Your profile shows that you've asked a bunch of questions but haven't accepted any answers. Instructions for accepting answers can be found in [Accepting answers what is it all about?](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/accepting-answers-what-is-it-all-about) The system is basically trying to help you out. When you accept answers the people who answered the question get a little bit of reputation (the score by your name). Think of it as a "thank you". Your badge shows "0% accept rate", which means you haven't accepted any answers at all, so it looks like no one has been able to answer any of your questions. From what I can see people with decent accept rates get good answers, as they tend to follow up and accept people's answers as the correct one. Clicking on your username will take you to your user page, which will show what questions you've asked. If someone's given you an answer that answers your question, give them a +1 vote and check the checkmark! You can use the search to find out which questions you have not accepted yet by searching for `user:me hasaccepted:0` http://askubuntu.com/search?q=user:me+hasaccepted:0 [1]: http://meta.ubuntu.stackexchange.com/