Seth Godin blogs every day: manton.org

@manton the pins are one of the things that have got me hooked!

@danalcantara Thanks, glad to hear it!

@manton When I joined the platform initially, pins was a great way that got me going. I wrote more, posted more images. I think we need to have more pins though - stricter targets (60/90/365 days etc) should give more interesting pins.

@amit I am trying to work on a form of webmention badges so we can just invent all the pins we want for each other.

@amit I would be a total underachiever. I can’t even get a 30 day pin (though I did something get 25). I write something virtually every day but given social media’s many flaws there are a number of things I wouldn’t post publicly. In general I get an anti-reaction to gamification. So maybe a set of pins that reward regular participation without a daily requirement would be nice. Lots of possibilities along this line.

@ronguest Ha! I'm with you. I've all the pins except the 30 day one. And I don't want to post every day just to get that pin. Some days I post a lot and sometimes not for days or just reply. @amit

@manton Pins? Is this a Halloween thing?

@pratik 30 days is so random

• 25 makes much more sense for the binary/decimal world
• 28 as in 4 weeks also logical

... I mean its only a 1 in 3 chance that 30 days is even a month !

// @amit @ronguest

@JohnPhilpin I never thought of it that way. The 1 in 3 is even more damning. Yup, now I don’t feel bad about missing that pin 😊

@pratik

“We'll routinely add new types of pins”

… @manton

... I guess so long as it is at a ‘regular interval’ it is still routine :-)

// @amit @ronguest

@tmj You can mention "Halloween" in a blog post today to unlock a pin! But the rest are for throughout the year. 🙂

@JohnPhilpin @pratik @amit @ronguest I really thought I'd add more pins by now. I'll have to prioritize adding at least one new one in November.

@manton ... we can’t be gamed … no no no ... pins are not the same thing at all :-)

// @pratik @amit @ronguest

@manton @JohnPhilpin @pratik @amit @ronguest It'd also be useful if there were somewhere where the limited-time pins were detailed.

@jgmac1106 Ah, am curious. I am not sure I understand how that will work!? 🤔

@pratik @ronguest Sure, the 30 day pin was the most difficult one to achieve. But I made it one of my 30 days challenges I keep throwing at myself. It took a lot of planning and a steely resolve - uhh.. are we still talking of the pins? 😬

@JohnPhilpin @pratik lol, 1 in 3 chance - ha! I agree. May be we need a way for regular breaks - hit 5 days in a week for 5 straight weeks and you get a pin 😬

I love ways Fitbit (not sure about Apple) handles pins.

@manton Unlock pins? Like merit badges? I guess I should read the docs, haven’t noticed such things before. Are they a new addition?

@tmj Yep, there's a link at the top of the Account screen on the web. I'm not sure they are actually documented excepted in some of my blog posts.

@soypunk Okay, I guessed at the URL and found it but there's no obvious link on my Account page to get to them.

@amit neither do I but I am always gonna give it a try: github.com/jgmac1106... may try first using a Known Idno plugin...currently doing by hand not scalable

@yorrike

// @burk ?

@manton That explains it, I virtually never use the web version.

@soypunk It didn't move, but there's an annoying quirk of the UI where if you had a hosted site that expired, it doesn't show the pins link. Try /account/pins in your web browser until I fix this.

@manton thanks for the follow-up!