Contrary to the old system (which never worked properly whatever I tried), the new system works by the number of posts.
You can see your current "rank" by the number of stars in your profile.
There are other options available to "upvote" posts, but I still need to figure out how (and IF!) they work in this free version of the forum.

But be assured that, regardless the number of stars anyone has, I value ALL your input far beyond anything of what the forum software may decide.


Karina