there is no fastest way. You just have to put in the time and help people. The more people you help, the more your post count will go up. That is how you raise your rank. But if you just start posting a bunch of useless crappy posts to raise your rank you will just piss everyone off and may get banned. People like myself have spend quite some time EARNING our ranks here by helping outhers
goes by your amount of posts 0-25 newbie 25-100 junior member 100+ member 500+ senior member 2500+ addict 10000+ moderator
Newbie to Junior Member -- 25 posts Junior Member to Member -- 100 posts Member to Senior Member -- 500 posts Senior Member to Addict -- 2500 posts anyone to Moderator -- determination and bribes to admins anyone to Admin -- decent six-figure (euros or dollars, we are not picky) lump sum to AfterDawn's Swiss bank account. status change about 4 to 6 weeks.
Turns out they were correct. I'm sorry for doubting you. I was at 30 posts and still a newbie so I "assumed." Sorry.
May be a silly question, but do you moderators get paid? I'm not asking how much or anything if they do, just wondering if it's a hobby or a job.