What your Community level means

[DBXCommunity]

Your community level helps you and other members understand how long you’ve been a member of the Dropbox Community, how active you are and how much more you can do! 

To help you rank up, or understand what another user’s level means, we’ve put together the below to explain. 

Tip! The higher your number the more advanced you are 🕶

Level	What it means and what to do next!
New member 1 | 2	You’re new to the community - take a look around and say hello!  Learn more about where to start and how things work in About the community.
Explorer 3 | 4	You’ve been here for a while and joined a conversation or two, but you’re mostly having a browse to find what you’re interested in.  Why not join a discussion or vote for an idea!  Tip: If you’ve made it to Explorer 4, congratulations! Try adding a custom avatar so we can get to know you!
Helpful 5 | 6 | 7	Thanks for helping others! You’ve gotten involved in the conversation and other users like what you have to say. You’ve might also have some accepted solutions and lots of likes under your belt.  Why not share your Dropbox story so others can learn from you!
Collaborator 8 | 9 | 10	You’ve been really active on the community and collaborating with other members.  Keep joining conversations and helping other members. You can also learn about or apply for our Super User program here.
Experienced Collaborator 11 | 12 | 13	You’ve been here for a while and have experience under your belt.  We really appreciate your input on the Community and you’ve added a lot! Try out Dropbox Education to sharpen up your knowledge and see what you can do next!
Advanced Collaborator 14 | 15 | 16	Helping others, offering solutions, sharing ideas and showing new members the way - is there anything you can’t do?!
Star Collaborator 17 | 18 | 19	You’re a superstar!  One of our community leaders, the only way is up for you!
Master Collaborator	You’ve reached the peak level, the highest summit!  Teach us your ways and help others follow in your footsteps.

Badges are a good way to know you're getting closer to ranking up! Find out more about how to earn badges here.

Any questions? Ask us below! 

[zainee]

Hi there!

Thanks for such a informative post. I really liked dropbox community, for its active and jubliant response to get the issues solved. 

Regards

[ch26]

Hi Team

How this dropbox account user level and badges going to help??

[Walter]

Hi @ch26 - happy 2020!

I moved your post under this thread as I think it's the best way to address your inquiry. 

Take a look above when you get the chance and if you have any more questions, please let me know.

Thanks a bunch! 

[ch26]

Hi Walter

Happy 2020 🙂

This Thread was very helpful!!

Thanks

[Walter]

Glad to hear this helped @ch26 (I wish I knew your name instead of your username here)!

Enjoy the rest of your day 

[DrakadocDb]

I've just received an email from Dropbox saying  "Your new rank is Explorer | Level 4".  What does that mean?  What is Explorer?

[Rich]

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@DrakadocDb wrote:

I've just received an email from Dropbox saying  "Your new rank is Explorer | Level 4".  What does that mean?  What is Explorer?

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It's just your user level on the forums here. The more you post, the higher your user level, basically.

[DrakadocDb]

Hi Rich,

I still don't understand what difference it makes as to what level I am at.  Is it a point system? Is there a goal that I should be trying to achieve?

[Rich]

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@DrakadocDb wrote:

I still don't understand what difference it makes as to what level I am at.  Is it a point system? Is there a goal that I should be trying to achieve?

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It's just something that's built-in to the forum software. There are a couple of items that are linked to it, like the ability to upload photos with your posts at (I believe) level 3, but other than that, you don't need to worry about it. Most people through the normal use of this site won't need to bother with their user level.