New Feature: Customized Badges 🏅 🎉 #489

sanjay-kv · 2024-07-12T04:04:00Z

sanjay-kv
Jul 12, 2024
Maintainer

We are excited to announce the rollout of our latest feature: Customized Badges! 🏆

What’s New?
With this new feature, you can now create and customize badges to highlight your achievements, contributions, and milestones in a way that best represents you and your work. So you can share to the social media tagging us and get some attention from the potential recruiters.

Key Features:

Shareable: Easily share your badges on social media and other platforms to showcase your achievements.

How to Get Started?

Navigate to the Leaderboard: https://gssoc.girlscript.tech/leaderboard
Hover over to the side of your score.

Now it will show you all the badge you have recieved so far, click one of the badge you will see option to download and share, click on download if you want to get it has image.

Save and display your new badge on your LinkedIn or Twitter Tech community. Optionally you can include it in your GitHub Readme profile as well.

First 1000 people who shares the badge on social media will be getting Free XYZ domain coupons from us.

use the tags gssoc, gssocbadge, girlscript when you share on social media.

Watch the Video Explanation: Explanation Video
Note: Please share the linkedin or Twitter link below with your email ID in the below comment box of this page, so we can verify and sent to you.

How does your new badge look like?

Feedback

We’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback on this new feature. Feel free to share your experiences and suggestions below.
Thank you for being a part of our community and we hope you enjoy using customized badges to showcase your achievements!

Happy customizing! 🎨

ajay-dhangar · 2024-07-12T05:29:18Z

ajay-dhangar
Jul 12, 2024

Hi @sanjay-kv,

I wanted to share my feedback on the latest feature announcement for Customized Badges. 🏆

Overall Impressions:
The introduction of customizable badges is a fantastic addition! It not only adds a personal touch to our achievements but also provides a great way to showcase our contributions and milestones.

What I Loved:

Customization: The ability to personalize badges makes it much more engaging and relevant to individual users.
Shareability: Making it easy to share on social media and other platforms is a smart move. It encourages users to highlight their achievements publicly, which can boost community engagement and visibility.
Incentives: Offering free XYZ domain coupons for the first 1000 shares is a great incentive. It adds a layer of excitement and urgency to participate.

Suggestions for Improvement:

Visual Guide: Including a short video or GIF demonstrating the steps to download and share badges could be helpful for users who prefer visual instructions.
Badge Variety: Introducing a wider variety of badge designs or themes might appeal to different user preferences and increase the feature's appeal.
Integration: Consider adding a direct integration option for LinkedIn and Twitter to streamline the sharing process even further.

Additional Comments:

The call to action for sharing badges and the provided tags are clear and straightforward.
The note on verification with email ID is helpful for clarity on how to claim the incentives.

Overall, I think this feature is a great way to motivate and recognize user participation and achievements within the community.

Thank you for continually improving the platform and listening to user feedback.

Best regards,
@ajay-dhangar

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Harshitmishra001 Jul 16, 2024

hi @sanjay-kv , I completly forgot to add my post here even after posting it on Linkedin
My Linkedin Post- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/harshitmishra001_gssoc-gssocbadge-girlscript-activity-7218100612893204480-4OlY?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
My Linkedin Id - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshitmishra001?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app
My email id - hmharsh123@gmail.com

Best regards,
Harshit Mishra

SadafKausar2025 · 2024-07-12T05:39:30Z

SadafKausar2025
Jul 12, 2024

hii @sanjay-kv

this is my linkedin post
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sadaf-kausar-788456244_gssoc-gssocbadge-girlscript-activity-7217397190845988864-Gd-C?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

linkedin id : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sadaf-kausar-788456244/
mail id : sadafkausar2003@gmail.com

Best regards,
Sadaf Kausar

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mdazfar2 · 2024-07-12T06:40:46Z

mdazfar2
Jul 12, 2024

Hi @sanjay-kv sir

I wanted to share some thoughts on the new badges feature, which I believe can make it even better.

Spelling Adjustment

Firstly, I think we can change the spelling of "Conqueror" by adding an 'e' between 'u' and 'r'. This small adjustment makes the word look more polished and appealing. 📝

Topic Name Change

Additionally, we could modify the title "GSSoC 2024 Top performers" to "GSSoC 2024 Top 3 performers". This change clarifies the distinction and highlights the top achievers more prominently. 🌟

Emoji Enhancement

Lastly, adding trophy emojis 🏆 to the top 3 contributors' profile logos would be a fun and visually engaging way to celebrate their accomplishments. This small touch can add a lot of excitement and recognition for our top performers.

Feature Appreciation

This innovative addition is a fantastic way for contributors to visually represent their achievements and milestones. 🏅

Social Media Sharing

The ability to customize and share badges on social media is a game-changer. 🌟 It not only allows us to proudly showcase our hard work but also helps in attracting potential recruiters, giving our profiles an extra edge. 🚀

My Fav one

The incentive for the first 1000 users to receive free XYZ domain coupons is a brilliant idea, adding an extra layer of motivation for participation. 🎁 I’m confident this will drive more engagement and enthusiasm within the community. 🎉

Overall, the Customized Badges feature is a wonderful addition that enhances the user experience and fosters a sense of pride and recognition among contributors. Thank you for continuously working to improve our platform and making our contributions more visible and rewarding.

I look forward to seeing more such innovative features in the future!

Best regards,
@mdazfar2

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Leena2403 · 2024-07-12T08:45:31Z

Leena2403
Jul 12, 2024
Collaborator

Hello @sanjay-kv,

Most of the things have been said by other fellow commenters as well, however adding or emphasising the ones I feel are important

Fun and Interactive Concept. Will build engagement
Giving some of my feedbacks for the badge announcements. It's a very fun and interesting concept, which will improve more engagement amongst the open-source contributors.

Improving Sharing Options
When I clicked the sharing option, I was expecting it to show me features to directly share on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram. However, it was not the case. I am on mac, so I am not sure if it's a mac compatibility issue or not. A window user might be able to confirm if it works well for them, but adding the feature would be definitely a great and convenient help, as also pointed out before

Showcasing all the badges next one's username, rather than just one badge
I got two badges but only 1 is visible next to my username in the leaderboard. Maybe it would be better to flaunt our achievements if all badges are shown in line next to each other? That would be my suggestion

Thank you for asking for my feedback, really grateful for that sir !

Best regards
Leena

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partha120804 Jul 14, 2024

hey @Leena2403

The share button is actually designed to trigger the inbuilt share feature of your device, its kind of restricted in Windows as well, it can share to the apps that were installed on your device only, i.e I have Instagram and Linkedin and whatsapp installed in my pc and I can only share to those 3 apps, (i mean apps installed from microsoft store).

similiarly on your mobile device you can share to all the installed applications.
It's the same pop up menu that you get when you click on the share button on a image in your gallery.