Duke Stars Program Overview

New Name, New Features, Same Principle.
The Duke Dollars program has relaunched as the Duke Stars program. The premise behind Duke Stars is the same as its predecessor, Duke Dollars: forum users can earn Duke Stars by answering questions posted by fellow developers and receiving points from the question owner. But that's where the similarities end! Take a look at our new features:
 
Benefits of Duke Stars
Why participate in Duke Stars? Rewarding Duke Stars for your post can motivate forum members to help you find solutions to your problems. Answer questions with Duke Stars and you can help the community while being recognized as an active participant in the exchange of technical knowledge. When a question is answered, Duke Stars get awarded to the forum members who gave the best answer. Help out your community and get rewarded with Duke Stars.
 
We've Improved Our Looks
You'll notice throughout the site that new images have been added. Duke Stars are symbols of status that indicate the level of participation and expertise of each forum member. The more questions a forum member has answered and been awarded Duke Stars, the higher the forum member is in the overall forum ranking.
 
Legend of Duke Stars Levels:
Bronze: 0 - 99 points
Silver: 100 - 499 points
Gold: 500 - 999 points
Platinum: 1000+ points

 
Stars in threads

Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Community Moderator

Every forum member will receive a star based on their level of Duke Stars. These stars will show up in threads only, next to screen names.

Star Badges in User Profiles
In each user profile, you will receive a badge that corresponds to your level of Duke Stars. As your Stars increase and you reach the next level, a new badge will be awarded to you.

Bronze	Silver	Gold	Platinum

Automatic Reload of Stars
Are your Duke Stars getting low? Now, forum users with a balance of 15 Duke Stars or less will automatically be granted 25 additional Duke Stars. You'll never run out of Duke Stars so keep posting and rewarding others to get your questions answered.

We Want To Hear You! Nominate yourself or someone whose help got you out of a development jam to be featured in our SDN Developer Profile program. Tell us your story! Check out the Community page for more details.