Hi - Great questions! We are actually in the process of adding an FAQs section, so there is more explanation about our points system and we hope to have that up soon. The upvote button is only for the original forum post right now (though we intend to expand it to all posts including replys). It is the thumbs up in the top right corner of the first post. All of our functions are working except for the applause, which we actually meant to remove from the list (and will be doing soon) and it looks like you have a badge from posting and a yellow belt! You can see your points on your profile page, which is here for you: http://www.dynadot.com/user/t_a_harrow_gb. For the translation, we are just getting started with it, but would love your help! Here are some instructions for how to get started: http://www.dynadot.com/community/help/section.html?category_id=36. Please let us know if you have any other questions and we'd be happy to help.