Your involvement in the community will get you points and badges.

Points

Community points are a measure of a user's community involvement, reputation and expertise. Here's how it works:

For Questions & Answers: If you post a good question or a helpful answer, it will be voted up and you'll get 10 points. If you post something off topic or incorrect, it will be voted down and you'll lose 2 points.

For Publishing Articles: Your article will get rated by the community. A good and useful article will get more votes and better ratings from the community. Rating scale is from positive 10 points to negative 2 points for each vote. You also have a daily limit to earn up to 200 points.

Earn enough points and you'll be able to:

15 Points - Vote up on questions and answer. Rate articles.

15 Points - Flag offensive content.

100 Points - Vote down on questions and answers. Give negative points to articles.

700 Points - Become a moderator.

Badges

There are three community badges you can earn:

Service Badges are awarded when a service provider delivers quality service and is recognized by MiNeeds customers.

Articles Badges are awarded when your published articles reach a high viewer and rating levels.

Q&A (Forum) Badges are awarded when your answer or question is well rated.

	Completed 60% or more of profile fields
	Offer Selected by a customer on a service request
	Got 5 star rating on delivering his service
	Reported earnings verified by customer for a total of $1,000 or more
	Published article(s)
	Article got at least 50 points
	Article got at least 500 views
	Left 10 comments
	First flagged article, question or answer
	First vote down
	Question got at least 2 votes up
	Answer got at least 2 votes up
	First vote up on a question or answer
	Answered a question with at least one vote up