I would like to propose a feature idea called “Contribution Points.”

I have been a ChatGPT user for quite a long time, going back to much earlier versions of the product. Over the years, I have had very long and iterative conversations, tested prompts, found limitations and inconsistencies, corrected responses, experimented with different approaches, discussed complex topics, and generally tried to push the system further in order to achieve better results.

I am not claiming that I created ChatGPT, that I am responsible for its development, or that I can say my individual conversations trained any specific model. That is not my point.

My point is that highly engaged users can sometimes generate, simply through the way they normally use ChatGPT, genuinely valuable feedback, testing, edge cases, bug discoveries, prompt experiments, and evaluations.

That made me think:

What if OpenAI had an optional system that rewarded useful user contributions?

Users could earn Contribution Points for things such as:

• High-quality feedback that is reviewed and considered useful.

• Reproducible bug reports.

• Discovering unusual model failures or edge cases.

• Voluntarily participating in model evaluations.

• Testing experimental features.

• Contributions that genuinely help improve ChatGPT.

Those points could mainly be exchanged for access to better ChatGPT plans, usage credits, or subscription time.

I do not think points should be awarded simply for sending a large number of messages, because that would encourage spam. The system should reward the quality and usefulness of the contribution, not quantity.

The idea came from my own situation.

I have used ChatGPT extensively for years for personal projects, creative work, software and game development, problem solving, prompt experimentation, and extremely long and deep conversations about complex subjects.

Many of those conversations were personal and were never made with the intention of “training an AI.” However, by questioning responses, finding contradictions, trying different lines of reasoning, correcting mistakes, and pushing the model into unusual situations, that kind of use can also produce interactions and feedback that may be valuable for improving AI systems.

At the same time, there is a problem: this kind of intensive use generally requires access to the more capable ChatGPT plans. Basic plans have limitations that can make it difficult to maintain long, complex, and continuous conversations of this kind.

For many users, constantly paying for the best subscription, in addition to all the other tools they may need for their projects, can eventually become too expensive.

That is why I thought there could be a positive cycle:

Users help test and improve the product → OpenAI identifies contributions that are genuinely useful → those users receive credits or access to better plans → they can continue using the system in an advanced way and continue contributing.

It could become a community of voluntary power users and evaluators, without replacing or being confused with OpenAI’s professional testers, researchers, and evaluators.

I originally came up with this idea during a conversation with ChatGPT after discussing how many years I had spent testing, correcting, experimenting with, and pushing AI systems through complex and unusual conversations.

I called the idea “Contribution Points.”

I am simply a user from Argentina with an idea that I believe could benefit both OpenAI and some of its most engaged users. I would be genuinely happy just knowing that the idea was considered, even if I personally never received anything from it.

And on a more personal note, if OpenAI ever has programs where experienced power users, including people without a professional technical background, can participate in model testing, evaluation, feedback, or similar work, I would also be very interested in learning about them.

Thank you for reading.