Wallet points vs leaderboard points in detail
Sociana deliberately runs two points currencies because they answer different questions. Leaderboard points are the scoreboard. They accumulate from participation and feed the unified leaderboard, giving a clean ranking that does not change when someone redeems a reward. Wallet points are the purse. They are earned through activities too, but they can be spent in the reward store, falling as items are bought. The practical differences show up on event day: a participant can buy a reward and still hold their rank; an administrator can correct a leaderboard score without touching what someone has already spent; an organiser can cap redemption through stock and per-person limits without affecting competitive fairness. It is a design choice many point systems skip, merging the two and creating the complaint that spending a reward cost someone first place. When writing points rules, decide per activity whether it earns ranking points, wallet points or both.
How Sociana uses it
Both balances are configured in the points and rewards module. The unified leaderboard reads only leaderboard points; the reward store reads and decrements only wallet points.
Example
In a recognition-led programme, participants redeemed booth rewards while the quarterly leaderboard remained untouched.