Reputation, credits and badges
Nothing moves for voting, reporting or commenting as such. Reputation moves when an image 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 an image reaches a final outcome, ratified (chosen for the app) or removed (by a moderator), and only for people who acted on that image 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.
Image credits
A credit is one extra image on top of your plan's monthly allowance, spendable on generating an image for any word.
| What you did | What happened later | You earn |
|---|---|---|
| Upvoted | Ratified | 1 image |
| Downvoted | Removed | 1 image |
| Reported | Removed | 1 image |
| Anything | The opposite, or nothing yet | 0 |
Each is paid once per person, image and reason, so the scorer can run forever without paying twice. The only way to farm credits is to be right about how an image ends up, 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 images chosen | Your images ratified into the app |
| Helpful | Net helpful votes on your comments of 5 or more |
| Regular | 10 votes or more |
| N removed | Images 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 images 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.