Reputation works woth your payouts. The more you get as payout, the reputation goes up faster.

Bigger upvote = more earning = reputation

The problem is how to get upvotes. This is all depand on the value of your content. Just be yourself, be original or create your own content and post only valuable content so people like to read them and give you upvotes.

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