Earning Points

Why do I want to earn points?

Users with the highest points are entered into weekly drawings for a $25 gift card. Also, users with high points will get a custom user page like this one: John Watson. Why do you want that page? Bragging rights, ability to post your site link and get traffic to your site, etc.

How can you earn points?

You can earn points on TechReader in a number of ways.

Ways for regular users to earn points

• Register on the site: +250 points
• Leave a comment: +275 points
• Share a post on social media: +150 points per share
• Get upvoted: +150 points
• Get downvoted: -150 points
• Daily Points (each day you log in): +150 points

Ways for authors and contributors to earn points

• Write an article: 500 points
• Receive a comment on your article 25 points

COMMENTS LEVEL

How do you increase your comments level?

Your level is shown in your comments section, as well as on custom pages for high users and authors.

• 1-5 Comments: LEVEL 1
• 6-9 Comments: LEVEL 2
• 10-24 Comments: LEVEL 3
• 25-49 Comments: LEVEL 4
• 50-74 Comments: LEVEL 5
• 75-99 Comments: LEVEL 6
• 100-124 Comments: LEVEL 7
• 125-149 Comments: LEVEL 8
• 150-199 Comments: LEVEL 9
• 200+ Comments: LEVEL 10

Users who reach Level 10 by leaving over 200 comments on the site will receive an automatic $25 gift card for this outstanding achievement. You will also get your very own special user page like John Watson. (Only valid comments count for gift cards. Spam, copy and paste comments, and comments like “ok”, etc, do not count toward receiving a gift card.).