Reputation explained

Reputation reflects the trust you earn from the community through helpful posts, comments, and contributions. It's shown across daily.dev and unlocks privileges as it grows. Higher reputation also gives your posts and comments more visibility.

Reputation basics

• You start with 10 reputation points when you sign up.
• Reputation never drops below 0.
• Reputation is different from XP, which you earn from quests and achievements, and from Cores, the in-app currency.

You can see reputation:

• On your profile, next to your upvotes and followers.
• In the You panel of the sidebar, next to your Cores balance.
• Next to your name on your posts and comments.
• On your DevCard.
• On the Highest reputation leaderboard.

How you earn and lose reputation

What reputation unlocks

When you reach 250, a Privileges unlocked! pop-up lets you know.

Higher reputation also gives your posts and comments more visibility in feeds and discussions.

Tips for building reputation

• Add something new. Share a perspective, a fix, or context that isn't in the post.
• Summarize well. A clear summary of a long post helps everyone.
• Give constructive feedback. Point out errors and suggest improvements.
• Share real experience. Stories from your own work make discussions useful.
• Report content that breaks the rules. You earn points when a reported post is removed.

Reputation isn't required for the essentials. Anyone can read, upvote, comment, and post.

Reputation and Career Mode

Your contributions and reputation help show the depth of your knowledge. Career Mode uses your profile and activity to match you with relevant roles.