Leaderboards

Meaningful contributions, recognised. Scores come from how the community rates your work, never from posting volume.

Most helpful

Members whose answers were marked best and whose comments the community upvoted.

Rankings appear as members contribute and the community votes. This board fills in as activity grows.

Preview build: rankings are calculated from the sample dataset.

Public and transparent. These rules are the same ones the platform enforces.

+5Your post is upvotedCounted once per voter. Votes cast on your own content never count.
+2Your comment is upvotedCounted once per voter.
+15Your answer is marked bestChosen by the question's author or a moderator.
+50A discovery you found is community verifiedOnly moderators can change verification status.
+3Your guide is bookmarkedCounted once per member, capped at +60 per guide.
−2Your post is downvotedReputation never drops below zero from votes alone.
−(earned)Content removed for breaking guidelinesAll reputation earned from that content is reversed. Warnings add −25.

Votes from accounts younger than 24 hours, or without a verified email, carry no weight.
Only the first vote from a member on a given author counts within any 24-hour window.
Reputation gained from votes is capped at +100 per day.
Mutual up-voting patterns between small groups are flagged for moderator review.
Low-effort or duplicate posts can be removed and their reputation reversed.

How reputation works

Public and transparent. These rules are the same ones the platform enforces.

+5Your post is upvotedCounted once per voter. Votes cast on your own content never count.

+2Your comment is upvotedCounted once per voter.

+15Your answer is marked bestChosen by the question's author or a moderator.

+50A discovery you found is community verifiedOnly moderators can change verification status.

+3Your guide is bookmarkedCounted once per member, capped at +60 per guide.

−2Your post is downvotedReputation never drops below zero from votes alone.

−(earned)Content removed for breaking guidelinesAll reputation earned from that content is reversed. Warnings add −25.

Anti-abuse safeguards

Votes from accounts younger than 24 hours, or without a verified email, carry no weight.

Only the first vote from a member on a given author counts within any 24-hour window.

Reputation gained from votes is capped at +100 per day.

Mutual up-voting patterns between small groups are flagged for moderator review.

Low-effort or duplicate posts can be removed and their reputation reversed.

Achievements

Founding MemberJoined during the earliest days of VICE305.

First PostPublished a first contribution.

Verified FinderHad a discovery community verified.

Helpful HandHad several answers marked as best.

Clip CuratorShared clips the community loved.

Theory CrafterPublished well-sourced theories.

Guide WriterWrote a guide that others bookmarked.

Poll PilotRan a poll with strong participation.

StaffPart of the VICE305 moderation team.