Comments on: Online Community Leaderboards – A Competitive Edge or Disincentive? http://impactinteractions.com/best-practices/online-community-leaderboards-a-competitive-edge-or-disincentive/190 Online Community and Social Media Best Practices Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:14:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Impact Interactions http://impactinteractions.com/best-practices/online-community-leaderboards-a-competitive-edge-or-disincentive/190#comment-34 Impact Interactions Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:07:00 +0000 http://impactinteractions.com/wordpress/uncategorized/online-community-leaderboards-a-competitive-edge-or-disincentive/190#comment-34 Thanks Alex. Good to know about Telligent's approach to this. It does show that in many cases it is the organization offering the community that is not aware of/implementing the features that are available to them. Most use the straight out of the box feature set rather than thinking through the longer term ramifications...<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Mike Rowland Thanks Alex. Good to know about Telligent’s approach to this. It does show that in many cases it is the organization offering the community that is not aware of/implementing the features that are available to them. Most use the straight out of the box feature set rather than thinking through the longer term ramifications…

Regards,
Mike Rowland

]]> By: Alex Lowe http://impactinteractions.com/best-practices/online-community-leaderboards-a-competitive-edge-or-disincentive/190#comment-33 Alex Lowe Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:32:00 +0000 http://impactinteractions.com/wordpress/uncategorized/online-community-leaderboards-a-competitive-edge-or-disincentive/190#comment-33 First, thanks for the blog post! This is a very interesting topic and one that I've also had experience with in managing a bunch of developer communities. Leaderboard systems have consistently driven more interaction/traffic in the communities where we've used them so that is a +1 from me.<br/><br/>Community Server (from us - Telligent) also has a built-in <a HREF="http://docswiki.communityserver.com/wikis/cs20085docs/member-points-system-overview.aspx" REL="nofollow">membership system</a> that functions as a leaderboard in many CS communities.<br/><br/>Similarly, Community Server also a <a HREF="http://docswiki.communityserver.com/wikis/cs20085docs/q-amp-a-status-tracking-overview.aspx" REL="nofollow">Q&A feature</a> that helps recognize quality interactions within a community. First, thanks for the blog post! This is a very interesting topic and one that I’ve also had experience with in managing a bunch of developer communities. Leaderboard systems have consistently driven more interaction/traffic in the communities where we’ve used them so that is a +1 from me.

Community Server (from us – Telligent) also has a built-in membership system that functions as a leaderboard in many CS communities.

Similarly, Community Server also a Q&A feature that helps recognize quality interactions within a community.

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