# Uploading Data Samples
Uploading data samples is one of the most impactful ways to contribute to PublicAI—and earn rewards. However, it’s critical to ensure the quality of the data you upload. Your **reputation** is directly tied to your contributions, and uploading low-quality or irrelevant data can harm both your standing and the system as a whole. ## Why Quality Matters * **Your Reputation is on the Line:** Your reputation score determines your staking price in the validation process, which affects your ability to earn rewards and participate in key activities. * **Garbage Hurts the Ecosystem:** Poor-quality uploads waste resources, slow down progress, and damage the integrity of the AI models we’re building together. * **Earn More with Quality Data:** Meaningful, high-quality uploads are rewarded with $PUBLIC points, boosting your earnings and reputation.
## Guidelines for Uploading Data * **Be Relevant:** Only upload data that matches the current campaign’s requirements. Carefully review the guidelines before submitting. * **Ensure Accuracy:** Verify the accuracy and completeness of your data before uploading. * **No Duplicates:** Avoid uploading duplicate or recycled content. Each sample should be unique and valuable. * **Maintain Integrity:** Misleading or intentionally false data will result in penalties, including loss of reputation and earnings. ## Consequences of Uploading Garbage * **Reputation Penalties:** Low-quality uploads will reduce your reputation score, making it harder to earn rewards and participate in future activities. * **Stakes at Risk:** A lower reputation increases the stakes you’ll need to participate in validation tasks, making it less profitable to engage. * **Lost Earnings:** Submitting garbage data means no points, no rewards, and a damaged reputation. ## Tips for Success * Review campaign requirements thoroughly before uploading. * Double-check your data for quality, accuracy, and relevance. * Stay updated with community standards and guidelines to maintain high-quality contributions. ## Together, We Build Better AI Uploading high-quality data samples is the first step in creating AI that reflects real-world diversity and solves meaningful problems. Your contributions set the stage for the **validation process**, where the community works together to verify and refine the data. By ensuring the quality of your uploads, you not only earn rewards but also strengthen the foundation for accurate and impactful AI development. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.publicai.io/publicai-documentation/publicai-data-hub/uploading-data-samples.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.