I heartly agree with Rocky on this one. As our membership has grown over the last year it seems we have more birthday and advancement announcements than anything else.
As we get even larger, as I feel we are going to, I see the day when announcements like this fill the threads and hide the really juicy stuff. Birthday announcements are already on the home page each day. Advancements to the next level of accumulated posts are only important to the person advancing. (And again perhaps it's just me, 'cause I don't post often and therefore don't advance quite as fast as some.)
I read every new post, every day, and it seems that wading thru all the announcements is taking more and more space each day.
Within the software limits of the forum, let's see if we can find a creative way to celebrate without filling the forum with gratuitious, post-padding, individual threads for each event.
I'm stepping off the soap box now. Next!