How to retain and to improve rank in 'earning money'?

As with any interest category we can only continue participating with quality and positive participation's. Since it is up to all members to rate, then we do not have any control. Also do keep in mind that it may not be that someone is rating you negative at all. It could be that others are more active and have been positively rated on certain days where you perhaps were not rated at all. I try never to look at rankings as I don't want to modify how I participate here. I want to simply participate to the best of my ability and allow the rest to simply flow.

I never looked at that before. So I guess I will have to pay a little more attention on improving my rankings. I would like to achieve that in most of the categories.

You need to write more discussions about the topic to improve your rank there. I never pay much attention to which ones and how high I am. Doesn't seem to worry me. But if you set a goal to do better in a certain category that would be the way to do so. I would just get some ideas for topics and go for it.

As said by other members, you must create a quality discussion, and you should be concerned with the response in your discussion. You do not leave the discussion that you created. I never noticed my rankings. I do, make a discussion, respond to discussions, and respond back.

you can be more active, post more threads, report spamming members, comment on threads you start

I honestly have never even payed attention or really even realized my ranking or thought about it at all until a month or so ago. I realized that it actually affects your earnings lol, it took me a while to realize this. I was just focused on finding discussions I was interested in, which I still do, and other things like my star next to my name I never even payed any mind to. I think the best way to get a good rating is to just be involved in discussions and speak your mind but be kind to everyone.

yeah the ranking of mine is also not moving upwards ,trying a lot for the blue star howver not reaching that star.As life said the plus rating can help us to get the blue star and even the increase of our earnings .