How does one become a "top contributor"?

Question

Just curious

Answer 1

you contribute a lot . and get a lot of best answers .

Answer 2

Speaking for myself, not Yahoo!

Answer lots of questions in a particular subject where you have a lot of knowlege. Be a good Yahoo citizen. Don't break the community guidelines. Give good, accurate answers. Try not to generate complaints. Easiest way to generate complaints is to chat, use inappropriate language, harrass someone, ask something that is nonsense or not-a-question, or give a non-answer.

If you check my profile you'll see I haven't been a member all that long, yet a got TC in radio within a relatively short period of time. 'Course that doesn't count the 40 years I've actually worked in or around radio ;<) So I actually do know the answers to these questions - mostly without research.

I also answer a few questions that grab my attention in other categories and it hasn't hurt my position.

There's a section in the Forums, help and/or FAQs where they give more info about becoming a TC. Set yourself a goal, pick a subject and start answering questions. Most of all, take it seriously, try to give the best answer you can every time. Pick the questions you'll answer carefully to keep your percentages up - go for the ones with the fewest answers and get your answer near the top if possible, be friendly to the asker (maybe use their name) - but DO NOT answer a question immediately, then post it so you can do the research and come back to edit it later - that's a big no-no.
Good Luck, Jens, and Merry Christmas back atcha!
- a guy named duh

Answer 3

You have to have at least a 10% Best Answers, and you have to answer a lot of questions in a certain category or subcategory. If you answer many questions in another category, you lose the badge for the category in which you earned.

It's very hard to earn and keep these things, especially in questions where there are many answers, and there's a good chance your answer won't be picked, especially if the question goes into voting, and your answer is way down there; they tend to select among the top three, usually the first one. So I wouldn't really worry about being top contributor if I were you.

Answer 4

You need to answer lots of questions in a particular category and get lots of 'best answers' - - Pick a specialty and have fun!

:o)

Answer 5

Get 10% best answers in any category except P&S

Answer 6

you have to answer a lot ofquestions then get best scores. And you vote a lot. Basicly you have to do a lot in Yahoo answers

Answer 7

You answer alot of questions , get good scores, and vote alot. It takes alot of time and effort to acculmulate all those points......lm

Answer 8

answer alot and have more than 10% of best answers

Answer 9

get alot of best answers.

Answer 10

Its an honour!