who r the vips? what makes them so important? how did they become vips? what r the perks of bein a vip?

I've only seen one definition of VIP's, from the Fafamalone. VIP's are people with graduate degrees in a subject that are currently researching or lecturing in etc, or they are people who can provide a unique service to the site. They are not regular users, they probably would visit infrequently or even only once in the case of scientists who consent to give lectures or a QA thread. If Glider were not a Mod he would be a VIP, given his status in the real world scientific community.

 

I'm not sure what unique abilitys they have. They have a name in green and I suspect they also have the ability to change there name. Other than that, they have one other super special skill that enables them to discuss stuff with Mods/Admins away from the masses.

http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showpost.php?p=62436&postcount=30

Yeah, this has been discussed a lot. We're thinking about phasing that group out since we don't really need it.

are there any real VIP's here, im sure ive seen a post about that radio 1 presenter coming here, or is that my imagination.

I think that was probably your imagination. I think we have quite a few graduates lurking around (like swansont and Glider), but I don't think anything you'd class as VIP.

http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showpost.php?p=31664&postcount=20 ha ha, and i thought i imagined it! im not sure if its real...

I highly doubt that that was real. Especially considering the poster

Bizarrely, I can check that.