What are Discourse "Cheers" supposed to be?

[Decorbuz]

I understand what “Solutions” are, but I’ve never seen “Cheers” before. Can somebody please explain to me what they are?

[justin (Justin DiRose)]

Good catch! It’s a Discourse gamification plugin we’re currently developing…

Stay tuned to #plugin for details in the future.

[Decorbuz]

@justin

Good catch! It’s a Discourse gamification plugin we’re currently developing…

Is it supposed to be visible right now?

@justin

Stay tuned to #plugin for details in the future.

Okay, I’ll keep my eyes peeled!

[not-ethan (Ethan)]

I noticed a like a week ago but never made a topic. I wonder what is will be used for and/or how you gain them.

[justin (Justin DiRose)]

@Decorbuz

Is it supposed to be visible right now?

Yeah - looks like we’re testing it here on Meta.

[Decorbuz]

@justin

looks like we’re testing it here on Meta.

Oh, that’s interesting. I thought you folks had a dedicated testing site.

[awesomerobot (Kris)]

@Decorbuz

I thought you folks had a dedicated testing site.

yeah that’s usually Meta

[Decorbuz]

Does that make us your guinea pigs?

[not-ethan (Ethan)]

I think. I wish we were test persons thought.

[Falco]

See Discourse Gamification