Inflation.

Yeah, it's tough all round. Tighten your belts, people of the internet.

Incidentally, I've still got a video stuck unsifted on 12 votes, if anyone knows how to fix this.

Ich bin ein Führer! If I say you have no star, then you have no star!

Easy to explain - happened to me too!

If you look at your stats, you currently have:

Sifted Videos: 11
Comment Bonus: 2
Total = 13

Because you have 2 dead videos, your "real" total of 15 has dropped back down to 13 so you've "lost" your Bronze star.

Get those Dead videos fixed and you'll get your star back.
Here's a fix for one of them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8UHzZeef6I

HTH.

It doesn't quite work that way anymore, I believe.

You don't get star points from applauded comments anymore, you only get from:
Sifted videos
Qualitied talk post
Dead video fixes

Furthermore, as gorillaman says, the bronze star is now at 25 star points, which means there is some way to go yet, simian. The introduction of a tin star (or something similar) at 15 would be a good idea, I think, but that's not the way it is now.

You don't get star points for fixing dead vids anymore, you get power points.

oh fuck it. I'm done.

don't give up - here's a *quality to get you one step closer

Awarding obscenesimian with one star point for this contribution to VideoSift - declared quality by SlipperyPete.

A bronze star requires 25 star points now rather than 10. I lost my rank in the revolution as well, though it will one day be a glorious story for my grandchildren.

Lost mine too. I figure that by the time I get 25 points the cut-off will move up to 50 or 75 or something.