Need Guidance

Well I'm still new here also, but have been asking questions and surfing around reading others discussions, I didn't actually start doing anything until Sunday. This is what I have found out. Responding to others discussions increases your number by your name when you get to 100 responses you get a star, the number in the star is for the quality of your posts. Starting discussions that attract people so that you get the most responses, this is difficult. You get paid both for posting replys and for starting discussions that people respond too. You also get paid for uploading pics, you can upload pics to your interest if they pertain to the subject and you can upload pics to discussions that you start. You can't upload a pic to a discussion that someone else has started until you reach 500 posts and then it must be relevant to the discussion. As for friends I've been told they are very important as they will usually seek friends out first to reply to their discusssions. You just find people of mutual interests and request as a friend. Like people that you have commented on dicussions with or vice a versa. Referrals also has proven a little tough. So many people just have a bad taste with so many scams out there. I'm hoping once I make my first $10 and recieve it that it will be easier to convince people that it isn't a scam. Good Luck to you!