Reputation, credits and badges
Nothing moves for voting, reporting or commenting as such. Reputation moves when a picture reaches a final outcome and your earlier call turns out right or wrong. Being right pays; volume pays nothing.
How reputation moves
Reputation starts at 1.00. It changes only when a picture reaches a final outcome, ratified (chosen for the app) or removed (by a moderator), and only for people who acted on that picture before the outcome.
| What you did | What happened later | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
| Upvoted | It was ratified | +0.25 |
| Downvoted | It was ratified | −0.10 |
| Upvoted | It was removed | −0.25 |
| Downvoted | It was removed | +0.25 |
| Reported it | The next moderator action removed it | +0.30 |
| Reported it | The next moderator action cleared it | −0.15 |
| Caught in a mutual-upvote ring | Capped at 0.25 until it stops |
Reputation stays between 0.10 and 5.00 and is recomputed every six hours. Being right is rewarded more than being wrong is punished, with two exceptions: boosting content that gets removed, and filing reports that don't stand up. Those are the two behaviours that hurt the community, so they cost.
A moderator's own report is an action, not a complaint, and moves nothing.
Picture credits
A credit is one extra picture on top of your plan's monthly allowance, spendable on generating a picture for any word.
| What you did | What happened later | You earn |
|---|---|---|
| Upvoted | Ratified | 1 picture |
| Downvoted | Removed | 1 picture |
| Reported | Removed | 1 picture |
| Anything | The opposite, or nothing yet | 0 |
Each is paid once per person, picture and reason, so the scorer can run forever without paying twice. The only way to farm credits is to be right about what a human will later decide, which is exactly the behaviour the community wants.
Standing and badges
The People page sorts members by a standing score built from the same outcomes:
| Badge | Earned by |
|---|---|
| Trusted voter | Reputation of 1.50 or more |
| Sharp eye | At least 3 votes that matched the outcome, more right than wrong |
| N pictures chosen | Your pictures ratified into the app |
| Helpful | Net helpful votes on your comments of 5 or more |
| Regular | 10 votes or more |
| N removed | Pictures or comments a moderator removed. Public, because it's a fact |
| New here | Nothing has happened yet |
What is deliberately not rewarded
- Casting a vote. Filing a report. Posting a comment. Volume is free to fake, so it earns nothing.
- Being popular. Helpful votes on a comment move the comment up and add a little standing; they never touch your vote weight.
- Reporting pictures that are then cleared. That costs.
Five dismissed reports from a newcomer drop them to 0.25, below the reporting floor. That's on purpose: griefing limits itself without anyone having to step in.