Gamified onboarding checklist for new members

Noah Bennett Noah Bennett 3 months ago

A short, gamified checklist for new members — complete your profile, make a post, join three spaces — with a badge at the end. Great for first-session retention.

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One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

This is the answer I wish I had found six months ago. Would have saved me a weekend of trial and error.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.