Are you Addicted !? [Andy's August A-themed threAd]

Andy - PTC Redundant

 

In the spirit of the August ChAllenge I cAme up with quite An Awesome A-theme threAd… “Are you Addicted? (to AtlAssiAn Community)

[Sorry... I’ll stop with all the ‘A’s now. Promise 😉]

When I first started coming on to Atlassian Community it was just to review Q&A's on relevant subjects... I got my level 1 badge, and that was fine and life continued on like this for a few more months.

But then I had to ask my own question... and started liking, and started watching... and before I knew it: Level 2.

So I went to my profile: HEY! I thought... what are ALL these badges? And why don't I have that orange 'hello' one?

So off again to the search engine and type "How to get Welcome badge?". Then I stumble on Monique's 'How To' post and off I go... watching collections... coming to community every day.... and not before long, I had it! Success!

But for me it has now gone beyond badge addiction!

Joining relevant groups, answering questions to help others (Sharing Is Caring), and participating in key discussions to help further my own knowledge, have now become daily life for me here on the community.

I love it, it's awesome, and there's a lot of cool discussions going on here! Overall it really helps me master Atlassian, which ultimately helps me manage my projects more efficiently and effectively than ever before - all whilst having fun and interacting with cool like-minded people.

So.... a question to the Community:

Are you Addicted...!?

Why do you come to Atlassian Community? Are you here daily? Are you lost in JIRA? Do you want to help others learn? Are you here just for fun? Maybe those awesome badges?What do you like about it? What could be better? Any improvements to be made?

Don't forget: #ShAringIsCAring, so let everyone know!

[Guess I lied about the 'A's statement above... do forgive me! It's Addictive]

 

 

Jack Brickey

Great theme Andy and love the photoshop work! 

I admit I’m addicted. I peruse open and answered questions in the morning with coffee, occasionally during the day and then again in the evening as I wind down.

I came to the Community (then Atlassian Answers) looking for answers when I first began using Jira. It was some time before I rearly appreciated what the Community was - a group of users, Atlassian’s and Partners working together to make one of the best user forums I have ever been associated with.

In the early years I would contribute answers every so often but things changed when I began using JSD. It was a new learning experience for me and there weren’t many experts in the Community at the time so I had to dig in and figure things out. This is really where the addiction all began. I began helping others as I was learning. I even answered my own questions sometimes. This is really where I began to notice there were badges and lozenges. Sure I saw them before but never gave them a second thought.

When one day I received an email from Monique asking if I wanted to join as a Community Champion I was intrigued to say the least. I didn’t really consider it was an actual group that worked this closely together, much less one supported so openly by Atlassian. I just assumed it was a badge you earned after so many thousand accepted answers. I have since learned how naive I was.

I blame my addiction on other Community Champions that were there for me, all the users that would @mention me in threads asking follow up questions and ultimately Monique and the Champions that voted me onto the island.

Cheers to the Community!