# Does anybody know what cheers are?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-anybody-know-what-cheers-are/402615
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 10, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-anybody-know-what-cheers-are/402615 "2026-05-10T23:20:46Z")
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-anybody-know-what-cheers-are/402615/2 "2026-05-10T23:26:55Z")

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there are many topics about this. please use search before posting support questions

> [@What is a cheer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-a-cheer/235686):
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> I don’t know what a cheer is. The fourm that I am usually on does not have this feature. Is it an alternative version of a like? I think it is related to a view.

> [@What are Discourse "Cheers" supposed to be?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867):
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> I understand what “Solutions” are, but I’ve never seen “Cheers” before. Can somebody please explain to me what they are?

> [@Whats a cheer and how do you enable it?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-a-cheer-and-how-do-you-enable-it/295988):
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and this is the topic about gamification

> [@Discourse Gamification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-gamification/225916):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Gamification adds customizable scoring (karma, kudos, points) and leaderboards to your instance.open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately.test_tubeDemo [Leaderboard](https://meta.discourse.org/leaderboard/1)Features While Discourse ships, out of the box, with gamification features (badges, trust levels) some communities want to take it to another level. That’s where [GitHub - discourse/discou…](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-gamification)

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