# What are Discourse "Cheers" supposed to be?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 10, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867 "2022-04-10T23:28:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author: ![Decorbuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/decorbuz/32/235124_2.png) [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/1 "2022-04-10T23:28:49Z")

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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?

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/c/9/0c95433272274a6ad90eda4d5452846a97b68ac1.png)

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### Author: ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/2 "2022-04-11T00:57:30Z")

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

Stay tuned to #Customization > Plugin for details in the future.

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### Author: ![Decorbuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/decorbuz/32/235124_2.png) [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/3 "2022-04-11T01:16:28Z")

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> [@justin](#):
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> Good catch! It’s a Discourse gamification plugin we’re currently developing…

Is it supposed to be visible right now?

> [@justin](#):
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> Stay tuned to #Customization > Plugin for details in the future.

Okay, I’ll keep my eyes peeled! :eyes:

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### Author: ![not-ethan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/not-ethan/32/282617_2.png) [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/4 "2022-04-11T01:24:14Z")

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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.

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### Author: ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/5 "2022-04-11T01:24:46Z")

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> [@Decorbuz](#):
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> Is it supposed to be visible right now?

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

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### Author: ![Decorbuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/decorbuz/32/235124_2.png) [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/6 "2022-04-11T01:25:16Z")

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> [@justin](#):
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> looks like we’re testing it here on Meta.

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

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/7 "2022-04-12T00:37:10Z")

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> [@Decorbuz](#):
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> I thought you folks had a dedicated testing site.

yeah that’s usually Meta :wink:

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### Author: ![Decorbuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/decorbuz/32/235124_2.png) [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/8 "2022-04-12T14:30:10Z")

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Does that make us your guinea pigs? :wink:

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### Author: ![not-ethan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/not-ethan/32/282617_2.png) [@not-ethan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/not-ethan)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/9 "2022-04-12T15:04:29Z")

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I think. I wish we were test persons thought.

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/10 "2022-05-02T19:38:40Z")

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See [Discourse Gamification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-gamification/225916)

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-discourse-cheers-supposed-to-be/223867/11 "2022-05-02T19:38:43Z")

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