Sorry to bother you good people (and thanks for v. friendly welcomes, by the way), but if you look at the left hand side of this message you'll see that it says 'Warn - 0%" and then a number of blue boxes appears! Is this normal, or am I being watched with suspicion?! I'm probably just being v. stupid and haven't read something somewhere.

This puzzles most people at first - if you have four (or is it five?!) blue boxes, you are ok. Yes - we're all being watched! your blue boxes start to disappear (or change colour - I'm not sure which it is which must prove something...) if you insult other members or are otherwise unwise in your postings - we've all got them but you can only see your own !

ps it's five

Lots of us have wondered about these boxes. Don't worry if they say 0%. This means that you are a well behaved member. I don't know what happens if you get a warning, having not had one, but I suppose that one of the boxes will change colour and the % will go up. Welcome to the forums by the way.

The boxes change to a darker blue and the warning goes up in 20% intervals. And you can then click the box to see what you got your warnings for.

Oh - I always wondered ! thanks - and how come you know so much about it ?

Oooh - changing colour boxes!

Welcome to the forums

I've wondered about the boxes too! Also I seem to have been a newbie for ages. How do you get elevated out of that status?!

It's when you have posted a certain number of posts - is it 30 ?> anyway, you get the idea. Keep posting!

You quickly get into the habit of posting quite a bit err *looks at post count sheepishly*

50 = Member
100 = Advanced Member
1000 = Prodigy
2000 = Virtuoso
8000 = Maestro

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Guess

Thanks so much for help, everyone. Much appreciated. I see I now have five boxes, so things are looking promising ...... !! Now I have to learn about 'strings', etc.! (Appropriately!)

Strings? Threads???

Where abouts are you in the Midlands?

Just outside Oxford, nicki flute. Perfect for music: all those free concerts (otherwise known as Choral Evensongs) almost whenever I want to go there! And if I want to pay for my musical experiences, well ... the choice is amazing. I played in Leicester Cathedral once - are you anywhere near there?

Oh, so you're not in the Midlands at the moment? Sorry - I misinterpreted your profile.

I live near Leicester, we're organising a forum concert there too Have to say I've never been to the cathedral though.

Wow, I've got quite a way to go. And there's me thinking I'm vociferous. (Or was that just my ex-husband?!)

I'd better get posting! I'd thought i'd done more than 17, but I've got the 0% warn thing too so I must have been good!

I cant find anywhere where it says warn?!

It should say 'Warn: (0%) #####' under your name in your last post. Only you can see your own one.

# = blue square

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Oh yeah, so it does! thanks