I was just looking at the leader board for points and there was an individual who had never asked a question and had only answered 6 questions from other people but he had around 566 points...Where did all the points come from?
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what happens is the answers were probably set as the number one answer by the original person that asked the question.  Also the person could be voting on a lot of number one questions.
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Many people do not know how to put an answer to the group.  I don't yet, and I was going to put that question out there.\n\nIt can take much longer to pick a best answer than it can to just go around answering questions.  And you only get 3 points for doing it.\n\nI try to look every answer over carefully before I decide, cause many people put so much into their answers.  Also, to get the info out of them.  That is the real point of answering the question.\n\nBut I guess people sometimes get all caught up in getting points.  \n\nI think you're answer just gave me some info i needed.  And thank you.
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Thanks.\nI have an idea:\nLet us all go to Hashita's Q&A page. There are at least 40  questions all asked by 'No Name' and resolved by 'Hashita'! Rate all his best-answers (you know what rating it should be), and get our 40 points! \nGive him a treat(ment) guys! He has earned more than 480 by cheating. We all deserve to have our share of 10%.
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I think the idea is that everyone knows the answer to something, so if you ever run out of points you should be able to find a question you can answer to earn more points.  That provides an incentive for more people to answer questions.
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If the site attracts enough users I expect the points system to be radically changed, possibly rewarding only "Best Answers" and "Thumbs Up" ratings.  That would be the way to encourage and reward positive participation and quality.  As it stands now, they are on a mission of getting people here and keeping them for a while, so basically any and all participation is rewarded.
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You're not alone. I think we've all answered the life altering question "Is my Avatar HOT" out of boredom a time or two. I do think that the all out blitz to pile up points has gotten way out of hand. What purpose can be served with being able to say you have 10, 15, 30 & 50,000+ points other than to boost a fragile ego? Granted, some of the Q&As these people have are quite good, but they seem to have built a leagion of followers who hail them as a prophet based on their points total when in fact they pad that total with unlimited rates and votes points. The whole idea was to help, inform and have a little fun, not build an empire based on points for self-gratification, but I suppose that is the competitive nature of the beast. Getting voted as Best Answer and a few Thumbs Up, I will admitt, dose make me feel good knowing that someone appreciated what I had to say but it's not an all consuming mission. It has almost gotten to the point where Yahoo! has lost control of what started out as a good idea and I'm not sure how they can get it back.
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Yes, there a few gems stashed in amongst the rubbish on this forum.  It takes researching the profiles of people who give intelligent answers.  People who give good answers usually ask great questions.  Sometimes we have to put up with a lot of irritating nonsense to get through to the good stuff.  I suggest keep a list of people who ask good questions/give good answers and go to their profiles to answer theirs.  Who cares about points.  Let the others wear each other out.
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I think the first man on the leaderboard. LOL\n\nDoes he ever turn his computer off and not answering questions? lol\n\nI think he is using too much Yahoo! Answers. lol
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If you pick a best answer or you put the question to a vote you get the points back.\n\nIt is to make you an active participant and not just a leach.
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Yes!  Other people who only come on here at work because everything they want to look at is blocked!!!!\n\nBasically, you do the questions and answers... the points are just for fun... to see how much spare time you have I think... It's like a game where everyone wins and the points don't matter!  Like Whose Line Is It Anyway!
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At the rate you are going it will probably take you another three days because they only allow a certain amount of questions asked in a day.  But I think once you get to zero, you will be on the bottom of the leader board and they will not let you ask any questions until your points get higher.
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Wow!   You really have the time to sit around and figure out who is answering which questions?   I thought I wasted enough time answering questions....couldn't even imagine tracking other people's questions/answers.
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I know it gets really hard to think of questions after a while....I had almost 400 on my old account...Now I have 22....Maybe we should quit asking questions and just answer everyone else's...but then what fun would that be?
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As you've probably noticed by now, you lost 5 points for asking this question. You can get three of it back by picking a best answer.\nDifferent point values are given for different activities on this site. It's simply to encourage you to participate.\nYou get two points for answering a question, one point for picking an answer on undecided questions, one point for rating a resolved question. You'll get ten points for being picked as a "best answer" by the asker or the public (undecided questions).\nAfter you get so many points, you move up to different levels. You're on level 1 right now. When you've earned 250 points you'll move up to level 2.\nAt the top of the page, click on your points and you'll see how it works.
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People on here are REALLY obsessed with gettin points. Some care to honestly answer questions, but so many people don't. I think its a good plce to ask and answer questions too, but unfortunately, people don't share my views. \n\nAmd I'll guess that you have two tattoos. That's how many I have! Lol!
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Hi Answer guy, This is Anirudh Koul. It took me about less than 20 days to reach level 6 and am currently on 16000 points. One excellent answer given by my friend Jonny Quest catering to your query is here at the following link. Hope it answers your query in detail :\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AhX09U6bCeWfgPPvmKc8X6cjzKIX?qid=1005122203861
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Just check out the featured question, it has got 32 answers.. And the maximum is 106 or thereabouts, there was a question like yours a few days ago, and the best answerer had pasted a link to that question.... I dont know how to do that,, but you will have to take my word for it........