June Challenge: Retool Pool Party. All Collaborators Invited!

Dive into June with Our Pool Party Collaboration Challenge! :ocean::man_swimming:

Summer is here, and it’s time to make a splash in the Retool Community Forum! This month, we’re hosting a Pool Party Challenge to celebrate and reward collaboration.

Let’s Make a Splash!

This challenge runs from June 1-30. All participation actions will count towards your score, so jump in early and often! Anyone with a Retool community forum login can join the fun. Whether you’re a seasoned swimmer or just dipping your toes in, there’s a place for you at our Pool Party! :sun_with_face::dark_sunglasses:

This month, we’re diving deep into collaboration. We want to see you:

  • Get users unstuck quickly
  • Invite/Tag other users
  • Help out on questions you've been tagged on
  • Collaborate on a question bonus points if you achieve a solution marked with a checkbox!

Check out the points system and see what earns you rewards! At the end of the month, we’ll recognize the top collaborators with special badges and some sweet Retool swag.

The Challenges

1. Poolside MVPs

  • Party Animal: For the person who responds to the most tags by other users on questions throughout the month.

  • Party Monster: Awarded to the top 3 users who respond to the most topics.

  • Fast Responder: For those who respond to 5 or more questions within two days of the topic creation date. Let’s keep the waters clear and everyone afloat!

  • Rookie Swimmer: Make your first contributions as a newcomer. You've just joined the community within the last 3 months, but you're already getting your feet wet by helping out someone else!

2. Comment Tiers

  • Poolside Enthusiast: Make comments on 5-19 different posts to earn the Poolside Enthusiast badge. You're just getting started, but you're making waves!

  • Aqua Advisor: Make 20-34 comments to earn the Aqua Advisor badge. Your consistent contributions are keeping the pool party lively and engaging.

  • Wave Maker: Make 35-54 comments to earn the Wave Maker badge. You're a key player in the community, always ready to help and share your knowledge.

  • Tidal Titan: Make 55+ comments to earn the Tidal Titan badge. You're a powerhouse of participation, making a huge impact with your involvement. We’ll also send you some exclusive Retool swag as a thank you for your dedication!

Tips for Successful Collaboration

  • Be Prompt: Respond to questions quickly to keep the conversation flowing.
  • Ask Questions Clearly: Follow our community guidelines and ask high quality questions to get high quality help from peers (Retool guide in the works)!

Swimmers Unite!

Throughout the month, keep an eye on the June Challenge Leaderboard to see how you and your fellow community members are doing. We’ll give shoutouts to top performers and highlight some of the best collaborations.

So, grab your sunscreen, put on your shades, and let’s dive into a month of fun and fruitful collaboration. The pool is open, and the water’s fine!

:swimming_woman::palm_tree::sun_with_face: Let the Pool Party Challenge begin! :sun_with_face::palm_tree::swimming_woman:

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is there a link or how do you navigate to leaderboards for a specific month?

Edit: I found the leaderboards! for anybody else reading and wondering, click on anybody's name and in the name card thingy that pops up in the bottom left corner it says how many tooltip points they have.... click that number. :smile:

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HELLOOOO PARTY PEOPLE!!!!

Hope everyone's week is going swimmingly! At the risk of exhausting pool puns, let's di-ive into how this month's challenge is progressing so far. :ocean: :swimming_woman: :sun_with_face:

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Rookie Swimmers

I want to start off by recognizing newcomers to the forum who are already making waves :ocean:. Let's give a metaphorical round-of-applause to these Roookie Swimmers! A big shout out and hello to:@ndpete, @Steven_W, @Chris_Skiles, @GuilhermeSilva, @David_Wipr, @Tom_Webster, @Augustine_Whitehouse, and @suranisaunak. Welcome to the community! :tada: Very excited to see how much the community has been growing and love seeing all these new faces (avatars).

If you're new to the forum, you may not know that we do monthly challenges. Take a look here to learn more about how to participate.

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The State of Comment Tiers

Measured by comments made per user on unique topics.

Thank you for your participation! We've hit over 135 responses within a two day interval so far this month compared to 91 last month. Major shoutout to @bobthebear who is so close to Tidal Titan after only 11 days?!
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"What like it's hard?"

Fast Responders:

Congrats to @bobthebear, @MiguelOrtiz, @pyrrho, @Milan_Kalem, @jg80, @MikeCB, and @preshetin for responding to at least 5 posts within 2 days. Most of you are already crushing the comment tier bracket and jumping into new topics. Wow -you all move fast! It's like you have a covert parallel challenge to see who will respond first... :female_detective: :thinking:

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Leaderboard

Throughout the month, keep an eye on the June Challenge Leaderboard to see how you and your fellow community members are doing. Tooltips points on the leaderboard don't directly correlate to this month's badges, but do give a great sense of folks' overall participation! Here's the view as of 06/10:


@bobthebear, @MiguelOrtiz , @pyrrho, @jg80 @trz-justin-dev @khill-fbmc @Thore @stefancvrkotic, @BernhardLenz, @MikeCB, and @sgodoshian.

Thanks everyone for your participation so far. It has been really cool seeing groups of you work together, bring your individual strengths and personalities to the discussion, and build a strong community. Keep tagging -we're tracking tag and responses! It really makes the difference for us at Retool to have you all here. :heart_hands: :computer: :heart_hands:

Excited for what the rest of the month will bring. Set up alerts for posts on this Topic to follow along for updates!

Out of curiosity, has anyone actually been able to use a pool yet this summer? Is it warm enough? Where are you all located?

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No pools yet, but lots of hikes and nature walks through the local preserves in southern New Jersey.

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I'm from the central valley of California. I am totally enjoying the 100+ degree weather...... O_O

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We're just over halfway through this month's challenge! Let's jump into it! :diving_mask: : You may be thinking, Abbey this is too many pool puns. Well, I just so happened to have worked quite a few years for a pool business so...

Rookie Swimmers :swimming_man:

I want to kick this party off with recognition of our newcomers! In addition to all of the Roookie Swimmers from our last check in, be sure to send a :ocean: ( :wave: our new reaction!!) to @lukesteffen-rga and @Dave_Stimpert.

Once again, if you're new to the forum, you may not know that we do monthly challenges. Take a look here to learn more about how to dip your toes in - what could possibly go wrong?

The State of Comment Tiers :speech_balloon:

Measured by comments made per user on unique topics.

Some of you have more than doubled your score! @bobthebear holds a solid lead in this tier and is the first to be named Tidal Titan. Very closely followed by @MiguelOrtiz, the sole Wave Maker! Honorable mentions go to @Milan_Kalem, @MikeCB, @jg80 and @pyrrho who are all close to graduating from Enthusiasts to Advisors.

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"What do we do? We swim. Swim."

Fast Responders: :ring_buoy:

Congrats to @bobthebear (63), @MiguelOrtiz (30), @MikeCB (18), @Milan_Kalem (17), @jg80 (12), @pyrrho (10) and @preshetin (5) for responding to at least 5 posts within 2 days. These results have made me curious about how you all interact with the forum. What's your prefered way of reading through topics?

Leaderboard :1st_place_medal:

Which leaves us with the Leaderboards! Keep an eye on the June Challenge Leaderboard to see how you and your fellow community members are doing. Tooltips points on the leaderboard don't directly correlate to this month's badges, but do give a great sense of folks' overall participation! Here's the view as of 06/18:


@bobthebear, @MiguelOrtiz , @trz-justin-dev, @jg80, @pyrrho, @MikeCB, @Milan_Kalem, @Thore, @stefancvrkotic, and @khill-fbmc.

I love following along with you all and seeing your interactions. Excited to see the final results and use of the new user titles :slight_smile:.

On a slightly off-topic note (or is it), have you ever wondered what it would be like to swim on the moon?
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like a YouTube Short A.D.D. Golden Retriever :rofl: going from topic to topic not noticing that I'm category surfing. sometimes I'll even start a post, then I'll get distracted by another topic and forget what I was doing until I notice I have 10 drafts.

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usually it's a similar problem to one of my own, from a Google search. other times i look for posts with no solution or activity in a while! easy to see profile photos from Retool staff on the main page and I just leave those ones alone :slight_smile:

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hey thanks y'all for the swag from last month's "Hive Mind" May Challenge!
:partying_face:

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@trz-justin-dev awww, all of us in SF are gushing over how cute your cat is!

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just got back from a short trip home for my birthday, if you haven't had the chance to try it out much though the neat beeswax cloth worked really well while I was gone for 3-4 days :sunglasses:

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Just got mine today. Thanks for the swag :sunny: :rocket: :partying_face:
@bobthebear beeswax cloth is pretty cool concept!

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The Results for the June Challenge are in!

:sparkles: :drum: Drum Roll Please :drum: :sparkles:

Starting off with...

Poolside MVPs

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Comment Tiers FInals

  • Poolside Enthusiast: Make comments on 5-19 different posts to earn the Poolside Enthusiast badge. You're just getting started, but you're making waves!


    Great job to:

  • Aqua Advisor: Make 20-34 comments to earn the Aqua Advisor badge. Your consistent contributions are keeping the pool party lively and engaging.


    Cheers to:

  • Wave Maker: Make 35-54 comments to earn the Wave Maker badge. You're a key player in the community, always ready to help and share your knowledge.


    Kudos to:

  • Tidal Titan: Make 55+ comments to earn the Tidal Titan badge. You're a powerhouse of participation, making a huge impact with your involvement. We’ll also send you some exclusive Retool swag as a thank you for your dedication!

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    A massive shoutout to:

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Congrats to everyone who earned a badge this month and thank you all for your exceptional participation! Excited to see what the July Challenge has in store! :raised_hands: :tada:


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just for the xkcd comic your post deserves as many emojis as possible :joy: :rofl:

congrats to all my fellow badge winners!! also, :wave: welcome to the 26 new people!!

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