Seven Forums and Microsoft Community Contributor Badge

As Brink above already posted, I think we should get this thread back to the topic.

I just want to say something I think is important, then I will not post any more off topic posts here

Do not take this personally, Pedroc, although I use your keenness as an example here. What I want to say is to all new and old members, all those interested in Seven Forums willing to share their knowledge with other Windows users.

First and most important: if you do this, participate on forums, because of shiny medals and badges, you are doing it for a wrong reason. This is and should be a hobby you do for interest in computing and Windows, to learn yourself and share what you have already learned.

As I have said before when someone has been begging for recognition, doing it as you do is wrong. For instance if my opinion would ever been asked for recommendations, I would never recommend someone who has been begging it. You are too keen to get the badge which makes you IMO not worth of it.

I repeat: participating here should be out of interest in learning and sharing. To show your motivation lies on badges and public recognition is not correct. As someone with ego bigger than Mount Everest I am certainly wrong person to say this, but participating on forums should be an unselfish journey to knowledge instead of egocentric trip to fame.

pedroc1999 said:

I cant wait till they anounce the winners. I have tried alot and would like to if not this year. But next year to get this

You will not get MS Community Contributor this time. If you someday will get it, it will not be in the near future. You could speed the process a bit by changing your focus here on the Seven Forums; at the moment your postcount comes mainly from the Chillout. It does not help you. Remember, it's not the postcount that matters nor is it jokes you tell in Chillout.You can breake all postcount records here but if you mainly post in Chillout, it's useless regarding the award.

It's about how much you share and help. Response to OPs with issues, follow their issues until solution. Do it actively, do not take a break to post in Chillout about how much you'd like to have an award or how good you have been .

I noticed on another thread you also told about your interest in having the MVP badge. All the MVPs are established IT professionals with years and years of support and sharing behind them. MVP is not a badge you can get when your postcount is high enough. Do you even know what the MVP means?

Watch this video: http://www.microsoft.com/en-US/showc...2-e45a3d02ecdb

pedroc1999 said:

Yes... I need to focus and give quality answers

Yes.

Kari

Congratulations to our Microsoft Community Contributor Awardees for January 2013.

You all have done a great job, and this was well deserved.

• chev65 (Rob)
• Dave76 (Dave)
• linnemeyerhere (Alan)
• theog (Ray)
• TVeblen (Bob)

Well done guys

Great news. Congratulations!

Congratulations to all new award winners , well deserved

good news. Well done guys.

Congratulation to all new MCCs.

Well done, Seven Forums!

Kari