In the era of knowledge networking, a web-based knowledge sharing platform provides an environment where knowledge is shared, searched, and prusued. The objective of the research was to explore the factors which encouraged users to use the platform and share their knowledge on a knowledge sharing website in terms of its functions as well as the reward systems. People who took part in the ”Practice makes perfect” life energy-saving competition were invited as participants in this research. A web-based survey was conducted to find out the most valuable functions on the website for future reference.