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6 years agoCommunity ManagerBadges - what are they and how to earn them
If you’re a regular on the Dropbox Community, or even if you’re here for the very first time, chances are you’ve already received one of our badges. If you haven’t got one yet, all you need to do to earn your first is sign up. Then, to earn your second, simply like this post!
What are badges?
Badges are our way of saying thank you for participating in our Community and helping to make it a better place for all of our members. To start off with, they’re pretty easy to earn, like I just mentioned above. However, as you earn more badges and move up through the ranks, they become a little bit harder to come by, meaning only the true Community maestros get their hands on them all.
How to earn badges?
It really is as simple as signing up to the Community to kick start your badge collection. We also award badges for starting conversations, replying to threads, giving and getting likes, having answers accepted as solutions, using tags, and a whole lot more.
We’ve also got some special badges like the Community Member of the Month badge and the Mighty Answer badge, which are only given to those who go above and beyond to make the Community a better place. Check out the table below to see exactly how you can earn yourself an awesome badge collection.
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Badge
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How you earn it!
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Newcomer!
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You get this one for signing up - simple!
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Conversation
starter!
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Jumping in and starting a discussion? You get a badge for that!
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Topical!
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Earned for starting 5 discussions and getting the Community talking!
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Conversationalist!
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And another when you’ve started 10!
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You returned!
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We love to see you coming back to check in with the Community. You earn this badge for returning!
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Joined in!
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Read a discussion and had something to add? You earn this badge for your first reply!
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Talkative!
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Earned on your 5th reply… what comes next?
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Commenter!
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Your 10th reply! Nice work!
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Responsive!
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You’re really making the Community a great place to be - this badge is for your 25th reply.
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Sociable
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Whoa! You’ve posted 50 replies!
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| Helping others | You’ve given an answer that was a solution. Thanks for helping your fellow users! | |
| Problem solver | Helping others makes the Community go around! You have 10 solutions under your belt now! | |
| Supportive |
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A like for someone else’s post = a badge for you! |
| Liked | And you get this one when someone likes one of your posts! | |
| Admired | Nice to be liked - you’ve got 10 so far! | |
| Popular! | You just got yet another like, for a grand total of 25! You're making the Community a great place to be. | |
| Appreciated |
The Community love what you have to say and your posts have been liked 50 times!
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| Super Appreciated | 100 likes from other members is no easy achievement - well done! | |
| Community Anniversary |
A gift on your anniversary of joining the Community!
Users with a cupcake beside their name are posting on their anniversary - if you see it, wish them a happy one!
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| Tag - you’re it! | This badge is awarded for adding tags to your posts - it helps other users find your information. |
Tell us what you think
Now that you know what badges are and how to get them, we’d love to hear your thoughts. So whether you think they’re too hard or too easy to earn, or if you think we should be awarding badges for something else, let us know in the comments below.
**Updated October 2023**
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