Question

How do you get points here for me it says score: 161 ranked 7 what does that mean?

EDIT: now a year later I am ranked 5 with 22,606 points

Comments

I think its:

 - Base points is 20.
 
 - If you're up voted you gain 10.
 
 - If you're down voted you lose 10.

 - If you're answer is selected as the best you gain 20.

 - You gain 2 if you select an answer as the best.
 
 - You lose 2 if you down vote someone.



Hope I helped!

Answer 1

I've completely rewritten this answer to list the exact points you get for each thing, since it's changed many times since this question was asked. Here we go.

• All users start with 20 points. Think of it like a sign-up bonus ;)
• If your question or answer is up-voted, you gain 10 points.
• If your question or answer is down-voted, you lose 10 points.
• Having your answer selected as the best gives you 20 points.
• Selecting an answer as the best on your question gives you 2 points.
• Down-voting a post loses you 2 points (this is to discourage people downvoting for no reason).

If a post is hidden, points gained from upvotes are lost, but points lost from downvotes stay, they do not come back. However, the -2 from downvoting gets returned eventually I think.

See also: List of privileges and required points

Comments

It has changed a lot since 6 months ago lol

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wow that was like a year ago

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Wow that was a year ago 2

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wow that was like 3 years ago

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Stop doing that =='

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winking faces bug me, just saying     ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)  ;)  :(

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Okay I get it.

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You`re cool pokemaster. ;)

Answer 2

You can get Points by:

1. You start with 20 as a base.
2. Asking questions gets you 2 points.
3. Answering questions gets 2 points.
4. If someone votes your question or answer up, you gain 10 points.
5. If someone chooses your answer as a best answer, you get 20 points.
6. If you choose an answer to your question as Best, you get 4 points.

You can lose points by:

1. If your answer or question is rated down you lose 10 points.
2. If you vote an answer down you lose 2 points (but they may end up coming back later)

Comments

Nice point system! ;)