Reputation
Pearl Harbor'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 Pearl Harbor moderator. Featured posts appear at the top of the Pearl Harbor 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 Pearl Harbor 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 Pearl Harbor.
featured
This badge identifies people who are experts or VIP's in the community.