Registered users earn points for submitting and voting on brain teasers.

Any teasers that you submit which gets approved earns you 50 points.

Every time you vote on a brain teaser, you get 1 point. You can only vote on any particular brain teaser once.

Once you have 500 total points, you will be able to report duplicates. If you can find any, you can earn 50 points. Users with at least 1000 points are allowed to verify the reported duplicates. You can earn 1 point for each verification.

Once you have enough points, you have the option of applying to become an Editor. An editor is allowed to help review submitted teasers. Editors get 2 points for each teaser they edit.

Awards
You can also get awards that appear next to your name once you have achieved certain goals. Icons are awarded as follows:


User has submitted 5 teasers.
User has submitted 10 teasers.
User has submitted 25 teasers.
User has submitted 50 teasers.
User has submitted 100 teasers.
User has submitted 250 teasers.
User has submitted 500 teasers.


User has cast 10 votes.
User has cast 50 votes.
User has cast 250 votes.
User has cast 500 votes.
User has cast 1000 votes.
User has cast 2500 votes.
User has cast 5000 votes.


User's teasers rate at least 2.0 on average.
User's teasers rate at least 2.5 on average.

User is a male.
User is a female.

User has a birthday in the next 2 weeks.

User has been a member for 1 year.
User has been a member for 2 years.
User has been a member for 3 years.


Editor has made 1 edit.
Editor has made 500 edits.
Editor has made 2500 edits.
Editor has made 5000 edits.
Editor has made 10000 edits.
Editor has made 20000 edits.


In addition, you will notice that some users have their names printed in Bold or Super Bold. This signifies that these people have Donated at least $20 or $30 to support this website.