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Verification is not the finish line. It’s the beginning of your responsibility to the community.

9 month(s) ago • 593 views • 2 replies

Luiz Catastra
Luiz Catastra
Black beltVerified10 forum posts2655/1000
9 month(s) ago
If you’ve ever asked for votes to validate your rank here on BeltChecker, congratulations you took the first step.
Now comes the part almost no one does.

After you get verified, go back to the profiles of the people who supported you.
Look at their journey.
Review their lineage, their instructors, their history and if it makes sense, vote for them too.
This is not “favor trading.” It’s respect, community mindset, and basic digital courtesy.
What we see far too often is simple:
people are very active until they get their own verification… then they disappear.
The result? The same small group carries the entire system on their backs.
If you want BeltChecker to stay strong, trustworthy, and alive, do your part:
• You asked for votes.
• You got verified.
• Now come back and strengthen those who strengthened you.

This small gesture builds real engagement, collective credibility, and turns the platform into a community, not a request desk.

The rank is yours.
The impact can be everyone’s.
Oss
Sindre Eide
Sindre Eide
Purple beltVerified86 forum posts4445/400
9 month(s) ago
100% people need to vote more. Also for profiles already vertified. Even tough people are vertified every one would like more votes/points. I know for sure I really want more people to look at my profile and vote on it. I only need 3 more votes to reach the 50 voted achivement.

But yes people should start voting more on deserving profiles.
Johan
Johan
Black belt 3rd degreeVerified1401 forum posts11370/1000
9 month(s) ago
Agree that you really should return the favor by reviewing their profile! Of course not up voting no matter what but at least spend the time on their profile and explicitly write on their wall what's missing for your up vote, if anything. That's really doing them a favor too!

(Edit: I looked through the members who have up voted me and I've missed voting or giving feedback on a couple of profiles myself, but I've gone through the colored belts now and intend to check the black belts as well)
(Edit2: BB 0 degrees done jan 11:th)

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