Studs

Studs are the yellow LEGO bricks above a LEGO.com member's avatar.8 is the most amount of studs one can get.Studs can be earned by passing an in-active user who is right on the border of losing their stud

 TOP 500 POSTERS 

If you have a stud or more, this will mean you are in the top 500 LEGO Message Board posters (or within, depending on how many studs someone has).The list below shows what top poster group you are in:

1 stud - Top 500 poster

2 studs - Top 200 poster

3 studs - Top 150 poster

4 studs - Top 100 poster

5 studs - Top 75 poster

6 studs - Top 50 poster

7 studs - Top 25 poster

8 studs - Top 10 poster

However, it is impossible to say the exact amount needed to get a certain stud, as the amount of posts required to get that stud is going up all the time.