### How does a new superuser increase their reputation?

First, please take some time to read the articles in our [help centre][1]. There you will find:

> **How do I earn reputation?**
> 
> The primary way to gain reputation is by posting good questions and
> useful answers. Votes on these posts cause you to gain (or sometimes
> lose) reputation. Please note that votes for posts marked “community
> wiki” do not generate any reputation.
> 
> You gain reputation when:
> 
> -    question is voted up: +10
> -    answer is voted up: +10
> -    answer is marked “accepted”: +15 (+2 to acceptor)
> -    suggested edit is accepted: +2 (up to +1000 total per user)
> -    bounty awarded to your answer: + full bounty amount
> -    one of your answers is awarded a bounty automatically: + half of the bounty amount ([see more details about how bounties work][2])
> -    site association bonus: +100 on each site (awarded a maximum of one time per site)

Source [What is reputation? How do I earn (and lose) it? - Help Center - Super User](https://superuser.com/help/whats-reputation)

Note that the first few posts by a new user go into the [First Posts queue](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/161391/267099):

> The First Posts queue contains the first few posts made by new users (who will probably need help learning to use the site).

Users with the [Access Review Queues][3] privilege will be able to:

> Edit the post, flag it, vote on it, add a comment, or upvote a previously existing comment.  

and so provide you with guidance on improving your first few posts.

Related:

- [FAQ for Stack Exchange sites - Meta Stack Exchange](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7931/faq-for-stack-exchange-sites)
- [Privileges - Super User](https://superuser.com/help/privileges)
- [Privileges - Remove new user restrictions](https://superuser.com/help/privileges/new-user)
- [How do I ask a good question? - Help Center - Super User](https://superuser.com/help/how-to-ask)
- [How do I write a good answer? - Help Center - Super User](https://superuser.com/help/how-to-answer)
- [Why do I need 50 reputation to comment? What can I do instead?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/214174).


  [1]: https://superuser.com/help
  [2]: https://superuser.com/helpcenter/bounty
  [3]: https://superuser.com/help/privileges/access-review-queues