There are 3 ways to gain reputation:
- As you earn badges you will gain a reputation bonus of 15 points for each badge you recieve
- Post insightful responses that get upvoted, each upvote is worth 10 points
- Improve existing content, click the improve button to fix typos or expand questions, answers and knowledgebase topics. If your improvement is accepted by the owner you will gain reputation. The amount you gain will depend on the edit. This is determined by an advanced algorithm.
By gaining reputation, you get:
- More wishes. What is a wish and why do I care?
- If you have more than 1000 reputation, you get the ability to edit anything on the tracker. Use this with respect and caution.