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Achievements (The Other Ones)
There has been a lot of discussion about the new sitewide achievements that were unveiled at the beginning of the year. For those who are new to the site or are unfamiliar, you can earn a merit badge for having a seven-day streak of daily site visits, forum posts (or replies), newsfeed posts (or comments), and reviews. These are the badges you can earn if you manage to do one of those for a string of seven consecutive days:
Did you know that there's a whole host of other achievements you can earn on the site? As newbies, there are actually nine special "getting started" merit badges that you can earn for your first time doing each of the following activities here on Writing.com:
1. Joining the site
2. Creating your first item in your portfolio
3. Filling out your BioBlock
4. Favoriting your first author
5. Favoriting your first item
6. Making your first review request
7. Completing your first (received) review request
8. Sending your first cNote
9. Completing your first Product Review
And once you've been around a while, there are six other categories of achievement badges that you can earn repeatedly at certain milestones. Those badges are (you can hover over each one to get a list of the milestones badges can be achieved at):
I. Account Anniversaries
 1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
15 years
20 years
25 years
30 years |
II. Reviews Given
1
100
500
1,000
2,500
5,000
10,000
25,000
50,000 |
III. Forum Posts & Replies
1
100
500
1,000
2,500
5,000
10,000
25,000
50,000 |
IV. Rewarding (Other) Reviewers
1 review credited
100 reviews credited
500 reviews credited
1,000 reviews credited
2,500 reviews credited
5,000 reviews credited
10,000 reviews credited
25,000 reviews credited
50,000 reviews credited
75,000 reviews credited
100,000 reviews credited
150,000 reviews credited
200,000 reviews credited
250,000 |
V. Newsfeed Posts & Comments
1
100
500
1,000
2,500
5,000
10,000
25,000
50,000 |
VI. Merit Badges Given
1
100
500
1,000
2,500
5,000
10,000
25,000
50,000 |
All of these achievements (both the "getting started" first-time badges and the recurring milestones) won't automatically be delivered to your inbox. You have to check the achievements page to get it to populate with your current stats and send any earned badges. Now, you might be thinking, How do I do that? It sounds complicated.
All you have to do is use the left-hand navigation column and click on:
My Account   Achievements (under My Activity)
That's it! That's all you have to do.  You'll be taken to your Achievements pages, which will tell you where you stand on earning every achievement (and when you earned the ones you already have). If you've earned any since the last time you visited the page, they'll be automatically sent to your inbox at that point. 
Achievements can be a really great way to encourage your participation on the site. With the caveat that it's probably not a good idea to get obsessive or hyper-competitive about it, finding a particular achievement to pursue can really help you navigate where to focus your time and energy (if that's something that's important to you). For example, if you really enjoy interacting with people on the newsfeed, you might want to try for a seven-day consistency streak, or to get to your 100th, 500th, 1000th, etc. post/comment so you can get the milestone badge. If you love the site and are a dedicated, longtime member, think of how good it will feel to get that 10 year badge.
For me personally, I'm slowly closing in on my 5,000th review badge, which is something I've been working on for a while (my last badge for 2,500 reviews was earned way back in 2011). I'm also not too far behind that working toward my 5,000th forum post badge (having earned the 2,500 post badge in 2018). Both of those achievements are something that I'm slowly but surely working toward, and I expect it'll be a big feeling of accomplishment when I finally see those two in my inbox. As far as achievements I'm most proud of, the 20 year anniversary badge I got in 2023 was pretty special. I also really enjoy that day (when I can manage to get them all synced up) every week where I get the seven-day streak badges in my inbox. It's a great reminder of the effort that's being put in, day after day.
If you're looking for something to do on Writing.com, I'd highly recommend you check out your achievements page. You can get into a consistency challenge for the new seven-day streak badges, or you might find another goal to set for yourself that will help motivate you and focus your efforts here on the site.
Until next time,
Jeff
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