What's the point of these Spiceworks points?

jon2640 · 2017-10-24T19:16:05.000Z

I’m curious…

jonathanwilding7123 · 2017-10-24T19:16:49.000Z

Save 250 for a “User Group”

Neally · 2017-10-24T19:17:53.000Z

Something fun to do? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

LOL I see what’s going on here…

big-green-man · 2017-10-24T19:21:22.000Z

Makes you spicy.

jimmy-t · 2017-10-24T19:22:56.000Z

Whoever has the most points at the end rules the world… at least that’s what I was told.

sqlrage · 2017-10-24T19:23:08.000Z

It just shows activity in the community. Also, for the first level it limits what you are allowed to do. This help keep spammers out.

sarah · 2017-10-24T19:24:45.000Z

It’s just kinda a fun thing to collect and a good way to gauge how active a community member is when they’re responding in a topic. :]

Rod-IT · 2017-10-24T19:26:19.000Z

Points make prizes

jimmy-t · 2017-10-24T19:27:24.000Z

SQLRage:

It just shows activity in the community. Also, for the first level it limits what you are allowed to do. This help keep spammers out.

Boo, going with the true but boring answer!

Sean-Spiceworks · 2017-10-24T19:27:56.000Z

Members in Spiceworks are categorized by “pepper level.” The more you participate, the more points you accumulate, and the higher your pepper level! Points are given for posting topics, replying to topics, providing best answers and helpful posts, posting how-tos, writing product reviews, and lots of other stuff.

Pimientos are somewhat restricted in their activities, as we try to first make sure that someone isn’t just a bot, a spammer, or a non-IT pro (aka home user). Pro-tip, filling out your profile gives 100 points and gets you to the next level .

Needless to say, SpiceHeads are often very proud when they reach the next pepper level and they want to share the news with their fellow IT pros. Understandable! So we created a thread just for this purpose – the Official “ I made the next pepper level ” thread. It’s been going strong since 2011!

Once someone reaches Thai pepper or above, they are also considered a “Spicy Pepper” (you’ll hear reference to that from time to time).

One thing I like to point out is that, while you get more points for quality content, people also get points for other things. So I generally look at someone’s pepper level to see how engaged they are in the Community and do a deeper dive to see where their expertise(s) are.

If you want to know what all the levels are, you can find them here:

https://community.spiceworks.com/points

sqlrage · 2017-10-24T19:30:17.000Z

Jimmy T.:

SQLRage:

It just shows activity in the community. Also, for the first level it limits what you are allowed to do. This help keep spammers out.

Boo, going with the true but boring answer!

New user’s might actually mistake what you say for facts!

Rod-IT · 2017-10-24T19:30:55.000Z

Sean (Spiceworks):

Needless to say, SpiceHeads are often very proud when they reach the next pepper level

dbeato · 2017-10-24T21:23:21.000Z

Rod-IT:

Sean (Spiceworks):

Needless to say, SpiceHeads are often very proud when they reach the next pepper level

Gotta agree with that!! The thread for that is below (Posted an example of @justin5198-spiceworks

Official "I made the next pepper level" thread Water Cooler

There have been a rash of new topics from people celebrating getting to the next pepper level. We are excited for you and want to celebrate your contribution, but having an individual topic for each time is getting to be too much. It is overwhelming the Water Cooler group because people have to wade through the pepper level posts to get to the rest of the topics. We're also seeing some point gaming where people are just saying "get your 11 points!" rather than just talking about their leveling…

@liamsullivan

rbleattler · 2017-10-24T21:43:11.000Z

You sir, are spicay!

@sean-spiceworks

rhiaknowles · 2017-10-25T07:23:41.000Z

Sean (Spiceworks):

Once someone reaches Thai pepper or above, they are also considered a “Spicy Pepper” (you’ll hear reference to that from time to time).

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I’m soooo clooose to spicay!