How do you graduate from “Stranger”?
There are different titles given, based on the number of posts.
Here are the titles:
Stranger (0), Newbie (25),
Journeyman (50), Member (100)
Enthusiast (200), Addict (400),
Old Hand (700), Veteran (1200), Pooh Bah (1600)

You can find a whole heap o' board information at http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=announcements&Number=17018

or Max Q's wonderful site, http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/maxq