Changes to the way reputation scores are displayed

[PurpleCat]

I noticed it now says "senior member" under my name? How is that possible? I haven't been on here for a month, and don't believe I have enough reputation points yet? I mean I'd love to be a Senior Member of course, but was led to believe it would take longer. I would like to really earn it...some one let me know what's going on?

Also, where did the pips under my name go ?

Your status changes to Senior Member after you reach 60 posts. Your pips are in the upper right. You have two of them, so that means you have enough rep points, but you won't have access to the senior section of the forum until you have been a member for 30 days.

[Chancer]

Im still quite new and because alot of what I read on the forum is new informative information to me, I like or rate a lot of posts but, now I'm worried this might end up being counterproductive to other peoples reputation scores...by rating too many people, is there a maximum number of helpful/like clicks one is allowed to use on a thread? I know the answer is probably on the thread and is clear as day to everyone else and Im being a bit incompetent in my analysis of the system.
Could someone give me a "reputation score for idiots type guide" sorry for being a pain :-(

[Perromaldido]

AFAIK you have a max of 5 helpful and 5 likes per day just to avoid misuse-

Perro