User points are essentially points that are awarded to the user for their participation in the site activities. This indirectly attract users to have a healthy competition among themselves to have the most points, and directly contribute to the buzz in your community.

Out of the four official templates, you can see the 'point bubbles' in Blueface, and Bubble templates.

Blueface template

Bubble template

Setting Up User Points

You can view the list of actions that will award points by going to Components > JomSocial > User Point.

By default, there are 28 actions that trigger JomSocial point system. To change the weightage of each action, simply click on the specific Rule and a cWindow will appear as below:

Adding new Rules

If you install any new Integrator application that integrates JomSocial point mechanism, you can add the new Rule by clicking on 'Rule Scan'. JomSocial will then scan all 'Community' applications and add any new Rule to the list.

What is JomSocial application?

http://www.jomsocial.com/docs/Configuring_applications_and_plugins

Editing a User's Point

To manually edit a specific user's point, head to JomSocial User Manager, locate the exact user and edit the detail. You will find a field that allows admin to change the user's point to his liking.