Question

Veterans...

Answer 1

The people whose been here for more than 5-6 months are to me consider veteran on the site...With that said we all know pretty much how everything goes around here. The trolls, the helpers, the Mods, the bugs, etc.

Answer 2

I've only been here for a month o_O

Answer 3

I still don't understand the mods XD

Answer 4

Mm!! Some explanation needs to be going on in here.

Answer 5

@PaulaLovesSchool13 what do you not understand? What mods do? Or....wut..

Answer 6

Now by saying this i feel as thought it is up to us Veterans to really step up and make this site ours! Show all the newcomers that this is our house. What the points of all this? I feel as though as a society we aren't really taking this site to its limits. I believe its time for us to stop asking for change, but demanding it.

Answer 7

Yes, what do the mods do? What ambassadors?! How do you become a mathlete? How do I subscribe to OS? When did OS start? What year did it begin?

Answer 8

I am trying this with OSSF :)
I took action before i actually voiced this opinion.

Answer 9

See, I am still a newbie 0_0

Answer 10

Ok. Mods, are the ones that give out warnings and suspensions.(if no mistaking)

Answer 11

That's ALL they do?

Answer 12

Wow, they must be tired of doing that all the time..... o_o

Answer 13

......

Answer 14

There have been many people on the site who have been here for awhile, collected a bunch of medals, answer a bunch of questions, and gained smart score 80+. But take the time to ask yourself what did you really accomplished? You made lots of friends here and there, youve probably without realizing sharpened your skills without even realizing it. But when you look back what will you take from all this. (Conclusion in the next post)

Answer 15

"Life moves on."

I didn't know that sir -_-

Answer 16

500......500...500 MEDALS OMG O_O

Answer 17

The last 3 questions........Not sure...Maybe Undead, knows?

Answer 18

Wait what are we answering now O.O

Answer 19

Well I am still a newbie so know I fell like a dumb user here -_-

Answer 20

feel*

Answer 21

Openstudy is probably among the biggest study site the internet world has, users here should be able to take something out of this site, rather than receive medals (that wont really mean anything), You should be able to show a college that you were apart of Openstudy and got a smartscore of 80,85+, and by the college seeing that, that SHOULD contribute to you getting in. Does it now? No, if your show a college you were apart of OS, they'll most likely downplay that would convo. The main point of this post was to see if this site could actually take you somewhere, take you to higher standards.

All feedback, solutions, etc would be much appreciated.

Answer 22

......

Answer 23

no response

Answer 24

you can get a recommendation letter by openstudy for college through the Ambassador program
helping on OpenStudy does count as volunteering
you can get a certificate for being a subscriber
and other certificating had been discussed before

Answer 25

Nice to know, but I sill need to crack out of my shell and start helping out.

Answer 26

Sadly, I am pretty dumb and don't much about this site still :/

Answer 27

Paula, to tell u the truth, I really can't answer it for you! I've never had these kind of questions before. Never thought about them either.

Answer 28

No one is dumb they are just learning :)
You cant look at person and say he is dumb because he is new to fishing...Time is the best way to grow :)

Answer 29

@PaulaLovesSchool13 don't worry, there are surely things you will be able to help people with, we have all sorts of people here on openstudy ^_^

Answer 30

@sleepyhead314 @undeadknight26 I have no response, sorry

But thanks :)

Answer 31

@sleepyhead314 What about the people who achieve a high smartscore and CANT become an Ambassador. the thing im getting out of all this is that if you don't pay/subscribe anything, this site wont help you.

Answer 32

If your just an average user you cant accomplish anything but, medals, trophies, and a number next to the words smartscore.

Answer 33

"This site won't help you."

Who helped get a 99 on my history test? Who helped me with my math problems? Who helped me learn about this site?
OS did

Answer 34

I have no idea where I have been without this site. It helped me a lot.

Answer 35

And...why are WE fighting first of all?

Answer 36

@PaulaLovesSchool13 wont help you as a "teacher" not the student.

Answer 37

...?

Answer 38

What? I am shocked. Why are you here if this site doesn't help you sir?

Answer 39

One of the beginning intentions of OpenStudy is to reflect your soft skills (problem solving, teamwork, engagement) and be applicable to real life applications

as I was saying before, admins/mods/behind-the-scenes people have indeed been discussing ways to give certificates to people who have contributed a great deal to OpenStudy

Answer 40

I joined for help, not for some freaking trophy

Answer 41

Ambassadors are the ones that welcome try to avoid arguments and they also the ones that give out suspension. Mathlete: In math, you have to recieve 500 medals in order to be a Mathlete. Now, that's only in math. The minimum for all subjects, is 50 medals. U unlock titles once you get to that many medals.

Answer 42

And to help others :)

Answer 43

@YanaSidlinskiy You already told me, why are you saying it again?

Answer 44

My badxD.Sorry..

Answer 45

lol XD

Answer 46

If your here to learn this site will help you greatly, but if your here to help others and archive a high smartscore for a school to look at they wont really help/give a "certificate" if you don't pay...

Answer 47

Noticed that this went totally the other way around:) It was supposed to be about Veterans but....went..

Answer 48

they are/have been looking into a way for people to get certificates for helping on openstudy @Night-Watcher

Answer 49

@yanasidlinskiy Lol, true.

@sleepyhead314 Cool, that's what i wanted to find out.

Answer 50

Alright *students* stop fighting and keep doing your work :)

Answer 51

I feel as though this has gone on long enough...

Answer 52

Yes

Answer 53

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGImopr5vw4
having OpenStudy be applicable to the real world has been part of what OpenStudy is since the beginning
there are a few more things to fix on this site (mod tools, orange wars, etc) before they can work on certificate things I think

Answer 54

Thank you for all the feedback. This post has officially come to a close.

Answer 55

@Night-Watcher yeah yeah old post... guess what I found yesterday? :P
and this is why you should keep on top of OpenStudy's blog and news ;)
http://blog.openstudy.com/2014/09/12/need-community-service-hours/
I believe this is what you wanted ^_^

Answer 56

Haha, thanks @sleepyhead314