Top Contributors leaderboard is displayed in the category lists

Contribute UX

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Users are discussing the placement of the Top Contributors leaderboard in category lists, noting that its current display within categories may misleadingly suggest it represents category-specific rankings rather than global ones. JammyDodger and sbrawley suggest limiting the leaderboard to main pages to avoid confusion, or alternatively, dynamically switching it to show category-specific rankings when users are browsing within a category. heo expresses enthusiasm for the latter idea, calling a category-specific leaderboard an interesting enhancement. The consensus leans toward improving clarity and user perception by adjusting where or how the leaderboard is displayed.

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Is it expected that the top contributors shows up inside categories?

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I’ve just installed this theme component to test it out, and I think having the global leaderboard appear on the category pages does make it seem like it’s a leaderboard for that category. It may be an idea to have it only on the main pages so as not to give that impression. :thinking:

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I agree with this, and I’ve definitely received questions and feedback from my site’s users who are getting the same impression.

As already suggested, it might be good to limit where it’s displayed to only the main pages and not within categories. OR have it so it’s a global leaderboard on main pages and it shifts to a category leaderboard when within a category. Either way would be an improvement to top contributors.

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I love this idea - a category-specific leaderboard would be an interesting option!

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