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

Table 3

The status hierarchy system of SO.

Status	Reputation	Privilege
22	25,000	Access to site analytics
21	20,000	Trusted user, delete, and undelete posts
20	15,000	Protect questions
19	10,000	Access to moderator tools
18	5,000	Approve tag wiki edits
17	3,000	Cast close and reopen votes
16	2,500	Create tag synonyms
15	2,000	Edit questions and answers
14	1,500	Create tags
13	1,000	Established user; create gallery chat rooms
12	500	Access review queues
11	250	View close votes
10	200	Reduce ads
9	125	Vote down
8	100	Edit community wiki; create chat rooms
7	75	Set bounties
6	50	Comment everywhere
5	20	Talk in chat
4	15	Flag posts; vote up
3	10	Remove new user restrictions; create wiki posts
2	5	Participate in meta
1	1	Create posts