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Today we're launching Achievements as a public beta! ✨ Achievements celebrate specific events and actions that happen on GitHub. They will appear as small badges listed in the sidebar of your profile. We're so excited for you all to check them out! Let us know what we should be looking into next and what you’re most excited to recognize your community for. Check out the blog post to learn more. |
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They're FANTASTIC 😃 Love 'em |
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Feels nice seeing those badges,kinda gives an accomplishment vibe🥳 |
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😃 Nice |
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wonderful |
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Good |
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Not a huge fan. Incentivising people to make prs, issues or merge without review seems like it'll massively encourage spam across the platform a-la hacktoberfest. In comparison, the Mars/Arctic-Vault badges weren't forecast in advance so there was significantly less chance of people trying to game the system to have a shinier profile. That, and having code on mars is significantly cooler than having merged a PR without review. Seems like a spam-encouraging feature to me, and placing them in the badges section clutters up the profile and diminishes the coolness of the existing badges imo. |
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interesting |
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I Agree |
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nice |
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Agree with you |
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More achievements to the God of achievements 😎 |
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Agree with this ( ͡◉ ͜ʖ ͡◉) |
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I don't see the negative aspect. |
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That's actually true (and I'll probably update my default thoughts on my site too), but a way that I haven't looked at it before. |
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Hi |
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agreed! |
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Wow, that's cool. |
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You're right |
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I don't think so, it will boost to create useless PRs and no check merge facility. Imo, they're overrated than it should. |
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The number of comments here is large, so the idea works😅 |
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Definitely it will attract more users to investigate and try different GitHub features / activities |
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git remote add origin https://github.com/Arju8682/Arju.git |
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I need the Galaxy Brain achievement 😎 |
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Me too |
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hahahhhh |
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I think you just have to have one / a few of your answers accepted, and you'll get it. |
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Me too! 😭 |
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btw is only a achievement, not representative of your skills XD |
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I kinda like the gamification idea. It'll resonate with a lot of coders considering that most of them are gamers irl.... However, comma, I think it's gonna cause an avalanche of spammy, "nonsense" activity geared at unlocking some quick achievements, which will be a nightmare for project maintainers |
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Can you more and give explanation details |
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gamification? |
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yes would be really nice mr kelvinelove |
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It would be awesome if there was a way to base achievements on quality, and not quantity. The un-reviewed merge badge is the worst of them all, how is it an achievement to not check what code before merging? |
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These are just encouraging spam from users who want a shiny profile. I personally do not like them at all (or maybe I'm just sad I don't have a shiny profile!). |
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What are all the list of achievements and to earn them? |
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I've had a list before and am currently working on adding them all - though there is of course the thrill of discovering them yourself :) |
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https://github.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements |
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Badge List
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thanks for all please correct my mistakes am just learning |
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@bailey Hey there! a question, can I create my own badge? |
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As a maintainer of various open source project repositories I'm concerned that this gamification will alter the incentives of serious code submissions, meaning more potential work for me to filter out garbage from people trying to achievement farm. Honestly this sort of "development" of the github platform (rather than fixing the myriad of open issues that actually affect usability of the platform) is yet another drop in the bucket pushing me to look for alternative services to host my source code. That bucket is getting pretty close to full... |
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This is a little cynical in my opinion. It's a small morale thing and there isn't much wrong with a little icon under your name for things you did. The reasoning that the creators of this small addition could have been fixing platform issues is a bit naïve I think. |
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I think the achievements would have been meaningful if they were for PRs that have fixed issues and have been merged(obviously after being reviewed), rather than just PRs that just got merged. |
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While I do get the intent is to make the barrier of entry for meaningful contributions lower by making the on boarding process more palatable for the less experienced, I do not think this feature will achieve that outcome. I think it will instead make it far more stressful for experienced contributors TO onboard junior and entry level contribution by obfuscating the workflow with banal irrelevant often distracting information, outweighing the potential positive gains it could have. I am in general not heavily opinionated on such ui/ux flare as long as i can turn it off and not have to care it exists, but with the incentive structure as it is at present, will such be a viable path? I hope so... but like... microsoft also made windows 11. |
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If the badges didn’t have such huge visual prominence within the UI it wouldn’t be so bad (still terrible and awful but at least ignorable). It being the most stylised and colourful design element on github pushes it up in importance, thus taking away the importance of literally every other feature on github. Absolutely insane the design team would go ahead with this. |
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First thing I did after seeing this feature was to check the profiles of people that inspire me. E.g Brittany Chiang x Anthony Fu. New feature doesn't reflect their achievements thus it doesn't inspire me. If the feature can dig deeper into actual noteworthy achievements, then it would make sense. Like sponsored projects, open source contributions. Stuff like that. My 2 cents. |
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This feature isn't about actual achievement with a lower-case |
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Useless bloat. It would be great if you could remove them for good. |
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Unfortunately, I'm now getting an annoying promt to turn them back on. Thanks Microsoft! |
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You can dismiss that prompt and it won't appear again, at least that's what I experienced. |
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I'd also like a way to disable them when viewing other people's profiles. The UI is already pretty cluttered and it'd be good to be able to turn off stuff like this which I have no interest in. |
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^ This please. Global disable would be appreciated. |
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Thanks! |
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I have a generally positive view of this. I doubt the simpler-to-achieve badges will make the tougher-to-achieve ones seem less cool because you earn the difficult ones with more work. But there will be trial-and-error for sure. Also, I doubt it will encourage that much more spam -- spammers who are out there for achievements only are already making PRs to get the green squares. |
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I really liked it when I saw it. Do you have a list or image of all achievements? :) |
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🤦 |
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@umutyerebakmaz Here you go: https://github.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements |
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Woah, I only got YOLO and PR 😂 |
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Badge List
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Hi, people! https://github.com/Guedesou/CRUD-Social-Media-Basic
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Having suggested something similar a few years back, I really like this addition. Did notice though that the achievements don't get embedded on Twitter as suggested in the announcement post. Could be an issue on Twitters end though. |
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I'm wondering what the requirements for the pull request achievement are. I've contributed 30 pull requests over the last few years that ended up being merged, but I have only earnt this achievement twice? |
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See this discussion here, discussions/18156, it was clarified there. 👍 |
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I just got to know about it!! |
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It goes from your 2nd PR to the 16th, 128th, 1024th PR, and so on. I've got 3x on mine for instance at my 128th PR. |
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https://github.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements |
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Please someone share a photo of what the achievement looks like thanks |
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I'll like it as long as it doesn't initiate spammy pull requests. |
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people are going to spam it more than ever |
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someone please share a screenshot of what the achievements are going to look like |
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Awesome achievements! 🤩🖤🌟🖖🏻I would like to invite whoever reads this to know my profile and this project - which is very cool and simple -.Check it out! If you like, please give your star, dude:https://github.com/Guedesou/CRUD-Social-Media-Basic
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You already have my contribution, can you give me one? |
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Absolutly, bro! Count on me! Always! Together we are better.
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Doubleyou tee eff. Please stop this nonsense, or at least give me the option to remove this crap from my profile... Getting a PR merged is my job, not an achievement. |
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also, really cute for a company being in bed with ICE |
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That's not at all put in a very inconvenient place. Thanks for the info though. |
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Again, achiements feels so much like the wrong word for this. |
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Nice job guys 🎉It'll be wonderful if users can track the progress of their achievements |
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That's not a bad idea though, even discord launched its achievements for a few days and it was kind of fun, support the idea |
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I need a star on my repo. So if you give me a star, I will do it too. |
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Done
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I need a star on my repo. So if you give me a star, I will do it too.
https://github.com/WHAHA-HA/spring-boot-react-ecommerce
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I dislike the idea. We already have all the incentive we need to do good programming work. Creating bug reports, pull requests, forks, etc. are all done with a goal in mind. We don't need an added incentive. And by creating a new incentive, you create a false reason to do these things which risks creating useless busy-work. It may boost 'engagement', it isn't helpful or productive. In addition to that, don't want the visual noise and rubbish notifications associated with these 'achievements'. |
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His speech shows a lack of empathy and knowledge of gamification and also of online communities. For a developer, gamified content and rewards are always cool. So it is in StackOverFlow, HackerRank. Please stop pouring hate and lack of expectations into things you didn't help build and don't even want to participate in. |
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Hey man, I said that I dislike the idea; and I explained why I dislike it. You have responded by insulting me, accusing me of lacking empathy and spreading hate. I put to you that you are the one spreading hate. You've attacked me without cause. It is possible to disagree with someone without personal attacks and insults. So please, back off. |
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Poor boy. |
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lmao |
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Gooood Idea! |
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latest update, you can now pick what you want to hide, unlike in the past, it was all or nothing go to Achievements Tab, click the
or this URL, it's same thing https://github.com/[username]?tab=achievements you should be seeing like this
then, click any badge, hover left then you should be seeing like this
then boom ... you now have the option to hide those badges that you want to hide |
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such a gleaming ray of positivity. I could imagine this behavior stems
from underlying issues and if anything feel compassion for those who once
crossed paths with this kind of degradation and felt less then human. What
is the goal or what is the expected outcome treating people in this manner
?
It says a lot about somebody who purposefully joins a conversation in which
they have nothing meaningful to add, only to intentionally deliver hurtful
banter with horrible punctuation and sentence structure.
What is the purpose of asking questions these questions that :
1) are nonsensical
2) are incomplete
3) accomplish nothing but to actually be that "whiny" individual you were
crying about
Are you expecting a Braveheart scenario in which you chant this
negativity from your high horse to rile the people and wage some kind of
war against the sins of those who dare to display their achievement badges?
Bringing wrath upon those who have such sinful badges because perhaps, you
yourself are upset due to the fact you were unable to acquire a badge of
your own and are now on a crusade of hate to make everyone miserable.
Next ....We set fire to diplomas, certifications then those dreadful birth
certificates that are rarely used and we must hold our entire lives!
Here are the answers to the questions you asked:
1) *Who cares ahout badges?*
Assuming you meant to spell "about" and caring, as in " it's ok to
receive acknowledgement for achieving proficiency when developing skills. "
then I must say I have no problem with that. I assume you can read the
English language. Therefore, you could do your own research and scroll
through this discussion and see others that are ok with receiving badges as
well.
2) * Is somebody trying to "collect them all"? *
I would think that might be the goal for some, yes.
3) *What are they, Pokémons?*
No, they are not cards nor a game where you seek out virtual characters, in
a real world environment.
4) *You didn't get a badge?*
Yes, I did.
FYI
If your handle matches your Github account, you chose to display your
badges on your account.
5) *What's the big deal?*
I think *you* would be the person to answer such a question.
You may be too busy thinking about teenagers urinating in some sick contest
I have never heard of and find utterly disgusting.
Don't be the problem, be the solution, if you wish to ban giving accolades
to those who accomplish their goals.
What ingenious ideas have you brought fwd to combat this?
Im sure your ideas are welcome to find another way to say, " Good job! "
or maybe humans shouldn't appreciate anyone for anything.
As I am sure you refuse any bonus compensation from your employer and never
received a trophy in your life.
Don't be so angry about something that does not have any impact on your
quality of life.
Do something nice for others without expecting something in return, see if
you can make somebody smile who
may have something hurting them inside, assure others that they are not
alone and do have people who care about them,
or just smile at someone when out in public and see how contagious it is.
Let people know they are appreciated and help push them
forward, towards success.
Not everything will be beautiful to you, as we all are different. It won't
hurt you in any way to stay silent and not ruin it for those who do.
I promise.
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Who cares ahout badges? Is somebody trying to "collect them all"? What are
they, Pokémons? You've got a badge, nice, laugh at it and move on with your
life. You didn't get a badge? Whatever; somebody else didn't either. What's
the big deal? Why is this becoming a pissing contest of whiny teenagers who
care too much about completely unimportant things?
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Announcing achievements can be overwhelming if there are too many of them. It's important to strike a balance and consider the impact on the recipient and others involved. While celebrating accomplishments is valuable, excessive announcements may dilute the significance of individual achievements or create a sense of competition. To address this concern, it's recommended to:
By taking these considerations into account, you can create a balanced approach to announcing achievements, ensuring that recognition is meaningful, inclusive, and doesn't overwhelm recipients or create a sense of pressure. |
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I need the Galaxy Brain achievement😊 |
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Because of an influx of users creating low quality, nonsensical or spam posts in the Community with the aim of earning certain Achievements, we’ve made the difficult decision to disable the ability to earn Achievements in our Community. Note that this change does not affect your ability to earn achievements in other projects and communities across GitHub. This change only applies to GitHub’s Community Discussions. You can learn more about this decision in our announcement post here Achievements will no longer be available in the Community. Let us know if you have any other questions 🚀 |
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Yes boss
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Looking for lunch in UK i nearly find Harvest can order online via using
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and others
Because of an influx of users creating low quality, nonsensical or spam posts in the Community with the aim of earning certain Achievements, we’ve made the difficult decision to disable the ability to earn Achievements in our Community.
Note that this change does not affect your ability to earn achievements in other projects and communities across GitHub. This change only applies to GitHub’s Community Discussions.
You can learn more about this decision in our announcement post here Achievements will no longer be available in the Community.
Let us know if you have any other questions 🚀