What are the ribbons next to the avatars for? - General Discussion

#1 Posted by Darth Paul (99 posts) - 4 months, 5 days ago

I now have a gold ribbon next to my avatar, and have noticed that some others have silver ones, and possibly even others bronze. Is this some kind of new level thing or what?

#2 Edited by Grimluck343 (1086 posts) - 4 months, 5 days ago

I believe gold ribbons are for yearly premium members, silver are for monthly premium members. Bronze are for people who prefer brown liquor.

#3 Posted by dungbootle (2258 posts) - 4 months, 5 days ago

They indicate subscription types, gold is a yearly and silver is a monthly. It looks like you don't have one despite what you're saying.

#4 Posted by Darth Paul (99 posts) - 4 months, 5 days ago

That's what I thought, although I'm not seeing it now. I'm not a premium member, as I've never paid to be one and don't plan on ever doing so. It was showing up as I was using the mobile interface on my phone, but now that I've switched over to the standard site on a laptop it's not there. Could just be a bug w/ the new site.

#5 Posted by ThunderSlash (637 posts) - 4 months, 5 days ago

He's talking about the ones in the actual profile page. It appears on the top right corner of the avatar pic. It's probably something that indicates how long you've been a member.

#6 Posted by SexyToad (2366 posts) - 4 months, 5 days ago

Yea, it's for subscription type. Gold=yearly, silver=monthly. There's a bug that shows some members as a subscriber on their profile page. Like yourself.

#7 Posted by egg (950 posts) - 4 months, 5 days ago

It is a shame then that I have a gold ribbon on my profile page.

#8 Posted by Darth Paul (99 posts) - 4 months, 5 days ago

Yeah, it's got to be a bug. I'm still on my laptop and I just looked at my profile page and there is a gold ribbon in the top right corner. On the forums here the ribbons are on the lower right, but there is no ribbon for me in the forums. Weird.