I know you know this but: you wont be getting much straight answers with dmt (or... you will get twice as many questions than answers) haha  

but yeah im sure a lot of us can relate, using these substances in our quest to understand what the heck this whole reality is all about.

yeah the ranks are related to number of posts, but I have no idea what the order is and how many posts you need for each rank. If you're interested for some reason I can find it out and post here....  But anyways at least for me, number of posts is irrelevant in terms of how one contributes to the forum, and in terms of how one should respect/consider each other here...  

I know there are some forums out there that people barely pay attention to newer members and at the same time ' kiss-ass' (is that the expression in english?)  of the old members, but here we try to not make that happen. We are all important, and its all about the post quality and not quantity   Im happy there are plenty of new members (like yourself, im sure) that are always posting interesting opinions, experiences, as well as experimenting with extractions, coming up with new knowledge and helping others.

The only more specific difference there is, about new members, is that, as you noticed, one is first limited to posting in the nursery. But soon enough promotion comes and then one can post everywhere with equal rights