Ever since post-approval got removed over a year ago, it’s been impossible to level up from member → regular or higher.
This has made it so even very active members on the forum can’t post in areas such as #feature-requests or #bug-reports, which forces us to rely on the rare occasion that a member ranked regular coincidentally posts the feature we’re looking for or a platform bug (like Wednesday’s bypassed username incident).
We need some kind of alternative to rank up, such as being very active and helpful on the forum for a certain amount of time or maybe posting enough topics (that don’t break forum rules of course) that gain enough traction to meet a requirement, along with a fairly clean moderation history to be eligible for ranking up on the DevForum.
Other than that, what are your thoughts on this?