As you participate in the hubpages community, commenting, answering questions, writing hubs; you receive a ranking, which is earned. You go up in the rankings by participating. This is to give people an incentive to participate in the community.
If you just write and never participate, you will not move up in the rankings. Responding to the comments in your hubs also is figured into the equation. If you do not participate, your ranking will not go up.
I am helping my rank by answering this question, although I would anyway. :).
I recently received the same accolade. It seems the awards are offered at intervals of 10, 50, 100, etc, so it likely comes as soon as comment #10 is offered.
We are on same level! Me neither ,,no idea what that means! Lol.
It certainly doesn't come from writing articles because I've written 5 and I am still stuck in the 60's.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.