# Nice Sharing is Caring **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [May 3, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255 "2021-05-03T00:05:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/1 "2021-05-03T00:05:03Z")
Ok, got some questions about this, the ‘Nice Share’ badge: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51154716529_2675788a45_b.jpg "2021-05-02\_06-48-54") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51154716529/) I send out a _lot_ of links to my SDMB musings, from Twitter to texts to emails to NextDoor to LinkedIn to… like I said, I promote my work and the SDMB a fair amount, especially my OP’s. This one tweet (tweet activity shown) in the past couple of hours got 18 clicks to my OP, for example: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51154167598_9fa0284739_b.jpg "SDMB tweet") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51154167598/) I get the NS badge sometimes, I just got it again, and I have some questions: 1. How does this work? Is this 25 clicks from ONE link or 25 clicks from DIFFERENT links or other? Do you capture all these links, including links from SMS activity? 2. What if @codinghorror shares my OP on their FB page and that gets 25 clicks… do either I or CH get a badge? Both? 3. Is there any way I can see who is clicking on my links, or at least _which_ of the links is drawing attention? It’s nice to earn this badge, but I don’t know if it’s my Twitter promotion, my texts, NextDoor, whatever… I would definitely be interested in that info. Thanks for the ‘new’ site, I truly appreciate it. (For some reason, if you want to go to the tweet above: > ) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/2 "2021-05-03T14:34:40Z")
When posted, the above tweet had brought 18 people to the board. Overnight it broke 25, the level to earn another ‘nice share’ badge. However, I didn’t get another badge. Curiouser and curiouser. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/3 "2021-05-03T16:49:08Z")
NICE SHARE BADGE CASH VALUE = 1/20 CENT (Discourse made me add this extra sentence) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/4 "2021-05-03T22:30:54Z")
If you look at the link itself, the URL contains your name as a parameter. That is how new visits to the site are credited to you and not **codinghorror**. His links have his own username on the end. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/5 "2021-05-03T22:38:58Z")
Ahhhhh… so you’re saying that ‘johnt’ at the end of the URL is what is being tracked? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/6 "2021-05-03T22:58:52Z")
Basically, yeah. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/7 "2021-05-05T18:55:28Z")
So, am apparently the only person to receive one of these, so to your point, Max, it does seem to tag off the URL and to the question I asked, it appears that it’s cumulative across all shares: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51160163678_3af0f879e8_b.jpg "Good share sdmb") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51160163678/) I know in the pre-switchover era I had a single Twitter link bring in 400+ visitors, so it’s not a record… yet. And, for those wondering, next (and last) level is ‘Great Share’, for 1,000 outside visitors brought to the SDMB via sharing the same post. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/8 "2021-05-09T05:50:56Z")
It’s visitors from different IP addresses. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/9 "2021-05-10T21:04:50Z")
Check it out, @codinghorror: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51171067318_98cd6cdc9b_b.jpg "2021-05-10\_04-02-16") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51171067318/) Questions: 1. Can conversions be tracked? Is there any way to see how many of these 1,000+ visitors actually registered? 2. If so, what’s the number? Thanks, JT ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/10 "2021-05-11T02:57:35Z")
So, When I’ve removed my name from the links I’ve shared, i am missing out my chance at this badge. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/11 "2021-05-11T11:32:37Z")
The problem is, I would never want to share a URL that included my username in it, linking my identities on two different websites. The last thing I want is for someone who gets mad at me on one site to be able to follow me here. Heck, even the reverse would be possible. Granted, it’s not like I share links from here much anyway. But I did find it odd that Discourse puts your username in the clear. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/12 "2021-05-11T11:40:37Z")
Lol, not a big deal with me, man. I first got doxxed in 1991, internet anonymity is just a lie we tell ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/13 "2021-05-14T01:20:17Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Is there any way to see how many of these 1,000+ visitors actually registered? No, but the invite system does attach invitees to your account, if you send out explicit invites. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > When I’ve removed my name from the links I’ve shared, i am missing out my chance at this badge. Hmmm. Yes, that is true. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/14 "2021-05-14T03:30:03Z")
I’m okay with that. I don’t want to link my various accounts across different groups. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/15 "2021-05-18T14:11:51Z")
Just going to quote something I wrote in another thread about a year ago, about that one tweet got 427 visitors here, because it’s just as true now as it was then (I wrote this pre-switchover): > [@](#): > > Guys and gals, social media is, at its heart, _media_ . The SDMB needs to be promoted, widely, on these massive networks if it is to survive, and we have… despite the board issues… a very engaging base and high-quality discussions on thousands of topics. If we could, maybe, once a week get on our FB or Twitter accounts and say “hey, we’re discussing this at the SDMB and there are nuances in this topic which can’t be covered in a single FB post… here’s a link”… that will do more, far more, for this Boards long term viability than, say, increasing the monetization of the current members. (Which also needs to be done, but that’s not what this thread is about.) / off my soapbox ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/16 "2021-05-19T17:20:02Z")
👆 every site needs a regular infusion of new, interesting contributors to survive. And hopefully the new(ish) software helps, as it keeps pace with the functionality from big social media sites that people expect! So yeah. Invite the cool people to join us! 🕶 Speaking of, we just released a new version, here’s some of the new functionality: > **[Discourse 2.7 Released!](https://blog.discourse.org/2021/05/discourse-2-7-released/)** > > Today we release Discourse 2.7, building on Discourse 2.6 from last November. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-sharing-is-caring/941255/17 "2021-05-29T02:03:05Z")
Got another one of these. I think, given the extended weekend combined w/ the news of the Republicans continuing the coup, I could probably whip and drive this to a 1,000 shares by Monday evening… but I have other plans, sorry. 🤫 [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51210687015_6f7df1e3d4_b.jpg "2021-05-28\_09-00-45") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51210687015/)