Reputation
E File's reputation system is designed to encourage high quality questions and answers. A person's reputation is based on the following 4 items:
- Favorite Answers: Whenever someone asks a question they can choose their favorite answer by clicking the . When your answer is chosen as a favorite it will really boost your reputation.
- Featured Questions and Answers: When you ask great questions and post great answers there's a good chance they'll be featured by the E File moderator. Featured posts appear at the top of the E File home page and will improve your reputation considerably.
- Question and Answer Ratings: If the community likes your questions and answers they'll give you a . If they don't they'll give you a . Good ratings will improve your reputation.
Badges
Badges are assigned by E File moderators to identify people with specific roles in the community. Below is a description of each badge:
moderator
This badge identifies people who manage content. They feature great questions and answers and remove anything inappropriate.
staff
This badge identifies people who work for E File.
featured
This badge identifies people who are experts or VIP's in the community.