Congratulations @toadie 
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We’re excited to announce that today, for the first time, a Linux community member has officially reached Trust Level 3! (other than the forum admin, of course) This achievement is a testament to their dedication and contributions to our community.
A huge thank you to all our members for making this forum a thriving place of knowledge and support. Let’s keep the momentum going! 
@toadie’s forum stats:
Read about the Trust Levels: Trust Level System (Guide)
Excerpt:
Trust Level 3 – Regular
Regulars are the most active readers and reliable contributors over a period of months, even years. Because they’re always around. As such, they can be further trusted to help manage the community.
To get to trust level 3 by achieving the following in the last 100 days…
- Must have visited at least 50% of days
- Must have replied to at least 10 different non-PM topics
- Of topics created in the last 100 days, must have viewed 25%
- Of posts created in the last 100 days, must have read 25%
- Must have received 20 likes, and given 30 likes.*
- Must not have received more than 5 spam or offensive flags (with unique posts and unique users for each, confirmed by a moderator)
- Must not have been suspended or silenced in the last 6 months
* These likes must be across a minimum number of different users (1/5 the number), across a minimum number of different days (1/4 the number). Likes cannot be from PMs.
All of the above criteria must be true to achieve trust level 3. Furthermore, unlike other trust levels, you can lose trust level 3 status. If you dip below these requirements in the last 100 days, you will be demoted back to Member. However, in order to avoid constant promotion/demotion situations, there is a 2-week grace period immediately after gaining Trust Level 3 during which you will not be demoted.
Users at trust level 3 can…
- Recategorize and rename topics
- Access a secure category only visible to users at trust level 3 and higher
- Have all their links followed (we remove automatic nofollow)
- TL3 spam flags cast on TL0 user posts immediately hide the post
- TL3 flags cast on TL0 user posts in sufficient diversity will auto-silence the user and hide all their posts
- Make their own posts wiki (that is, editable by any TL1+ users)
- Daily like, edit, and flag limits increased by 2×
