This is not even based on the stars hack. I came up with this one on my own without consulting anyones code. If I remember correctly, the stars hack only displays 1, 2, or 3 stars for users. 4 for moderaters and 5 for admins. This hack does not do that. Mine uses a while { loop to build the icon string based on number of posts. Did you look at the in action post to see what it looks like? I like liked the stars hack very much but I just wanted something a little more elaborate.
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