No problem brother, glad to have you here. To get to TL3 you will need to:
Regular
(trust level 3)
Regulars are the most active readers and reliable contributors over long periods of time.
Regulars can:
- Recategorize and rename topics
- Spam flags cast on TL0 user posts immediately hide the post
- Flags cast on TL0 user posts in sufficient diversity will auto-block the user and hide all their posts
- Make their own posts wiki (that means editable by any TL1+ users)
- Daily like limit increased by 2×
- Access special forum category - Private Lounge
You can get to trust level 3 by…
This is time and activity based, unlike the previous levels. In the last 100 days…
- must have visited at least 50% of days
- must have replied to at least 30 different topics
- of topics created in the last 100 days, must have viewed 25% (currently ~250)
- of posts created in the last 100 days, must have read 25% (currently ~ 10000)
- must have received 300 likes*, and given 300 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 (currently 75 users), across a minimum number of different days (currently 75 days). Likes cannot be from PMs.
This link will bring you to the thread that explains all trust levels 