Its been in more than one occasion and on more than one thread, some or other member has claimed he has been misled by some senior or veteran member.
The main reason is hidden agenda behind promoting some projects by some member (who are actually borkers/underwriter/ sales persons etc.) is the flawed policy of IREF which enables a member to change status by just number of posts/ one liners.
Mods and managers at IREF need to seriously rethink about the policy, how a member changes his or her status from member to senior or veteran.
Some suggestions could be
1) Time factor : Man how u smart guys could miss it, have some time factor attached to seniority status, give one year wait to become senior member and two year for veteran etc. Add the filter for good.
We see some members graduating to become senior just before or during some new project is launched.
2) Activity in number of threads : How can a member become a veteran or senior by posting in one or two threads only. His seniority shall be restricted in this case.
We see a lot veterans developing in one thread only.
3) Taking out one liners out as posts : Have a filter that a post will be counted as post only if it exceeds a minimum of 300 or 400 characters.
As again we see many one liner veterans. :D:D
4) Activity on number of cities : A guy knowing and participating in discussions in multiple city will understand and comprehend better about the overall scenario.
OR
REMOVE THE LABEL OF SENIOR OR VETERAN MEMBER ALL TOGETHER
P.S. : Mods should take the thread in positive spirit as it will allow the IREF to grow as better forum.