What Defines Success on JetPunk
First published: Tuesday May 12th, 2020
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When I first found and started using JetPunk, back in 2017, I had, of course, a far more limited grasp of the website than I do now. I made some quizzes that year, but they were perhaps not of the best quality, though all still remain available. I mainly focused on taking featured quizzes, to increase my level (in English, of course) and to earn the badges that could be displayed on my profile. Now, I focus on making quizzes as much as I do on increasing my level, and I have advanced much farther recently than ever before. But, though I consider myself successful, I am not by any means the most interesting user on JetPunk, nor, by some measures, am I in fact particularly successful at all. For starters, I have only taken quizzes in one language (English), and only released quizzes in one language (English), and have a rather mediocre (though respectable) quizmaker rank. So, the question becomes, how do we weigh the different ways to measure success on JetPunk?
On this website, you can reach a maximum level in a language (depending on how many featured quizzes are available for that language). You can do so in multiple languages, and appear even more impressive. You can release quizzes, and measure success in how many takes you get, how many are featured, or even how many subscribers you get. Or, you can use JetPunk as a social media platform (for, despite being a quiz website, as a user one can certainly focus on their profile page) and essentially show where you have been, use the blogs to describe life, and so on. Doing any or all of these things is, frankly, a sign of success on the website. The perfect user can certainly be defined as one who has reached the maximum level, in all languages, has released many quizzes (with some featured, and gotten many takes to reach one of the highest quizmaker ranks), and who has visited most or all of the countries of the world, with a notable blog and many subscribers and other followers to show for it. Such a perfect user does not actually exist, to my knowledge, though many show aspects of what I have described.
Ultimately, the message I am conveying with this blog is that, although you can certainly try to advance yourself on here (I certainly endeavor to do so), you should try to be content with your lot, and appreciate what you have done. Have you gotten many badges, or advanced far with your level in a particular language? Excellent work. Have you taken quizzes in many languages? Nicely done. Have you released any quizzes on the website, and gotten at least one take for it? You are a content creator, good for you. Or are you using JetPunk as a travel blog? A map with many countries filled in is just as interesting to see as levels in many languages are. I conveyed, truthfully, in my prior blog post that I am somewhat discontent with my lot, mainly in real life, so I ask for all to be content with their lot just as I hope I can be content with my own.
Success comes in many forms. There are many ways to measure up, and in all of them you will find someone who seems superior in some form to your own achievements. But don't sweat it. There is something neat about you. Someone likely sees it, and if they don't, you at least should; if you don't think you are cool, how can anyone else?
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I guess what I'm trying to say to everyone out there is that if your measure of success is "takes", the best way to do that is quality quizzes, not just releasing hundreds a day (mostly ripped from other featured quizzes in most cases).