Ok. So I want to be a top contributor in mathematics, right? According to one rumor, you have to have 20 best answers in one category in 2 weeks. I did that, and it didn't work. I want to know more rumors and more ideas so I could try to be one. I don't want you to say anything along the lines of "A Top Contributor is someone in the Answers community who, through their participation on Answers, has shown that they are knowledgeable in a particular category. Each Answers user can be a Top Contributor in up to three categories." I want to hear things from Top contributors or people who have been TPs and lots of ideas/rumors. Thanks =)
Rumors/Ideas about how to be a Top Contributor?
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The TC badge is awarded on the number of questions answered and best answers received by the user in a particular week, in a particular category.
If the mathematics section has already got it's allocation of TC's, you need to answer more questions and get more best answers than your competitors (existing TC's) to get the badge. (only my opinion, but it seems clear that the larger the category, the number of questions per day / week / month determines the number of TC's in the category.)
It is rumoured that you need at least a 10 percent best answers in your chosen category to get a TC badge although the actual percentage and the number of answers is Yahoo's secret.
All you see and read on the subject is speculation, rumour, assumption, imagination, and guesswork.
A user who is on the leader board may or may not have a TC badge, the criteria is measured on weekly participation in a particular category (number of answers and % of best answers in the category).
The easiest way to get a TC badge is to concentrate on one category where many questions are asked and hope to get some best answers.
The Polls and Surveys and Jokes and Riddles categories do not have Top Contributors.
If you have contributed enough to meet Yahoo's criteria, the orange badge will appear below your avatar on Monday morning.
It can disappear just as easily on Monday morning, if you don't keep answering questions in your chosen category.
If the mathematics section has already got it's allocation of TC's, you need to answer more questions and get more best answers than your competitors (existing TC's) to get the badge. (only my opinion, but it seems clear that the larger the category, the number of questions per day / week / month determines the number of TC's in the category.)
It is rumoured that you need at least a 10 percent best answers in your chosen category to get a TC badge although the actual percentage and the number of answers is Yahoo's secret.
All you see and read on the subject is speculation, rumour, assumption, imagination, and guesswork.
A user who is on the leader board may or may not have a TC badge, the criteria is measured on weekly participation in a particular category (number of answers and % of best answers in the category).
The easiest way to get a TC badge is to concentrate on one category where many questions are asked and hope to get some best answers.
The Polls and Surveys and Jokes and Riddles categories do not have Top Contributors.
If you have contributed enough to meet Yahoo's criteria, the orange badge will appear below your avatar on Monday morning.
It can disappear just as easily on Monday morning, if you don't keep answering questions in your chosen category.