if you would like to secretly admire this person or skip on to the next one. In "Who admires me" you are shown a group of photos and you must correctly guess which person is your admirer. If you run out of guesses, you may purchase more with fuBucks one time per play. You may also chose to secretly admire someone by clicking the "Secretly Admire" link underneath their profile photo. If you would like to not receive notifications when you're secretly admired or matched. Turn on the "Filter Matches" setting on your privacy settings page. BROWSER ERRORS and REPAIRS: Why does my fubar page display wrong in my browser? fubar is stable when using the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer, Maxthon and Fire Fox browsers. If you are a Mac owner using Safari or Netscape, please download the latest Fire Fox or Microsoft Internet Explorer for the best results. fubar is not responsible for how your system displays the site on your computer. Please contact your system administrator for further assistance. Why does fubar seem to crash my internet browser? We have tested fubar extensively on Macs and Windows. What browsers work for fubar? Windows: Firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx Macs: Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/internetexplorer/internetexplorer.aspx?pid=internetexplorer If fubar locks up your browser, our testing has revealed that this is because you are not running the latest browser or music/video player on your system. We can’t help each user upgrade their software, but we recommend that our users install the latest browser software for their computer and the latest music/video player. Remember to clear your temporary files and caches daily, and more often if you visit multiple pages. What music/video players work on fubar? Windows: Quicktime: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html Windows Media Player: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.aspx Macs: Quicktime: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/mac.html Windows Media Player: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/software/Macintosh/osx/default.aspx Why does fubar run slow at times? This could be because you have a slow bandwidth connection or your computer is having trouble playing fubar sound alerts. You can turn your sound alerts off by clicking on your profile and setting your Alert Sounds to OFF. If your computer is old or has limited memory, go to your profile page and set “User Tooltips” to OFF REPORTING ABUSE / BLOCKING: Someone on fubar is bugging/harassing/threatening me - what can I do about it? Per our terms of service, section 7 regarding member disputes: You are solely responsible for your interactions with other fubar.com Members. fubar.com, Inc. reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor disputes between you and other Members. fubar gives you the ability to BLOCK any member. fubar staff and bouncers will NOT get in the middle of member disputes. If you would like us to remove your account, please send a message to fubar Support requesting to remove you profile. How do I block someone? Go to the person’s page that you want to block and look on the left hand navigation links for BLOCK THIS USER. Click on the BLOCK THIS USER link and approve the block. Blocking a member prohibits them from messaging you, commenting on your page, bulletins, blogs, stashes, mumms and blocks them from being able to rate your pictures or profile. Blocking a member does NOT stop them from coming on to your page to look around. How do I use the Family Block feature? When this flag is ON, any member who is blocked by anyone in your family, is also blocked from you. For example, if family member Joe blocks user Judas, Judas is also blocked from doing anything on your profile (leaving a comment, sending you IM’s, messages, etc). Where do I report inappropriate (NSFW) content? fubar is a community regulated site. If you see NSFW photos, comments, stash items, blogs, mumms or any NSFW material in a public area, please click on the NSFW flag. If you can not locate the NSFW link, please report to a bouncer (orange). Please do not abuse our NSFW flagging. Any malicious flagging will lead to your account being suspended or deleted. Where do I report spammers? Spamming should be reported to fubar Support at this link: http://fubar.com/user/60228 How do I notify fubar of copyright infringement? Please read our Digital Millennium Copyright Act.