After reading:
I was reminded of a problem some users encounter when trying to reach TL3.
When users are required to read a certain number or percentage of posts, they naturally assume that all posts included in that calculation are visible to them. However, that may not always be the case.
For example, if posts in a muted category still count toward the requirement, there could be enough eligible posts in muted categories to make the target difficult—or perhaps impossible—to reach without first unmuting those categories and reading the posts.
The plugin should therefore provide a category-by-category breakdown showing:
- how many posts in each category are included in the eligibility calculation; and
- how many of those eligible posts the user has read.
This would reveal whether muted categories are affecting the user’s progress and show what they need to do to meet the requirement—or, as some users might describe it, how to “game” the system.