Research Article

Unveiling the Dynamics of Extrinsic Motivations in Shaping Future Experts’ Contributions to Developer Q&A Communities

Table 3

The status hierarchy system of SO.

StatusReputationPrivilege

2225,000Access to site analytics
2120,000Trusted user, delete, and undelete posts
2015,000Protect questions
1910,000Access to moderator tools
185,000Approve tag wiki edits
173,000Cast close and reopen votes
162,500Create tag synonyms
152,000Edit questions and answers
141,500Create tags
131,000Established user; create gallery chat rooms
12500Access review queues
11250View close votes
10200Reduce ads
9125Vote down
8100Edit community wiki; create chat rooms
775Set bounties
650Comment everywhere
520Talk in chat
415Flag posts; vote up
310Remove new user restrictions; create wiki posts
25Participate in meta
11Create posts