By discourse system.
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I also noticed, for example, that in the Chinese suspension topic some users came without gaining a member status (which you gain from newbie quite fast by just reading a bit and doing the tutorial) - and I couldn’t refer to them @ in the gratis offer topic! (system was saying that they don’t have access in that category and will not see my tag)
Similar limitations mentioned here: Unable to edit topic? - #2 by Feuerstuhl
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we’re all human after all behind the screen (maybe some of us are AI like @postbot (joke) 
. So having emotional phase is a very natural
Maybe because of those 2 highlighted points you lost the TL3 status?
Since you admitted some of the posts were bad and also removed lol. @Whitelake also said the automod is set by discourse
I open forum on daily basis but there are many things I still don’t know
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Hei! Untuk tahu saya bisa melakukan apa, ketik @postbot tampilkan bantuan.
Yes, most likely. But let’s say that the discussions were very emotional and whole batches of replies were flagged and removed later, not only mine. I don’t recall more than 5 times though
Later it says:
Furthermore, unlike other trust levels, you can lose trust level 3 status . If you dip below these requirements in the last 100 days, you will be demoted back to Member. However, in order to avoid constant promotion/demotion situations, there is a 2-week grace period immediately after gaining Trust Level 3 during which you will not be demoted.
And you mentioned some AI, which I will name again and it shows up immediately - what a nosy robot!
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I don’t think the no more than 5 (approved) flags stay forever. Here it says the 100 days do count for flags, too.
I don’t know what kind of notifications you got regarding flags (and no need to say here at all), but if you replied to a flagged and later removed post, you will get a system note, too (and your post will be removed as it was an answer to a removed post). Just mentioning it if by chance some of the notes were not actually about your post, but just because it was a reply to a removed post.
If I look at your stats, I’d guess you haven’t read enough posts in the last 90 100 days for a promotion to TL3.
Of posts created in the last 100 days, must have read 25% (capped at 20k)
Your stats say, you’ve read 8,1k posts. (Mar 19- Jun 19)
And there is always the theoretical option of manual promotion.
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Thank you so much for finding that! The bans also stay for 6 months it seems. It’s interesting how many hidden functions are behind these trust levels (and not all of them described at the first link)
These were - A LOT! I can’t know whether any of them were flagged (because even neutral answers get removed if related to something bad)
Super! Then it’s all ok and I have hope of getting a luxury of double likes again, yay! Indeed I had some cooling off period in March and April when I felt very low and almost dropping all participation…
EDIT:
We don’t know what percentage of all new posts it is. But I think my line which is not fulfilled is the reply to 10 different topics even - that simple 
Thank you so much for searching for me and explaining 
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No, that’s true and I didn’t want to do the math there (afaik there is no possibility to see the number of new posts for that time frame and no one would manually count them I guess) 
You know when your post was only removed because it was a reply to a later removed post. The Note will have Reply removed from flagged post by staff in the header and start with This is an automated message from Postcrossing Community to let you know that a post you replied to was removed.
Just wanted to mention these different reasons for ones post to be removed, not all counting as flags.
That should be easy to fulfill (at least I recognise you as a quite active forum member, reading your posts in different parts of the forum)! 
And just a quick reminder (to be complete):
Posts, likes etc do not count in non-public viewable topics / categories. (Recognisable by the little 
next to the title or category)
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Your latest remark makes it more difficult (because all tags, RRs etc are non-public) - it should be 10 different public posts, right?
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Oh, wow! I haven’t noticed that. Now I’m really wondering if that was the case from the beginning (I honestly can’t remember, but I don’t think so). That would only include quite a few categories that are (still?) open…
#postcrossing #postcard-mail #communities and #meetups
Clearly the solution would be to make more of your awesome handmade cards and go wild in the #postcard-mail:mailart-handmade-stationery subcategory 
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Haha! Yes!!
On other hand - now it makes sense that every time when someone makes a topic with some question in the #postcrossing category every regular jumps in to give 100 of similar answers
EDIT: Also one can do a lot of necro-posting - just finding old posts in these categories where one haven’t answered yet and put some message there
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Gladly it doesn’t seem to be too common here, at least I haven’t noticed it a lot.
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The man does what needs to be done 
(I’m guilty of necro-posting by accident though - if all new messages are read, forum starts suggesting relevant messages in the ‘suggested topics’ area in the bottom, and if one is not careful enough, one has chances to reply to a discussion of half a year, year ago)
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@LC-Canada , hi, i don’t see the trust level status. i used your avatar, the pic of your dog, right? I’m not stalking you‼️ is that you know how the forum works and the quirks to it
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The status is on the left side. And yes, for @LC-Canada it’s the dog picture. She is TL4 (Leader), which is a manual promotion.
TL0 - Newbie
TL1 - Basic
TL2 - Member
TL3 - Regular
TL4 - Leader
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Hi, yes! A few days ago i replied to a post in the forum without realizing it was from a year ago. Boy, was face red 
I think the dates of posted forum questions, request, general stuff, etc, etc needs to be highlighted , or made bigger
if one is not careful enough, one has chances to reply to a discussion of half a year, year ago)
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Depending on the topic, it doesn’t matter. It’s strongly encouraged to prefer an old topic over a new one when it’s about the same topic. New topics on the same issue will mostly be closed and merged to the old one. This is to keep the number of topics lower and thus easier to find answers for your questions.
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I just found a button for the mobile version. I’m so happy
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I have never looked what I am, but seems “only” member.
I have had flagged and removed posts, some are answers to flagged/removed.
Truth to say, some are very unclearly flagged. Once I asked what was there, because to my eye, nothing, and my post was put back. Why then people flag it? They can’t handle someone disagreeing?
One can get “better” trust level just by posting messages of no content, like “always be kind”, and get tens of likes. Because yes, it’s easy to like such post in a heated discussion. But for some reason, that lits an “alarm” in my head.
Personally I trust much more a person who has an opinion and shares it, even if it were opposite of mine, than one who hovers on the forum throwing popularism lines here and there. It’s like they are here, you see them often, maybe their post is easy to like, then you start to think it’s a nice person, but actually you don’t know anything about them.
If I were asked, one could only get a “regular” status if they had for example 500 sent and received cards, because this is Postcrossing forum, not a aphorism forum
(I don’t look at the trust level normally, but I was surprised a newish member with very few sent cards can have a better trust level than me, who am a member of years and many sent cards. )
In my eyes, trust is something that comes in time, when you know someone, not by succeeding in a “like-hunt” 
. And as in normal life, if I disagree with a friend, or even say something I’d like to take back, we apologise, and the trust isn’t gone. I trust the ones who let me be myself, and be human 
So to me, trust level doesn’t tell about the true trustworthiness of a person.
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Well no, and I must admit that the wording is somehow irritating. It really is just how much one is engaged on the forums (at least TL0-3) at a given time.
The software was not made for Postcrossing, but is a general forum software.
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