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People ask and answer questions and allocate a positive or negative rating to them, according to their opinion of the same. As your totals increase, your rank and levels will increase. Downrates don't affect your overall rating. ~ Moderating is a common practice involving the flagging of duplicate, spam or offensive content. You receive points for doing so, only if the flag was approved by staff. ~ Answerbag is very community minded and many of us have formed friendships we maintain both on and off ab. Most of us are protective of our friends and fellow members and will be very quick to come to their defense if we feel they are being treated unfairly by anyone. The best way to meet new friends is to interact with people through questions, answers and comment threads, get to know them a little, then visit their profile and click on 'add to friends'. If they accept your request they will appear on your friends list and you will be able see their questions and answers if you follow the link provided on your profile page. ~ Lots of people have issues with people not using correct English spelling and grammar, so it's always a good idea to do the best you can with that. ~ Welcome to ab - have fun :)