I apologize for one more time when question about "Tenacious" badge is asked. I think it's because this badge is one of most complicated ones. I know about most of requirements for getting it (which are: 6 or more accepted answers have 0 score, 20% or more of all answers are accepted ones and have 0 score, 0 score accepted answers to my own questions don't count, 10 days should pass). In my case I have 6 such answers out of 30 (all my answers). Now I'll describe my problem. Yesterday was the 7-th day of 10 days while I fit the requirements. But by mistake I made 31-st answer and then removed it 5 minutes later without any up/down vote or comment. Now it's 20% again. But intrigue is were these 10 days cleared yesterday and should I wait 10 more days now?
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by mistake you made an answer but removed it? You're deliberately not answering things in case they get upvotes and keep you from getting the badge?– Kate GregoryCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 11:29
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@Kate you won't believe what people are doing for badges, but starting such discussion here won't do any good. (just a friendly tip :))– Shadow WizardCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 11:31
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Nope, I'm answering because I want to help. But on the other hand why can't I get positive feedback by getting badge? Do you think it's not ethical? My mistake was that I forgot that I decided to wait 10 days. What's wrong with me?– rsutorminCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 15:12
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The more I think about it the worse I feel. @KateGregory, let me do some psychological analysis. When I was answering I realized that I'm not satisfied by feedback. Do you think it's better to drop answering on StackOverflow than to find missing amount of motivation in getting badges (if I merited them)? And another question is don't you think that your judgment is too much of black and white?– rsutorminCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 15:41
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I didn't make a judgment. I asked a question. Two questions, actually. I wanted to clarify what you wrote. I don't think there is something wrong with you, or that you should feel bad. But I am puzzled to see someone taking specific actions to try to earn these badges, which I always thought of as "consolation prizes" that you get when you just keep on answering answering answering, helping with no reward because you're in low volume tags or whatever. I didn't think of them as badges to be worked for. I'm curious, not judgmental.– Kate GregoryCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 15:46
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1In case it's not clear from the answer here, several of your conditions are wrong, referring to answers instead of accepted answers. Only accepted answers on others' questions are considered in any way for Tenacious and Unsung Hero.– Nathan TuggyCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 17:52
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@KateGregory, if you're really curious and not judging then it may be interested for you to take a look at structure of my motivation for spending time in participation in StackOverflow. I made a list of motivating factors as accurate as I can: (1) Challenging questions (I love brainteasers) - 25%; (2) Altruistic help - 20%; (3) Professional self-satisfaction - 15%; (4) Self-learning in areas of interest - 15%; (5) Socialization in discussions around problems and solutions -10%; (6) Respect from community-10%; (7) Ideas for startup/open source - 3%; (8) Searching for fresh trending topics - 2%– rsutorminCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 18:14
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And honestly I don't think there are many people being 100% pure altruists.– rsutorminCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 18:14
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@NathanTuggy, yes, you're right, I described these requirements differently from what I knew at the time of asking. I corrected it. But I left second requirement wrong on purpose because I didn't understand it right at the time of asking.– rsutorminCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 18:35
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@KateGregory, and regarding to your questions directly. The answer that I made by mistake and removed 5 minutes later was the answer to my own question. So there is nothing unethical in keeping this question unanswered few more days because author is myself and now I know the answer without posting it. It's only few days of waiting before knowledge I learnt will be shared with others.– rsutorminCommented Oct 8, 2015 at 18:45
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I just received the infamous Tenacious badge. I suppose I will covet that one. I have been always amazed at how many of my (hard earned and time consumed) answers are never voted up even once while for other's very superficially answered questions have received a TON of votes by the "populace". Having common motivations (of those using SE) explained has helped explain this. Some frequently see it as a social game while others are motivated by answering where they can - contributing to good answers. All SE sites are different with some worse than others with "points consumed" participants.– user22542Commented Sep 22, 2018 at 11:50
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StackExchange is truly an excellent resource for good answers to difficult honest questions in many fields. That is why I started to use it and participate. But, I wish the common "social, rewards based zeal" would extend to difficult questions that are quickly dismissed after just a few days - and then receive no further attention at the sites. That is what an "expert" or even a truly "subject interested novice" in any field would do. Invest in or spread that question around (refer it to, or confer with) others who may be able to answer it - no rewards required.– user22542Commented Sep 22, 2018 at 12:07
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OK, here is what's going on.
Right now, you have total of 15 answers that have been accepted by OP.
Out of these 15, total of 7 have score of 0.
However, one of those is not yet 10 days old. (posted 8 days ago)
Another one is self accepted.
This leaves only 5 answers that meet all the criteria here, and the requirement is more than 5, which means 6 and above.
You should get the badge within 2-3 days, when this answer will reach 10 days, assuming its score will still be 0 of course.
answered Oct 8, 2015 at 7:29
