Re: What are Stars???
Star represents how many people like you and gave you rep points. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been here for 10 years, if no one likes you, won’t have a single star 
What you are talking about matters in how much rep. POWER you have to give points to OTHERS…also the number of posts. Compare your join date, number of posts, and rep. power with me and things will be clearer.