LR has very robust support for measuring user activities, but it is
disabled by default. The activities counters are only created if
socialactivitysetting table contains the corresponding
"enabled" row for the given asset type
(classnameid). This entry can only be added by calling
the service or directly in the DB:
INSERT INTO socialactivitysetting (activitysettingid, groupid, companyid, classnameid, activitytype, name, value, mvccversion, ctcollectionid) VALUES (<FIXME>, <FIXME>, <FIXME>, <FIXME>, 0, 'enabled', 'true', 0, 0);
If LR is used as a collaboration platform for sharing knowledge, it
is handy to track user activities (creating content, commenting or
voting on it), which can then be used for gamification in the form of
a leaderboard (via a custom module) or recognizing those active by
dedicated badges shown beside their names (via customization).
Not having a GUI for enabling activities makes a barrier to adopting
this great functionality for those not aware of it.
