@jmk pointed out that @craftyjon was at ‘member’ level. Just to recap:
New User
Member
Regular
This is as high as you get with automatic promotion.
Leader is a moderator decision and not automatic.
The software has some ‘fanboy’ type junk built in. You can lose a level by not having enough likes. A couple of the core developer team was already ‘locked’ at regular. I just did the same for the rest of the core team.
I’m not sure how much a difference it makes, but, if you are a regular but are only at member level because of the software quirks, a mod can promote you.