Count-based Badges

In previous releases of Spotlight, badges based on rules could only accumulate points as events happened. Users would only gain badges for the things they did after a badge rule was activated.

There are some activities, however, that it does not make sense to continue doing beyond a certain amount, such as adding colleagues or joining communities.

Users who have been good about doing these things before the badge rule is activated do not have as much of an honest opportunity to earn these badges. This can amount to being punished for being and "early adopter".

To avoid this, there are now a set of three badges that are awarded based on overall counts of some quantities, instead of on the number of actions since a certain point in time. They come ready-to-use, with preset icons, names, and descriptions, and need only be activated to start using them.

One of these is awarded for following a large total number of communities. By default this one is called Collaborator, but you may change this to something else, such as Groupie. The count does not include spheres followed.

One of these is awarded for having a large total number of colleagues. By default this one is called Follower, but you may change this to something else, such as Kinship or Affiliation.

The final one of these is awarded for having been declared as a colleague by a large number of other people. By default this one is called Well Followed, but you may change this to something else, such as Vogue.

Setup automatic awarding of count-based badges

To activiate, go to the Spotlight Management page and click the new link in the Award Badges Automatically section, titled Setup automatic awarding of count-based badges.

As these count-based badges only make sense at a global level, the admin page for new community-level badges does not have this option.

Count Based Rule Definition