Freaklings has a points system as member rewards for active participation in the site to encourage members to stay active..

Runners-up of contests will now be awarded 100 points for their efforts in contests .. the site team will also be awarding on the spot rewards for detailed comments on art and poetry and general activity on the site .. in other words if you're an active member, your efforts will not go unnoticed!

When you reach 1000 points you may trade in your points to bad robot here to obtain full membership for one month .. you can also gift points to other friends/members if you don't wish to keep any points you accrue ..

You can see a tally of all points to each member who has been awarded points here

Hopefully this is a small incentive to keep the site active .. remember if everyone signed in and posted just one comment a day the site will grow and become a hive of activity

Popular tags are simply the most popular tags that users have submitted to their work on the submission form ..

these tags aid in searches of similar works by clicking on the word associated with the theme or style of the work ..

users may submit up to seven tags on their works, and only tags that are relevant to the works are allowed so the search remains efficient ..

The popular tags block comes in handy for inspiration which is why it appears as a cloud in the right hand frame of the site at all times ..

you can find all user submitted comments by clicking on the Comments List link ..

you can also find all comments by member by clicking on a members profile and following the View all Comments link

Messenger is generally for quick messages or instant messaging purposes.. if you want to quickly ask another member a question or say hello, then you can do so from any page within the site in the right hand bar ..

Freaklings Mail is for more detailed messaging .. you can access your mail from the main menu and you are notified of new mail at the top of every page when you receive new mail .. all of the messages received as well as sent messages are recorded in your inbox and outbox and you can also see in your outbox if your sent messages have been read by the recipient ..

You need to click on "The Big List" link to the right of your screen in the menu .. scroll down until you find the "Suggest a member for front page feature" link .. this will lead you to a form to fill out for the purpose of featuring the member.. please note that not all suggestions end up on the front page, but all are read

If you find a post that violates any of the rules or which you think is offensive .. eg. hate/rascist or pornographic etc.. there is a link in place on each of the posts to flag the work as being offensive, which will temporarily hide the work from public view until one of the site team members can review the work, which usually takes 24 hours .. please only use the flag as offensive link if you feel it is justified as if it is used in any other manner, such as harrassing another member it could result in the person flagging being banned.