As in many online communities, users in the Lacework community earn points based on how they contribute. Contributors earn:
- 30 points for providing an answer to a question
- 5 points for posting a reply
- 2 points for receiving a like or a vote
- 1 point for giving a like or upvoting an idea
- 15 points for creating a topic
Ranks are loosely designed to show how contributors participate in the community.
- Participants have no points and have made no contribution to the site -- but have at least logged in.
- Contributors have logged in at least five times, have at least 50 points, have replied to 5 topics, created 1 topic and provided 1 answer.
- Expert Contributors: have logged in at least 50 times, have at least 100 points, have replied to 25 topics, have started 5 topics and provided 10 answers.
Badges are also awarded when users reach milestones in their community journey. Available badges include:
- OG: Earliest users who shape the Community
- Early Adopter: First 100 users with contributions in the Community
- Cloud Security Sage: 10 topics, replies and answers
- Cloud Security Pro: 50 topics, 25 replies and 10 answers
- Viking: ?