8th May 1st comment

Candy joined 9th May

Jung Geu rae 20th May

Water maid 24th May

Noble idiot 29th May

Eunuch in drag 7th June
Chaebols poor doppelgänger 20th June

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    It was all down to the lively banter on the recaps this week 🥰

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    Omg i’ve been here for 6 months and my level is still noble idiot…😂
    I’m glad you are enjoying your time here

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      How can I not have a great time when everyone has such a great sense of humour when sharing pain or lusting after the male leads ❤️ It’s the best entertainment and a great stress release when a drama has lost the plot and I need to check if it is just me who thinks this and login and there is a whole conversation already in full flow. The Why her and Jinxed at first discussions have been two great examples.

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    Congrats!
    Interestingly, you’ve upgraded with fewer likes and comments than me. It must all be up to the following / followers!

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      The one thing I have noticed on other people’s profiles is they all have completely different numbers of likes and comments for each of the stages so it can’t be just those that lead to the change in levels. Have you seen the post from Sicarius on the different levels? She says the same thing. So her theory is there are unknown factors like time spent and frequency of posting on the site.

      I have looked at the beanies on the higher levels and most of them don’t have high numbers of followers, they have not written any reviews or posted on the fan wall so I don’t know if these actually have that much impact on the change in levels.

      One theory I have is other people’s engagement with you is just as important as your engagement on the site so I like and follow as many people especially newbies as I can because I hope that will help them with their levels. Following someone doesn’t lead me to have notifications when they post so I have missed posts from my favourite people. I also have no way of knowing who I am following or who follows me as I can’t see a list anywhere. There is one person I read an interesting post on their fan wall with a link offsite and when I came back on the site to respond I couldn’t remember who it was. I am still searching for that person…😒

      Sites need to be active to grow and stay relevant so I think it’s a great feature having the levels and such excellent names too as it does add an extra incentive for engagement. There must be points of different weighting attached to the things that keep the site busy. The staff contributors to the main features have climbed to high levels with lower numbers than the beanies. The theory being when you are truly interested in the site topic you will naturally do the things that help the site and therefore will be rewarded by climbing the levels organically. That’s probably why they haven’t explained the ways to get to the higher levels quickly.

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    Omona. How did you do that? I’ve been here for two years and I’m just some panties. I bet you’re gonna be the Fan Club President (+7 levels) when I become a Wrongly Acused Fugitive (+1)😂

    Congrats! ^^

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      I love that word ‘panties’ every time I hear it it reminds me of the scene on She was pretty it and makes me laugh out loud.
      I am tracking my progress because I really have no clue how it works. I look at my visible numbers and think I am going to take ages to get to the next level based on the thousands of likes and comments the veteran beanies have and then I notice I have got an upgrade at a different figure. I assume there are multiple ways to get the ‘right’ number of points so the numbers will vary. There must be a number of undocumented factors so the visuals of likes and comments are almost red herrings.

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        I think it’s the comments. You have 500+ comments in only two months. That’s a lot. And maybe also the followers

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          @enriquequierecagar So I looked up two random beanies:
          Jance has already highlighted having more than me: 679 comments and 2,104 likes and is a Eunuch in drag, and Jerrykuvira, a dopplenger like me has 536 comments and 1,225 likes both of which are lower than Jance and as Jerry does not follow anyone and has 3 followers it can’t be the followers that gave them the edge.

          This lack of an obvious pattern is what I noticed by looking at beanies at all the levels hence my theory that different things lead to the necessary gateway. So mine might be frequency of posting in short time frame and someone else it’s length of time on the site every year like monopoly they gain a loyalty points which I won’t have access to until I have reached a specified timeframe.

          Maybe its like the Hitchikers guide to the universe

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            Yeah, I think the time and frequency have something to do with it.

            Btw, if you keep this pace, maybe we’ll find out all the benie levels. Some say their infinite, I wanna know if that’s true!

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            Sicarius has done lots of research into this and I think I am probably at the last ‘easier’ to climb to quickly level. She achieved Loanshark with a heart of gold in 7 months which seems to be a massive achievement. I think the amount of work needed to achieve that level and the ones beyond it in that kind of time frame is unsustainable. Let’s see how it goes and if there are unknown levels to be discovered.☺️

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            There’s a finite number of levels. I had a list and also if you look at @dbstaff, then that handle has the highest level I’m pretty sure, and I check it every so often for new levels. @pikalanapikake (who I’m afraid is no longer with us since the pandemic) posted daily on her wall and also engaged a lot of beanies on comments on the various recaps as well and she was one of the highest. @sicarius is very high as well.

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            Here are the levels that we figured out so far…and DB staff isn’t at the highest but close. https://www.dramabeans.com/members/anothernicole/activity/789007/

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            Thanks Ally, please tell me the beanie no longer with us left due to stress not death 😢.

            The link from her was showing blurry pictures of the levels on my iPad but hopefully they are clear on my computer but I have screen shots of the post Sicarius wrote about the levels and read the post by the beanie who is into numbers and had a theory about why Errand boy was the hardest to get through. This sort of thing really fascinates me and I am so grateful that others have done the work or looking in to it so I with my limited skills don’t have to but have the yellow Rick road clearly in front of me. Having said that I would have loved to have read the posts where they showed the different levels as the choosing of the names/tropes and the dramas associated with them was pure genius.

            I checked out DB staff and as you said they are a few levels away from the top but prove the point comments and likes are not the only ways to climb as they have 3 comments and 53 likes but will have gained from the multiple posts and behind the scene work.

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            @ally-le sorry, I forgot that as I had to reply to myself you wouldn’t get the notification for my replies to you so please read above answer too.

            You are up there with the privileged few who have achieved the high rankings which I also think proves my theory re loyalty points in recognition of those who have put in the years and contributed for the good of the Beanie community. 👏 👏

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            Ahhhhhh my brain is fried from a long day
            Incoherent ramble of a comment incoming

            All levels are listed in the Beanie Glossary I made.
            https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SsqpfZ2762NF6MDwHQRHj4s2yQhaiOQkaTpn26Ty78o/edit?usp=drivesdk
            You can scroll right down to the highest level we know about- this glossary was made with the help of another nicole and the way back machine, which is the post Ally shared. DB used to have an archive list of these on the site but deleted it.
            We therefore do not know if there are any levels AFTER teh highest listed here.
            I am highest levelled Beanie (not minion) currently. Then Pakalanapikake.
            Db-Staff is the highest of any account because posting actual ARTICLES somehow contributes more to levelling up- and Db-Staff has the most articles. (See also, Lord Cobols reply theory.)
            After Loan Shark it gets even HARDER to level up, from half a year being regular to even over a year, even for me (although my rate of posting dropped significantly after about my 2 year anniversary on the new site so that’s also a factor).
            Other beanies levelled up faster than me in some of the levels before Loan Shark also.
            Paka even did regularly after Loan Shark.
            Ally may even be the 3rd highest ranked non minion beanie actually I forget hahaa

            Kay I’m gonna disappear till I have more brain power BYEEEE

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            @sicarius Thanks for your continuous input on this subject. Always new insights are gained.

            Please take care of yourself and rest.

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    Congrats! Happy for you. I’ve been here yeeeaaarrrssss and I’m still Candy 🙂

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      Hi
      Thank you. Are you one of the people who read and rarely feel moved to comment? I can’t help myself!

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        Lol, I read and I always want to comment but too lazy to log in. I’m taking inspiration from you and trying to do better!
        Also, I rarely follow along currently airing dramas so by the time I get to it, that boat has usually sailed off into the sunset. And also, as my nickname suggests, I prefer happy endings so I’m always cautious about live watching. The one time I broke that rule was for 2521 (Nam Joo Hyuk!) and look where that got me.. 🙁

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          Oh no of all the shows to watch live. 😒 I was a binge watcher until I joined dramabeans now I tolerate the waiting just so I can get into the conversation each week.
          Have you seen 20th century boy and girl as I am watching that now and it’s an old fashioned rom com with subtle tropes weaves in I have a few episodes left but it’s been such a lovely watch so far and was recommended as a nice one to watch.
          Are you going to watch Shooting Stars? Business proposal? Love Play, All? They are all nice endings just got the more pronounced melodrama or angst mixed in the middle part.

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            Ikr? Anywho, I loved the show up till episode 15 and then developed rage over episode 16. The comment section for this drama recap was on fire at the time and I had so much to say but too upset to trust myself to say anything. Lol.

            Thank you for the recommendations! I’ve watched Business Proposal and I liked it. It’s a simple, easy watch. I’ve not watched 20th century boy and girl, Shooting Stars or Love All, Play. I will check it out soon. I’m currently meandering through Yumi’s Cells 1 but it’s not keeping me engaged so I may look for something else soon. Let’s see. Oh, I’m live watching Alchemy of Souls but I’m not sure if I’m going to stick to it till the end.

            Hopefully we’ll “meet” in one drama one day and we can have a lively discussion over it 🙂

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            How about Joseon Psychiatrist Yoo Sepoong? That looks like one that will be interesting.

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            2521 ending had the whole Internet on fire one of the Kdrama instagram accounts I follow Deema loves drama did a collaboration with a Korean American family therapist to help her process her upset.

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            Sounds good. Let’s hope Joseon Psychiatrist is easily available where I am.

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            Why can’t we get an edit function? I know, I know…Beanies have been asking for this since forever 🙂

            I just wanted to add that I hope Deema loves drama is fine now 🙂 The drama broke so many hearts that day. I actually have some thoughts on 2521 ending vs My Liberation Notes ending. Will put it on my wall once I get the time and organize it.

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            Ok that sounds like it will be an interesting read and I look forward to reading it. I didn’t watch Our blues or My liberation notes I started both but they were too heavy so I dropped after episode two and just read the recaps so I could see whether to watch after airing. With my day job already being heavy my entertainment needs to light and fluffy or intriguing. I am enjoying Why her for the intrigue which is unusual as it has quite a few thriller elements which I have to fast forward through when possible but the frequent unexpected use of the shock and awe of the body falling drives me mad as there is no way to avoid it. I am dropping Jinxed at first because the balance of rom com and the other genres is not working for me.

            Deem loves drama has got over the ending in that she occasionally references it but was able to rejoice and post the unboxing of the physical OST. I will download a few songs from some dramas but have not liked one enough to download the whole playlist and wouldn’t order a physical copy. The only one that came close was I will go to you when the weather is fine which had a lot of instrumentals and is great for background music when de stressing or focus is called for. It had a real small town focus and the music captured the feel perfectly and as she was a classical musician the music reflected that too.

            Yes the missing editing option! When I saw the edit option available on the fan wall page I was so excited but it was short lived when I realised it doesn’t work. Copy and then deleting a post to paste and rewrite minus the errors and then repost is very clumsy. The deleted posts on the screen made me think that they had been deleted by the staff for inappropriate content!

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          Please help. Why can’t I make longer post on my fan wall? What am I missing…geez.. 🙁
          Anyway, I watched both Our Blues and My Liberation Notes. It was heavy at the beginning and I did drop both of it at first due to the gloomy depressive vibes I was getting. But I went back to both out of sheer boredom and enjoyed both. My Liberation Notes was admittedly heavy but Our Blues surprisingly turned out giving me Prison Playbook feels. Warm, heartfelt and funny.

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            Hi
            I access Dramabeans on my iPad and write the post in notes and then cut and paste on my fan wall. If you need to edit you have to cut and got back to wherever you originally composed it as I have learnt it immediately goes back to 200 character limit as soon as you physically type directly on the fan wall. The other weird anomaly is sometimes the pictures will disappear and a black small square is displayed instead if I click on that square many picture re appears but disappears again. This only happens with some posts.

            The bit I have not been able to sort out is writing and pasting pictures within the writing. I did ask one Beanie about it on their fan wall but they did not respond to my request.

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            Thanks for sharing the feedback. Sounds like Our Blues is the one I will go for. My understanding is there were two or three episodes centred around a storyline which stands alone so could be watched without sitting through the whole season. I want to watch the episodes with a disability theme I am not sure if this is also the one that tackles mental health. I also wanted to see the child actor as that was mentioned as a particularly good story too.

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            Goodness! Let me try. And thank you!

            Re Our Blues – all the stories are kind of woven together but yes, they do focus a few episodes each on certain characters. And yes, the one about disability is about mental health. Beautiful story. So is the one about the child. I’m not sure about other sites but if you watch this on Netflix, each episode has the character names as the title so you can tell who they are focusing on. I believe the one on mental health is Young Ok and Young Hui.

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