Badges/Achievements
Badges/Achievements could be implemented and showcased on someones profile. There has been a lot of research which shows that introducing these goals can get people feel more accomplished, satisfied or encouraged to participate. We may be able to use this for good and reward people for contributing in this way.
They would give a way to show the communities appreciation for new members joining and helping out, and appreciation for older members for how much they are doing. We could think about multiple levels (bronze, silver, gold) and set these at different points. StackOverflow implements a similar system:
Main considerations:
- We don't want to become too addictive. We mainly want to entice people to check it out and hope that they stay for the community as the effect and impact of the achievements wears off.
Also tracking in https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues/922
Edited by Taico Aerts