I am just brainstorming, not looking for any specific result. There is a new weapon in the arsenal, wanted to make people aware of it.
Also, I think recognition badges can work in the BBS context sometimes, its a balancing act and really not my call, this would be up to @beschizza and the powers that be.
I definitely think that people who contribute a story to BB should get at least a badge for recognition, maybe even a bronze every time a story is accepted. For one it would allow users to easily navigate the stories user X or Y contributed. There are plenty of useful usages for the new system.
Basically, Iām up for experimenting. Do what feels right, test the generic stuff as well as BBS-specific concepts; adopt adapt improvise.
One thing that would make recognition badges easier to deal with, from our editorial side, would be making it possible for us to slurp a discourse OP back into wordpress, so it happens magically.
Say, editors have a little button that fires up a new wordpress post pre-populated with the originating discourse thread ID in the relevant custom field, and the OP text and author in a blockquote? Or maybe even promote the OP to a wordpress ācontributorā and put them as the default author.
Iād like to see something that actually encouraged, yāknow, discourse. It might be hard to automate, but when someone does a good job disagreeing with another without resorting to name calling, or building on another personās comment in a constructive way, it would be nice to reward that.
If itās possible to track, maybe a person could earn a badge if they get a ālikeā from someone they @mention? Maybe that would do the trick. Or that might just result in a lot of asskissing.
Also, people should get a badge for reading all the other comments before they post, so there are less repetitive comments.
I think this is a general theme we should address. We already plan to have a badge for reading a long topic but adding a guard that only awards it if you do not respond prior to reading everything seems very sane (albeit technically nightmarish)
Iāve been here a while. Nope, not in the last several years at least. I recall a couple users being recruited at moderators, and moderators taking part in the commenting community, but no extra authority for anyone not actually employed (I assume the mods were compensated). I actually really LIKE that this isnāt a community run community.
I like the idea. Would rather see the badges of encouragement. Even though Iād love to see a ātrollypantsā badge, it wouldnāt help anything.
Joining, good faith debate, frustration tolerance, adding relevant links, and such are definitely what needs to be encouraged. I donāt know the metrics of the owners.
Might be nice to have add a āthis adds somethingā button next to the āi like thisā button. Both are relevant, and it would clarify who adds something of value vs something awesome but fluffy.
FWIW, I was asked to moderate a particular sub-section of a forum (not here, obviously) because it was on a subject I was significantly more qualified to supervise than the actual administrators. As you say, Iām not paid in any way and have only the tiniest of authority. Itās not something they do for every section, just a few that need specific expertise. Something like that could work here, I think. I agree with you, though, that we donāt want the inmates running the asylum.
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Itās not something they do for every section, just a few that need specific expertise. Something like that could work here, I think.[/quote]
Oh boy. I pity whoever ends up becoming the BoingBoing game-master. āRoll against mutation!ā
I apologize if this has already been suggested, but I would like to submit the notion of a badge for the ratio of s given to s received.
My personal experience does not equate to a broad study, but in general, I have observed that the most combative and argumentative posters typically receive far more s than they give.
This is not presented as fact, but for the community to consider.
s given to 