Registered since 2006, and I'm still a 'New Member' .. I know I'm not posting often ... but maybe we should look at those metrics. I found https://xenforo.com/community/threads/new-member-active-member-change-these.98539/ as a description of what can be set... I'm curious what the levels are in this forum.
The forum part of HowToForge can use some love anyway... But the only admin is @till who needs to make some time for that
Currently, these settings are at their defaults, if I remember correctly. IT#s quite a while since I set it up But I can look into adjusting them.
