*(TO Yahoo! Staff-Is it OK if someone really high in points like Richard or Jane Furrows tells what the Thank You or prize is for all the levels they've passed?*) \n\n*(To Answerers-For people who've gotten really really high in levels like Richard or Jane Furrows, what was the "thank you" you got for all the levels so far?)\n\nI've been working really hard on answering, but have only used Y! Answers for like, over a month, so I only have 407 points (soon to have 401 once I click "submit). \nI haven't really got a major prize yet. \n\nI know some of them, for likee level 4 and level 5, but what about 2, 3, 6, and 7?  I haven't gotten to level 3 yet.
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Level 2 is Answers Swag. When you reach that level, you can find it on the right side of your Q&A page.\n\nWhen you reach levels 2-5, you get fewer limits on your participation in the site. After you reach level 5, there is no difference.\n\nWhat the "Be the first to find out!" means is that they haven't given anyone anything for those levels yet. So, if you get there by the time they have the rewards system completely set up, you will be among the first to find out.\n\nI'm sorry if this is a bit disappointing, but that's what the "beta" under the Yahoo! Answers logo means - it's still missing a lot of things, but at least it gives you time to catch up.\n\nBy the way, there's a Yahoo! Answers category under Yahoo! Products designed especially for questions like this.
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I went into the forum and there are alot of people complaining because their questions are not coming up.  Some of them are losing points some how, 1 person ended up with like 3000 points and said that they hadn't even come close to earning that many.  Others are not getting their points for answering questions.  Apparently they change the program or some darn thing (on the 15th) and they are still working the bugs out.  I was having a rough time trying to answer questions because the answer box wasn't coming up for me.\n\nHope this answers your questions.  They are supposed to be working on all the problems.  lol
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Andrew - you can thank someone by giving them ten points or adding a comment to your question.\n\nThis is not a message board!
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The points help you to attain higher levels. At higher levels, you get additional access to the website, and also special thank yous.\n\nBut yeah, really, the points don't give you anything in the real world. \nSource(s):\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_sy...
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Cos you're only on Level 1, theres a limit. I didnt know this either. Now I'm on Level 2 there is no limit to the number of questions I can answer. I dont believe that you get points for voting, my score hasn't changed since I was able to vote answers in Level 2. Start answering again tomorrow! xx
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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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Well limiting my answer to only this site, I would say a lot of folks on here are just playing it like it's a game, and going for the points that really get us nowhere...\nI don't understand why the points factor in anyway, we don't get anything out of it...\n\nPeople don't spell right because they don't try and they are in a hurry for whatever reason...\nAs little effort as is required to use the spell check feature, I don't know why they won't use it...\nI wish there was a way for Yahoo to make spelling correctly mandatory some way...\nI hate seeing so many words spelled incorrectly while I spend so much time getting all my answers to come out right and I use the spell check so I don't look dumb...\nI think a lot of folks just don't care either...
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Because you are only on level one and have used up your limit for today.   Try rating and voting for some answers to boost your points score.  If you click on the number of points that you have it will tell you all about point scoring and the levels.
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There are now 3 answers to it.\n\nOne of the other people on here was having that problem and she ask me to go into here profile page and click on the question and answer it.  When I did that, then she could find it.  Yahoo is still trying to work out the bugs now that they have changed their programming(it was done on the 15th).  I went into forum and there were a lot of people complaining about their questions being lost and them not getting credit for the ones they did answer.  Yahoo is still working on it.   \nHope this answers your questions and problem.
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Points and Levels\nTo encourage participation and reward great answers, Yahoo! Answers has a system of points and levels. The number of points you get depends on the specific action you take. The points table below summarizes the point values for different actions. While you can't use points to buy or redeem anything, they do allow everyone to recognize how active and helpful you've been. (And they give you another excuse to brag to your friends.) \nPoints Table Action Points \nBegin participating on Yahoo! Answers One time: 100 \nChoose a best answer for your question 2 \nPut the answers to your question to a vote 2 \nAnswer a question 2 \nVote for a best answer 1 \nRate a best answer 1 \nHave your answer selected as the best answer 10 \nReceive a "thumbs-up" rating on a best answer that you wrote (up to 50 thumbs-up are counted) 1 per "thumbs-up" \n\n  \nLevels 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! \nThere's also a color associated with the levels. These colors will have more meaning as Yahoo! Answers rolls out new features in the coming weeks, and you'll see how "sharing what you know" and "discovering something new" can be fun and rewarding. Level Yahoo Answers! Thanks You's Colors Points \n7 Be the first to find out! Black 25000+ \n6 Be the first to find out! Brown 10,000 - 24,999 \n5 Be eligible to be a Featured User on the home page masthead. Purple 5,000 - 9,999 \n4 Be eligible to be a Featured User on the community editorial page. (coming soon!) Green 2,500-4,999 \n3 A super-special Yahoo! Answers thank you. Blue 1,000-2,499 \n2 A special Yahoo! Answers thank you. Yellow 250-999 \n1 Full access to Yahoo! Answers! White 1-249 \n0 Limited access: you cannot ask a question but have level 1 privileges None 0 \n\n  \nAnd finally, as you attain higher levels, you'll also be able to contribute more to Yahoo! Answers - you can ask, answer, vote and rate more frequently. \n\nLevel   Questions Answers Comments Rates Votes \n5,6,7 *            unlimited * \n4       20        80      40       80    80 \n3       15        60      30       60    60 \n2       10        40      20       40    40 \n1        5        20      10       20    20
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Higher levels allow you to ask and answer more questions daily. Supposedly there are other rewards, but no one has seen them yet. Details are at the link below.
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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! \nAnd finally, as you attain higher levels, you'll also be able to contribute more to Yahoo! Answers - you can ask, answer, vote and rate more frequently. \n\nLevel & Points  \nlevel 7= 25000+ pts\nlevel 6= 10,000 - 24,999 pts\nlevel 5= 5,000 - 9,999 pts\nlevel 4= 2,500-4,999 pts\nlevel 3= 1,000-2,499 pts\nlevel 2= 250-999  pts\nlevel 1= 1-249 pts
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i just got to level 3.\n\nthe highest points belong to a user called yahooza dot com. but he is actually a yahoo answers team guy.\n\nyou can check out the leaderboard here - \nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/y_answrs_team\non last count, JayNick was leading
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Nothing.\nYahoo thought that they would have more time to figure it out, so they wrote in "Be the first to find out!"\nI think I was the first to reach 25,000 and Level 7.  I am now at over 50,000 points and still do not know.\nI do get a lot of email, but from other Users, not from Yahoo.
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Here's a breakdown of the scoring system: http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system;_ylt=ApsI0C6bJpcrAdnhIvylGJAezKIX\n\nPoints don't really mean a whole lot except to tell you who uses this service the most. For me, it's a challenge. Can I answer enough questions to get to the next level? You lose 2 points when you ask a question, but if you pick a best answer, you get them back.
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good for you.  I just got up to level 3 by answering a lot of questions and voting for best answers.  by the way, you could vote best answer on any question and you get 1point.  i wish they give more than just 1 point.
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I don't think they could afford to give out free pro webhosting to everyone who made it to level two on Yahoo! Answers. I don't think they would make that as a prize for the upper levels, either, because it would encourage rampant points gaming - content which contributes nothing at all to the site.\n\nHowever, there is a place to send in your suggestions. Just click on the Forum link in the upper right corner of this page. That's where users can discuss all their suggestions about the Yahoo! Answers site. The team members post there occasionally, but usually they just read everything.