Shrewdness - how Shrewd'm measures a well-received post

The week's question

In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.

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Shrewdness-8-Star — Shrewdness surpassed 8

Shrewdness-Star medals are awarded to the outstanding authors having a Shrewdness of 3 or above. Shrewdness is the average number of post recommendations that you received over the last trailing 12 months. And nothing earns recommendations like depth, care in the writing, insight and . . . good old being nice.

Clicking on the author's name whilst reading a post will show their details page, and their particular Shrewdness.

A new Shrewdness-Star medal is provided for the following levels of Shrewdness: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12 and 16, plus mystery medals at higher levels. The number of points in the star's shape always matches its own Shrewdness!

Examples

⎊ Shrewdness of 3 was surpassed

✧ Shrewdness of 4 was surpassed

✭ Shrewdness of 5 was surpassed

The other awards:

Article-length Award · Harvest Award · Honorary Rank · Buzz Award · All of them, explained

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