What is voting power?

You might have noticed "Voting power" on your profile's points tab.

Some polls in the forum are weighted, meaning that when members vote on the poll, the amount of influence they have on the poll results depends on their voting power relative to the voting powers of all the other members who voted. In short, the more voting power you have, the more you influence the poll results with your vote.

Voting power is based on the number of points you have. This means that as you contribute content and engage with the community, you earn points, which therefore increase your voting power.

Voting power is exponential, meaning as your points increase, your voting power will increase at a slower and slower pace. This is to ensure anyone with a huge amount of points do not completely overshadow the votes of those with much less points. The maximum possible voting power is 10, which is achieved at about 94,000 points.

Often, polls specific to making decisions for the website will be weighted based on voting power. This means those who contributed and engaged more with the community will have a bigger say in the decisions for the website.

Note: in the future, voting power will be based on life-time points rather than your points balance. That way, spending points will not have a negative impact on your voting power.