What are the various tags under your name?

[Guest toothpick]

Is there a thread somewhere that tells us what the various tags and symbols under your user name and avatar mean?

 

Thank you,

[monkeylizard]

Blue people = military (current or former)

Gold badge = police (current or former)

ID card = HCP holder

NRA logo = NRA member

 

They're set by the way you answer the Yes/No questions at the bottom of your user profile.

 

Directly below the avatar may be a ribbon with the TGO logo and "Benefactor" or "Lifetime Benefactor". If you pay an annual membership fee, you get the Benefactor tag. That gives you access to a super-secret board for benfactors only and the ability to start new threads in the Trading Post boards. Lifetime Benefactors have made a larger one-time payment and no longer need to pay yearly to maintain that access. You may purchase either through the TGO Store tab at the top of the forums.

Edited April 14, 2015 by monkeylizard

[btq96r]

blue people = military or police  (current or retired)

ID card = HCP holder

NRA logo = NRA member

 

Small correction to that- the people with the itty bitty star in the lower left represents military service, and a badge icon represents police service.

 

Both are for current, retired, or in between.  I only did 8 1/2 years in the Army, so I didn't retire, just "got out" of the military.

Edited April 14, 2015 by btq96r

[monkeylizard]

yep. You posted while I was editing. I had that orginally, but then couldn't find anyone quickly with a LEO badge icon to confirm. I saw the little gold star on the blue people one and got myself confused. Oops.

 

I also changed "retired" to "former"

Edited April 14, 2015 by monkeylizard

[Guest toothpick]

Thank you gents! This helps a lot.

One of the hurdles with joining a new forum is learning all the forum specific logos/tags and acronyms. :up:

[Lowpower]

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