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How To Get Rid Of The Infamous "Top Contributor" badge?

How does someone get those Top Contributor badge things?

  • I've seen several people with 'Top Contributor' tagged to their names. I've seen other people with more answers and better Best Answer percentage that don't have it. What does it mean to have a 'Top Contributor' badge thing?

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    "A "Top Contributor" is a member of the Yahoo! Answers community who has shown that they are knowledgeable in a certain category. Each user can be a top contributor in a maximum three categories. You earn it or lose it depending on your recent participation in a certain section. The more positively you contribute, the more chance there is that you will get a TC badge. Just like featured users or category leaders, it's another way to give credit to community members." 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. 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 unsubstantiated 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. Anyone at any level can become a Top Contributor, number of points and level gained have no bearing on gaining the TC badge. 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.

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What the first two answers said & I would like to add, that the minute you get one every troll in YA is out to get you suspended.So don't be in a big hurry to get one! But good luck anyway.

Bingalee

A "Top Contributor" is an expert in from one to three categories. It is available in every category except "polls and surveys" and "jokes and riddles". The exact qualifications are kept secret but rumors indicate that it is a minimum of 10% best answers and about 40-50 individual answers in the category every month. Once you get the badge you must keep up your activity in the category or you will lose it. ₪ ɦəlʞɹɐq ₪

Barkley Hound

There is no secret to being a Top Contributor you just have to answer a lot of questions in a category, and receive best answers for them, continue to do that to keep the badge. You can be a Top Contributor at any level, although it might be hard for a level 1 it has been done. You just need to find a category that you like and know a lot about, and answer, answer and more answers in that category. Plus you need quality as well as quantity in all your answers and questions. To be a Top Contributor you have to answer questions in 1 - 3 categories and obtain about 10% best answers. The Top Contributor badge is awarded on a Monday and it will disappear on a Monday if you do not continue to contribute to the category that you got the badge. You cannot be a Top Contributor in Polls & Surveys or Jokes & Riddles, although you could be the Top Yahoo Answers Answerer for those categories.

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