How do you get contributor trust?

Answer 1

Earning Trust PointsTrust points enable you to vote for a contributor whose contribution(s) you think are worthwhile and legitimate.

It is important to note that trust points are not a good measurement of how much you can trust the answer to a question. They are simply an indication of how trusted the last contributor is as a member of the WikiAnswers community.

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Can you subtract trust points? Currently, no. You can only add trust points by clicking to recommend a contributor. You cannot vote against someone. This is something we may add in the future, but for right now we want to keep things simple and see how it goes.

Here is more input from others

• The more you add good answers -- and the more you make good improvements to existing answers -- the more other WikiAnswers contributors will want to recommend you.

• Answer questions correctly with helpful information. If someone likes your answer, they click "Recommend" next to the name of the person who answered it and they get a point.

• Anyone can add to your trust points score by clicking "Recommend" on your bio page or on a question you've answered or edited.
• Other people give them to you if they like your answer to a question. We (the ones who answers questions), gets trust points from people who click a little link in the bottom of a page with an answer. In the bottom the author's name(s) are written. There you can choose to give trust points by selecting "Recommend contributor."
• People award them to you when they see one of your answers that they feel is worthwhile.
• You get trust points from asking questions, answering questions or editing answers. If you keep that up, you will be able to get thousands of trust points in no time! Trust me.
• If people like your answers, then they will give you a trust point. So if you want trust points, you need to give good answers that you think people will really like and which will make them say: "Hey, that is a really good answer," and then they might give you a trust point. Do NOT ask for them though, because that makes you seem desperate and people won't give them to you.
• Trust points are earned from those who care to Recommend the contributor. But a contributor who might recommend someone might wish see the answer to "What is a 'trust point' on WikiAnswers?" A link to that question is posted below. It has "unexpected" information in it.

• Trust point accumulation usually rises at a faster speed for every point. If people see that others trust you, they will be more adaptable to give you a trust point. If someone sees that you have a few thousand points, they will think you probably deserve one from them too, even if you don't give the greatest answer. However, if someone sees that you have none, even if your answer is amazing, they might think you just had a rare streak of genius, and strip you of something you really should be awarded. Also, if you see an answer that is correct, or well thought out, give the writer a trust point. Additionally, new people often need help starting their trust points, so if you haven't yet, give yourself one.