Reputation

Ravenna Third Place Q&A'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 Ravenna Third Place Q&A moderator. Featured posts appear at the top of the Ravenna Third Place Q&A 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 Ravenna Third Place Q&A 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 Ravenna Third Place Q&A.
• featured
  This badge identifies people who are experts or VIP's in the community.