Here are the basics of how you earn points. For complete details, please see the official rules.
During the contest period, you earn points for the following:
- 50 points for each blog post accepted for posting on the site,
- 1 point for each "read" of your posts,
- 10 points for each comment that you make on the site (while logged in).
- Points for inviting and having the people you invite register on the site.
- Bonus Point Opportunities: Point possibilities are dependent upon the opportunity and successful completion.
For clarification, you can visit this page; Moderators and site administrators do go through and checks blogs and comments subtracting points for blogs, comments, and reads that:
- Violate ProgressiveU's Terms of Service, Official Rules, Editorial Policy or other official policy
- Appear to be spam
- Violate U.S. and International Copyright laws
- Do not meet the minimum word count
- Appear to be "refreshed" pages all from the same ISP (i.e., if a user appears to gain a few hundred reads within an hour by continuously hitting "refresh" or "reload".
So while it might seem as though people can win the contest simply by posting several illegitimate blogs in a row, the points are not awarded until the end of the contest and all ineligible blogs have been taken out of the tally.
We may also announce bonus points for various actions from time to time, either via email or on the site, so keep an eye out for those opportunities to gain ground on the leaders!