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About: Community Ranks

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What does it mean to be a Jogger, Hill Runner, or 5K Racer anyway?
Your rank is an indication of your involvement in the Fitbit Community. If you continually visit the forums, your rank will change to reflect the time you've spent here. By posting and contributing to discussions, you may progress even further through the rank structure and unlock additional account priveleges. 

 

Your Rank title is displayed beneath your profile picture and Community name. 

 

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List of ranks in the Fitbit Community

 

First Steps
Stepping Up
Keeping Pace
Walker
Powerwalker
Distance Walker
Tireless Walker
World Walker
 
 
Jogger
Recovery Runner
Base Runner
Runner
Strider
Tempo Runner
Hill Runner
Sprinter
Progression Runner
Pace Setter
Distance Runner
Interval Runner
Cross-Country Runner
Veteran Runner
5K Racer
10K Racer
Marathon Racer
Ultramarathon Racer
VIP 

 

What determines my rank?

Post count is not the only factor that is included in the rank formula--that would be too simple! In addition to creating content for the Community, you get points when your answers are voted up or accepted as solutions. Voting for other helpful posts and being the first to respond to other member's questions can bring you even closer to achieving your next rank.

 

How can I rank up?

The easiest way to rank up is to visit often and add value where you can. The rank structure was developed to compliment the wide variety of ways you can engage with your fellow Fitbitters. As a community member, you can vote for the posts you find helpful, post new questions and then identify and approve the solution that helped you most (these are called Accepted Solutions). You can also comment on feature suggestions and start new discussions around topics of interest. It's a combination of these activities that will help you to achieve the next rank. 

 

Hint: Scroll to the bottom of any community board and click through to posts in the Unanswered Topics section to help new members, rack up more points, and earn yourself a place on the Most Helpful Authors leaderboard!

 

 

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I skipped a rank, is this normal?
Ranking formulas are calculated using Boolean logic. Your journey through the rank system might not be as straightforward as Jogger > Recovery Runner > Base Runner. You could actually skip from Jogger all the way to Strider if the conditions were right. For example, if you started off taking your First Steps and then posted 10 times, but didn’t receive any votes on those 10 posts until 100 days later, by which time you had posted 20 more times and received 5 Accepted Solutions, you might jump ahead to becoming a Strider even though you’d have skipped a good 3 ranks in the process. 

 

I don't identify as a runner at all, can I opt out or customize my rank title?

Community ranks are designed as a lighthearted way to encourage engagement and offer other members a little extra insight into your participation here. They are not linked to any individual preference or setting, and it's not possible to opt-out. 

 

Community ranks and reputation

While ranks can give you a general understanding of how much expertise another member has and how engaged they are in the community, the best way to get to know fellow community members is by striking up a conversation with them! You can also learn more about the other members here by visiting their profile page (to view another member's profile page, click on their community username).

 

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Let us know your favorite rank name in the comments below. If you have a suggestion for another rank title that fits with the walking/running metaphor these are based off of, shout it out!

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Thanks, didn't know anything like this existed!!

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Yes. The forum is great.
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Thanks for this! This is my first time here and I noticed walker and runner under some names and I just thought that was their exercise thing. Now I know haha.

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Apparently I'm a "Recovery Runner" - TBH that sounds a bit insulting.

Posting on a forum has nothing to do with my ability to run or anything (something I actually have great difficulty with due to a broken back). I'm not massivly pleased to see this under my name.

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It is not personal. It rates your ranking on how many times you make
comments on the forum. Don't be offended. They just rank you on how many
times you submit something on the forum.
Enjoy whatever you are doing...and do what you can. It is not a race to see
what you have done. The important thing to remember is to keep moving.
Geo2014
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Well I have moved up the ranks. Didn't even know about them in the first instance lol
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This is a great idea!
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It definitely is an encouragement to keep the community engaged 🙂
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Ah this is great I didn't realise they had this.. better start contributing then!

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What is the purpose and benefit of these messages?
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Cool neat idea
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Thanks for the post. That clarifies what those titles mean and why it matters. Fun names!
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@mcalliej hey there!

 

As @QueenM mentioned, this is a fun little way of encouraging users to participate in the Community more often! There's so much information on the Community, and as such, there's plenty of opportunity for engagement, questions, comments, etc. Hope to see you around more often Robot wink

Community Moderator - English/EspañolEmerson | Community Moderator - English/Español

I run all over SF. What's your story?

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I like it also
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That's great. Thanks for clearing it up. Something else the strive for 😄
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How do I create a new discussion like smart phone compatibility listing or discussions?

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To kirk8506
In answer to your question, I would believe you would have to go to a cell
phone forum. This forum discussion is for Fitbit devices and /or comments
that Fitbit users make.

Hope this answers your question.
>From Geo2014
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@Kirk8506 Go to the discussion/help board you want. (From your dashboard, go to the dropdown menu under Community and choose discussion or help). Once you see the list of boards, click on the one you want to post in. You will see all the posted topics in that board. At the top of that screen, there will be a box to search to see if anyone has already answered your question. Between that search window and the list of topics is a little button that says "new topic". You can click on that to start you new thread and ask your question. 


@Kirk8506 wrote:

How do I create a new discussion like smart phone compatibility listing or discussions?


 

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Thank you. I check it out

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Hi, and thank you so much for the information on community rankings. I'm a fairly new Fitbit Flex owner and stumble on here because I had a question. I didn't even know about the rankings, but what a great way to encourage sharing among Fitbitters! I hope I'm able to help someone out soon! HAVE AN ACTIVE DAY!!! 👟😅
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