How much does one have to contribute to be top contributor?

Question

How do you guys get your orange badges?

Answer 1

Well, we haven't contributed enough I guess?

Answer 2

It has to be like 14% best answers...and, that could be done by two ways

ask a lot, it gets your points down, so the ratio of best answers will go up

or, like the Emperor said

Answer 3

I answer a lot of questions and get many best answers as well. I try to get over 200 points a week if I want to keep the Top Contributor rating;if you don't answer a certain amount of questions per week,you lose you top contributor badge,even if you are top Best Answerer.

Answer 4

I spent a week answering at least 10 questions a day in economics and I got mine:-)

Here are some strategies:

-answer lots of questions you have a good chance of getting BA for.  This can vary from category to category, but usually they have a factual answer and attract maybe 2-3 answers

-aim for 25% BA in a category

-don't be afraid to go back and vote for your own answers.  Seriously, in my experience, only about 25% of askers choose a BA, and if you don't vote, the BA could end up going to someone who answered "puppies" for a serious question you put a lot of time into.

-always be polite.  This should go without saying, but if someone answers a question stating that the asker is stupid, they have no chance of getting picked BA

-for non-homework questions, longer answers generally have a better chance of getting BA, but make sure you actually have something to say

Those are the strategies I use.  Hope that helps!

Answer 5

Just make another account and ask yourself a bunch of questions here.  It works for about 25% of R&S's top contributors.

Answer 6

to be honest I just gave some answers or got best answer's   haven't a clue how many................ and one time I turned on I had it I tried to find out by looking as the levels went up but it didn't tell me ..................

Answer 7

I have no idea - it just showed up one day. I find it a little odd, myself. You would think that top contributor would have something to do with "quality". I just give my opinions.

But I do get really bored at work sometimes and I'm a level 4 already which to me means that it's about quantity of questions answered.

I do wish it came in different colors - it doesn't go with my Avatar very well......

EDIT - OK - this is really weird - I WAS a top contributor and I just answered this question and noticed that my orange bar was missing. Maybe it is about quality! I guess I got kicked out of the club!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 8

Actually, I don't think that information is posted anywhere. It could be volume, or the number of best answers, or the number of stars, or recent activity.

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The easiest way to do it would be to answer kids algebra homework all day.