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? asked in Yahoo ProductsOther - Yahoo Products · 9 years ago

Hey Yahoo what happened to my Top Contributor status?

There is nothing to add. I was once shown as a top contributor what happened to this status? I have answered hundreds of dog questions and received hundreds of BEST ANSWERS. If I am not mistaken I believe that I have over a 4,000 score. I have saved all the best answers I have received over the years if you want to see them. Care to comment on that?

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    It's all about your recent activity.

    According to Y!A : "A "Top Contributor" is a member of the Yahoo Answers community who has shown that they are knowledgeable in a certain category. Each user can be a top contributor in a maximum three categories. You earn it or lose it depending on your recent participation in a certain section. The more positively you contribute, the more chance there is that you will get a TC badge. Just like featured users or category leaders, it's another way to give credit to community members."

    Y!A has never said what the precise requirements are. It's commonly accepted that you need to answer a lot of questions (50?, 100?, who knows...) in a category and get Best Answers on a certain percent of them (probably 10-15%) each week.

    TC badges are based on your recent activity, not your level or total points, how long you've been here or your overall BA %.

    :o)

  • 9 years ago

    So sorry Everett,you have to remain active in your particular section(which I think is the dog section as I've seen you there before)in order to remain a Top Contributor.I've lost mine quite a few times from taking breaks or getting to busy with life to be on here,you also have to get quite a few BA's in your section before they'll award it back to you.

    Good luck,best wishes and have yourself a good night!

  • Erika
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    i do not imagine protecting your appropriate solutions above 20% has something to do with it because i'm purely at 15%, although, very last time i finished answering interior the dogs section for a lengthy time period and went to different sections to respond to and that i lost my status too. as long as you shop answering interior the dogs section then it shouldn't disappear. no longer too effective about that.

  • 9 years ago

    You fell below 10 percent of Best Answers...

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Yahoo give's, yahoo steal's. Eric.

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