Participation in Forums (Posts, replies,responses)
1st 10 in Forums (posts, replies,responses)
250
You earn points on the basis of a total number of posts, replies and responses every month. To get these points you need to be in the first 10 in the forums (amongst members) every month (with a minimum of: 20 posts, 15 replies, 15 responses in a month)
End of the month
From 11th to 100 in Forums (posts, replies, responses)
100
You earn points on the basis of a total number of posts, replies and responses every month. To get these points you need to be amongst 11th to 100th in the forums (amongst members) every month (with a minimum of: 20 posts, 15 replies, 15 responses in a month)
How are my points calculated? Different actions on the site will provide you with different points. See the chart below for things you can do to earn points.
Action
Points
You reply to a question or bug thread started by another user
2
Your reply is marked as the answer
10
Your reply is voted as being helpful
5 x (# of votes)
Your reply to a bug thread is marked as a workaround
10
You submit a bug that is resolved as fixed by Microsoft
Can I lose points? Yes. If a post you made is deleted you will lose any points that you gained for that post. If a post you made is unmarked as being either an answer or workaround, you will lose the points you originally gained.