What happened? One day, half of the people here on Yahoo Q&A are "top contributors" and the next day, I don't see any. Even I was one yesterday. Did the "powers that be" here on YQ&A suddenly realize that the labels weren't really necessary or did people just stop answering so many questions? Just curious. Thanks for taking the time to respond.
2007-03-12 11:43:07 · 4 answers · asked by JOURNEY 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Yahoo Answers said that the "Top contributor" label is not permanent and you can lose it. Here's what their blog says:
"Top Contributors are not permanent, which is to say you must continue to be an active answerer in order to retain a Top Contributor badge. Similarly, even if you are not a Top Contributor today, you can earn the badge by contributing high quality answers in any category or multiple categories of your choosing.
The more actively you contribute quality answers and best answers to a particular category, the more likely you will earn a badge for your contributions in that category. Just like featured users or category leaders, the badge is another way to honor and feature community members who are actively participating and knowledgeable in particular categories on Answers.
This is our first version of the Top Contributor badge, and we acknowledge that it is not perfected, yet. We will be continually improving the logic and heuristics used to choose Top Contributors in an effort to ensure that people who receive them are the most deserving. We’ve heard your feedback and we understand that there are concerns about abuse of this badge, and we will change the rules for Top Contributor as needed to combat gaming or abuse."
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/y_answrs_team
I'm not sure what happened that you lost your title.
2007-03-12 12:57:40 · answer #1 · answered by psychgrad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they got rid of them because a couple of the people on my contact list are still top contributors. Maybe they just changed the criteria.
2007-03-12 11:52:05 · answer #2 · answered by Scottish Soldier 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they got rid of them, it was probably because there was no rhyme or reason to who was a "Top Contributor" and who wasn't.
2007-03-12 11:47:18 · answer #3 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
naww dere still here i c dem errwhere
2007-03-12 11:52:09 · answer #4 · answered by ツ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋