The star system works as follows, each time a user posts a photo or does something that enhances the website the user earns points.

If you:
- Post a picture
- Post a journal
- Post a thread in the forum
- Post a poll
- Post a comment on a profile of someone else
- Invite a friend to join MercyMistress

These are the activities that are taken into consideration. You get one point for each of this activities.

And once you reach a certain amount of points such as: 
- Once you reach 600 points you earn 5 blue stars.
- Once you reach 1500 points you earn 5 yellow stars.
- Once you reach 4000 points you earn 5 red stars.