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Gamify Your Community

Reward community contributions and engagement

Reward contributions, recognize top members, and drive participation with points, badges, and community leaderboards. Turn lurkers into active contributors and contributors into leaders.

Community Board

Weekly discussion postedContributor
Helped 5 membersHelper
30-day active streakRegular

Top Members

1
Sarah L.2,840
2
Mike R.2,310
3
You1,950
4
Dana K.1,720

Active

1,247

Posts/day

86

Badges

24

The Problem

Why online communities struggle with engagement

Most community members lurk. Without recognition and progression, participation stays flat.

The 90-9-1 rule persists: 90% of community members lurk, 9% contribute occasionally, and only 1% are highly active.
Top contributors burn out when their efforts go unrecognized, taking irreplaceable domain knowledge with them when they leave.
New members feel intimidated by established community dynamics and never make their first post or contribution.
Community managers spend hours on manual recognition and moderation with no scalable system for tracking contributions.
Without measurable engagement data, community teams cannot justify budget or prove the business value of their community.
Program design

How Bricqs solves it

Built-in capabilities that make community participation successful.

01

Contribution Points System

Award points for posts, replies, helpful answers, content creation, and event attendance. Different contribution types earn different point values, reflecting their actual value to the community.

Active contributors increase from 9% to 28% of total community membership
02

Recognition Badges and Roles

Automatically award badges for milestone contributions: first post, 100 replies, top helper of the month. Badge holders get visible flair and can unlock moderator tools or exclusive channels.

Badge-earning members are 5.2x more likely to remain active after 6 months
03

Community Leaderboards

Monthly and all-time leaderboards showcase top contributors. Category-specific boards (best helper, most creative, most welcoming) distribute recognition across different contribution styles.

25% of previously inactive members make their first contribution after seeing the leaderboard
04

New Member Missions

Guided first-week missions help new members introduce themselves, make their first post, reply to a thread, and attend an event. Completing the welcome mission earns a badge and a warm welcome from the community.

New member 30-day retention increases from 15% to 52% with onboarding missions

Three steps to launch

From setup to live engagement in minutes.

01

Connect

Integrate with your community platform via webhooks or API.

Actions in Discord, Discourse, Slack, or your custom forum trigger point awards in Bricqs automatically.

02

Engage

Community members see their points, badges, and leaderboard rank through an embedded widget or linked profile page.

Weekly challenges and themed events provide fresh engagement targets.

03

Recognize

Top contributors are highlighted in monthly spotlights, earn exclusive rewards, and unlock privileges like moderator tools or early access to features.

Example scenarios

How teams use community participation

Gaming

Gaming Community Engagement

A game developer rewards players for forum posts, bug reports, fan art, and helping new players. Top contributors earn in-game items, beta access, and community moderator roles.

01

Contributions

Map forum posts, guides, and streams to points

Point Values

Forum post+10
Strategy guide+50
Stream highlight+30

6 activity types configured

02

Badge Tiers

Unlock badges for contribution milestones

Badges

Rookie10 posts
Veteran50 posts
Legend200 posts

12 badges total

03

Leaderboard

Weekly and all-time contributor rankings

This Week

#1 DragonSlayer1,240
#2 NovaStrike980
#5 You610

342

active

W/M

periods

04

Challenges

Time-limited events to boost activity

Active Challenge

Guide Writing Week

Write 3 strategy guides in 7 days

2/3
3 days left
05

Mod Promotion

Top contributors auto-qualify for mod roles

Tier Achieved

Moderator

Community leadership role

Lifetime points8,420
Guides written24

Key Capabilities

In-game item reward integrationBeta access unlock for top helpersModerator role auto-promotion
Use this section to understand the kinds of programs teams launch with this use case.
Platform Features

Everything you need for community participation

Purpose-built tools that make launching and scaling community participation simple.

Configurable contribution point values
Automatic badge awards on milestones
Monthly and all-time leaderboards
New member onboarding missions
Integration with Discord, Slack, and Discourse
Community challenge and event creation
Embeddable profile and leaderboard widgets
Contribution analytics and health metrics

Community Board

Weekly discussion postedContributor
Helped 5 membersHelper
30-day active streakRegular

Top Members

1
Sarah L.2,840
2
Mike R.2,310
3
You1,950
4
Dana K.1,720

Active

1,247

Posts/day

86

Badges

24

Frequently asked questions

Can community gamification work with our existing forum or Discord server?

Yes. Bricqs integrates with popular community platforms via webhooks and bots. Actions in Discord (messages, reactions, voice participation) and forums (posts, replies, likes) can trigger point awards automatically without requiring members to use a separate platform.

How do you prevent gamification from encouraging low-quality contributions?

Point values can be weighted by contribution quality: a helpful answer marked as accepted earns more than a generic reply. Moderator overrides, community voting, and minimum quality thresholds prevent point farming while rewarding genuine contributions.

Can we use community points for real rewards, not just badges?

Absolutely. Community points can be redeemed for merchandise, product discounts, premium access, event invitations, or custom rewards. You control the redemption catalog and point-to-value ratio.

Why teams don't rebuild this twice

Under the hood, Bricqs runs a production-grade engagement infrastructure — so you don't have to build it.

3xfaster to launch vs custom build
99.9%uptime guarantee
~0engineering hours to maintain
User Action
Spin the Wheel
Runtime
Rules Engine
Fair Play
Reward Ledger
Reward Assigned
Delivered

Is Bricqs for me?

Bricqs is designed for teams running recurring engagement across customers, employees, or communities.

Built for
Teams running recurring engagement systems
Product, marketing, and ops teams
Brands that care about fairness & compliance
Brands running engagement & awareness campaigns
Not ideal for
One-off giveaways
Experimental growth hacks
Infrastructure-first teams building from scratch
Marketing & Growth
Loyalty, referrals, repeat usage
70%Loyalty Level
Brand & Awareness
Engagement campaigns, awareness drives
↑ 340% reach
Retail & E-commerce
Shopper rewards, purchase gamification
4/5 stamps — 1 more to redeem!
Communities
Member participation & retention
#1#2#3
Events & Activations
Live contests, launches, engagement spikes
02HRS:15MIN:30SEC
Employee Engagement
Sales contests, recognition programs
🏆
Learning & L&D
Training gamification & completion
Venues & Hospitality
Trivia, pub quizzes, in-venue engagement
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If engagement matters after day one, you need a system.

Start building your first campaign in minutes. Design, launch, and scale - with rules, rewards, and fairness built in.

3x
Faster than custom build
~30min
Average time to launch
0
Engineering hours needed