User blog comment:Gideoncrawle/Thoughts on becoming a Top Author/@comment-1874924-20100607010950

That's true, Dark, exact placement really doesn't matter much (unless you can make the top 7, and have your name listed ahead of the "More" button). What matters is being on the list at all, because that means more publicity for our stories.

Ult, the requirement to be a Top Author is pretty straightforward. It's just based on edit count, so all you have to do to find out "what you have to do" is click on #25 to see how many edits s/he has. Keep in mind, though, that the listing isn't updated in real time; it's updated once a day, so I'm officially #25, but my real-time edit count is actually #24.