Originally Posted by Neo

Recently I did what I was hesitant to do for years, I purged all forum Underground (UG) members who had not been active within a certain period.
We need to change the UG membership criteria (from mod voting) and create a new criteria for UG membership which is not based on "voting" because mods are often busy and not inclined to vote on every member unless asked to vote. This is not really fair to member or moderators. So, I have a new TODO to make entry into the forum Underground based automatic based on a combination of various metrics, TBD.
I have not created the metrics yet, but it will be a combination of things like:
Basically, when a member has a certain number of posts, thanks and time as a member, no active mod infractions, and have reported a verified bug in the forums at least once, they will be automatically promoted to UG member with extra permissions, edit privileges, and other benefits, TBD.
When a UG member is inactive for a certain number of months, they will be automatically demoted back to the "Registered Users" group.
If anyone (including Ravinder, hint hint) would like to suggest the criteria for this automatic promotion to the UG, please reply with your suggested criteria.
Status: TODO