WEBVTT 00:00:05.899 --> 00:00:08.580 So you can go by highest points, total time listened 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:11.220 or value paid. So you might want to say, okay, 00:00:11.380 --> 00:00:14.859 who's the top fan who's paid the most, who's 00:00:14.859 --> 00:00:17.300 the top fan who's listened the most, or who's 00:00:17.300 --> 00:00:19.440 the number one fan and sort it by the highest 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:21.219 points. So there's just different ways of sorting 00:00:21.219 --> 00:00:23.620 that leaderboard so that you can get different 00:00:23.620 --> 00:00:27.820 people in there maybe. Welcome to Fanzone, your 00:00:27.820 --> 00:00:30.339 bite -sized guide to getting the most out of 00:00:30.339 --> 00:00:33.899 the TrueFans podcast app. In each episode, we'll 00:00:33.899 --> 00:00:36.939 discuss an aspect of the app and hopefully answer 00:00:36.939 --> 00:00:40.579 any questions you may have about it. Plus, when 00:00:40.579 --> 00:00:43.299 you listen to Fanzone in TrueFans, you can 00:00:43.299 --> 00:00:46.820 earn as you listen and use your earnings to support 00:00:46.820 --> 00:00:50.170 your favourite podcasters. I'm Claire Waite Brown, 00:00:50.270 --> 00:00:52.570 independent podcaster and all -round podcast 00:00:52.570 --> 00:00:55.909 enthusiast. And I'm Sam Sethi, the CEO and founder 00:00:55.909 --> 00:01:00.329 of TrueFans. One of the tabs on the show level 00:01:00.329 --> 00:01:04.489 screen in TrueFans is called Leaderboard. This 00:01:04.489 --> 00:01:07.909 sounds fun. Tell me about the Leaderboard, please. 00:01:08.629 --> 00:01:11.790 One of the things that TrueFans wanted to do 00:01:11.790 --> 00:01:15.359 was build gamification into the system. The idea 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:19.239 of fans earning points for their activity. So 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:22.219 maybe the more they play an episode or the more 00:01:22.219 --> 00:01:25.299 they share or the more they comment. Each one 00:01:25.299 --> 00:01:28.280 of those activity verbs has a point in our system. 00:01:28.340 --> 00:01:30.719 We don't tell you how many points for each verb. 00:01:30.819 --> 00:01:33.879 So you can't play the game yourself other than 00:01:33.879 --> 00:01:36.840 just actually doing it. But what happens is we 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:40.040 allocate points to users. So, for example, with 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:43.319 your podcast, Claire. Martin Lindeskog is your 00:01:43.319 --> 00:01:46.420 superfan and top of your leaderboard. And so 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:49.540 Martin's clearly listened to your show the most 00:01:49.540 --> 00:01:53.400 possibly. He's got five hours, 37 minutes. So 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:56.680 he is the number one listener to your show. And 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:00.000 so he's accrued the most points as well. And 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:02.280 he's at the top of your leaderboard. But you 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:05.640 can see also the other top 10 people in your 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:09.580 leaderboard as well. So those stars, that's the 00:02:09.580 --> 00:02:12.259 points earned then, is it? Yes, that's how many 00:02:12.259 --> 00:02:14.740 points they've got. And you can also, we were 00:02:14.740 --> 00:02:17.319 talking about how do you find people to follow? 00:02:17.580 --> 00:02:19.740 Well, again, you can look on a leaderboard and 00:02:19.740 --> 00:02:22.939 you can see a follow button or a follow back 00:02:22.939 --> 00:02:27.060 button. And so in the case of the creator might 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:28.939 say, oh, here's all my fans. I'm going to follow 00:02:28.939 --> 00:02:32.340 them. Or me as a person also listening to this 00:02:32.340 --> 00:02:34.740 same podcast might go, oh, I'll follow the leader 00:02:34.740 --> 00:02:37.530 or I'll follow all top 10 of the leaders. And 00:02:37.530 --> 00:02:39.750 so, yes, you'll see a follow or follow back button 00:02:39.750 --> 00:02:42.009 so you can find new people to follow as well. 00:02:42.590 --> 00:02:44.650 That's a really good way of doing it. What's 00:02:44.650 --> 00:02:47.729 also rather cute, I think, is the little flags 00:02:47.729 --> 00:02:50.590 so we know where our listeners are in the world. 00:02:51.289 --> 00:02:53.669 Indeed, but they go one stage further, Claire, 00:02:53.750 --> 00:02:56.229 because when you click on a flag, it will take 00:02:56.229 --> 00:02:58.969 you to the search engine and you'll find other 00:02:58.969 --> 00:03:02.710 people who are also from that same country. Wow. 00:03:04.039 --> 00:03:06.819 So if you particularly want to find people in 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:12.639 Australia, you can, as I've just done. Yes. Very 00:03:12.639 --> 00:03:18.259 cool. Once again, on this screen, we can do a 00:03:18.259 --> 00:03:21.539 little filter, a little sort. I've got highest 00:03:21.539 --> 00:03:25.120 points and then what else can we filter by? So 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:27.360 you can go by highest points, total time listened 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.020 or value paid. So you might want to say, okay, 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:33.639 who's the top fan who's paid the most? Who's 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:36.080 the top fan who's listened the most? Or who's 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.219 the number one fan and sort it by the highest 00:03:38.219 --> 00:03:40.020 points. So there's just different ways of sorting 00:03:40.020 --> 00:03:42.400 that leaderboard so that you can get different 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:45.979 people in there maybe. Yeah. So for example, 00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:48.639 I don't know if this would ever happen, but like 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.819 my... super van might not necessarily be the 00:03:51.819 --> 00:03:54.080 one who's listened to the most or who's paid 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:56.659 the most yeah it might not be they might have 00:03:56.659 --> 00:03:58.620 shared the most they might have commented the 00:03:58.620 --> 00:04:02.039 most we don't show all of the verb activities 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:04.300 they do in the leaderboard we yeah you know we 00:04:04.300 --> 00:04:06.560 would have too many metadata items yeah yeah 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:08.740 so we just limited it to the amount paid in time 00:04:08.740 --> 00:04:11.740 listened but yes the points accrued can come 00:04:11.740 --> 00:04:16.439 from other verbs oh cool again lots of fun thank 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:19.750 you so much you're welcome Thanks so much for 00:04:19.750 --> 00:04:22.250 listening. 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