The points are mostly just an incentive for people to start answering questions, and also to vote on other answers, and finally, to rate other people's answers. As you increase your points and levels you are able to perform more of the standard activity - ask, answer, rate, vote and comment.
Other than that, the points don't do anything. You do get some extra 'attention' at higher levels, but that may or may not be a good thing. There are no secret special prizes, at least none that any of us at Level 7 have heard of.
Mostly, just enjoy the site, ask and answer questions. If you like, keep track of your points as you move up in levels. After awhile, you'll be more interested in responding to people's questions with quality answers.
Here's the link where you can see what the different levels are and how to earn points. http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_sy鈥?/a>
Welcome to the site!Can someone tell me how this points thing works?
lol i was wonder about that also... Report Abuse
i dont know either
you lose points because it's a tool to encourage you to answer questions not just ask questions
points just give the recognition to the user's participation. click on ur points and read the first para of the page and tables given over there also. U will come to know how does this point system work.
this site will give your answer
http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_sy鈥?/a>
Begin participating on Yahoo! Answers One time: 100
Ask a question -5
Choose a best answer for your question 3
No Best Answer was selected by voters on your question Points Returned: 5
Answer a question 2
Deleting an answer -2
Log in to Yahoo! Answers Once daily: 1
Vote for a best answer 1
Rate a best answer 1
Have your answer selected as the best answer 10
Receive a ';thumbs-up'; rating on a best answer that you wrote (up to 50 thumbs-up are counted) 1 per ';thumbs-up';
Levels are another way to keep track of how active you (and others) have been. The more points you accumulate, the higher your level. Yahoo! Answers recognizes your level achievements with our special brand of thank you's! Level Yahoo! Answers Thank You Points
7 Be the first to find out! 25000+
6 Be the first to find out! 10,000 - 24,999
5 Be eligible to be a Featured User on the home page masthead. 5,000 - 9,999
4 Be eligible to be a Featured User on the community manager editorial page. (coming soon) 2,500-4,999
3 A super-special Yahoo! Answers thank you. (coming soon) 1,000-2,499
2 A special Yahoo! Answers thank you. (coming soon) 250-999
1 Full access to Yahoo! Answers! 1-249
0 Limited access: you cannot ask a question but have level 1 privileges 0
sorry it can't get any clearer than it already is .take some time and really read the rules or the instruction
Just keep answering questions and get more points
yahoo often has contests if people pick your answer the most u win a prize. and i guess in general the points are for showing that u have really good answer skills. and if u get a few hundred points u move up a level and get extra features. i dunno y they take away the 5 points maybe they dont want to many people asking questions at once.
Click on your name or your points amount which should be located on the upper left side or your screen when you are in Yahoo! Answers and it will take you to the site where you can get all that information
as i understand it as they are updating their system with new perks as you get more points the more of these new perks you'll be able to get,however there is a catch a dumb one you can only answer so many per day in order to get points thus it's really odd.
I think they are trying to see how far they can go in getting people to do what they say,while expecting a reward,yet get really nothing.
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