How you earn standing
Contributor standing grows from the quality of what you add – not from how often you click. We weigh contributions by trust, so genuine voices count for more than volume.
Write substantive comments
Real, specific experience with a tool helps everyone. Thoughtful comments count; drive-by one-liners and promo drops do not.
Complete surveys
Our twice-weekly surveys turn honest practitioner opinions into public data. Substantive answers build your standing.
Vote and bookmark
Small signals add up. Upvoting and bookmarking tools you genuinely rate contributes a little, steadily.
Review directree itself
Reviewed us on a site like Trustpilot, Capterra or G2? Submit the link from your account and we verify it by hand. It counts toward your standing.
Ready to submit a review link? Head to the Rewards section of your account
The two badges
Contributor standing is recomputed regularly across the whole community. The most active and trusted contributors earn a badge shown next to their name.
Runner-up
Earned by contributors whose overall standing sits just below the top band. It means your voice already carries real weight here – and Top Contributor is within reach.
Top Contributor
The top band of the community by overall standing. Top Contributors who also have a claimed and verified tool are entered into the trust-weighted Community Showcase draw – a free, rotating spotlight on the homepage.
The honesty rule
Standing is earned, never bought. It never changes a listing's Observed, AI or Founder facts, and it never moves a tool up or down the directory. The only thing it unlocks is eligibility for the Community Showcase draw – a random, trust-weighted rotation, not a ranking. That line is the whole point of directree.
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