yahoo points??? what are they for???
100906
Nothing, just trying to get people to participate in the answers program. People are hooked on points even though it doesn't mean anything except to prove you spend too much time on the computer
606502
I was wondering this same thing before. A lot of people just answer for the points. What honestly what do the points do. Its all very confusing to me.\n\nI guess its nice to ask questions to people with out them truly knowing who you are. So they can't judge.
263722
Your question is illogical.  It costs U 5 points to ask a qyestion and you only get 3 points in return.  The object is to get points, right.  If you look at the leger you will find people who have never asked a question.  Yahoo has turned us all into puppets and Yahoo is pulling the strings.
1028323
Please pick me baby gurl my points total is soooo low!!
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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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First, to prevent overloading their servers.\nSecond, to prevent addicted users like me from posting 24h/day and losing their job/wife/health.\nThird, to give all users chances to get a similar number of points.
70740
You can see the whole scoring system & the relevance of the points you obtained by clicking on this link http://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system
43437
It's a policy that Yahoo just implemented to help prevent the abuse of asking stupid questions.  You may have noticed the question spam on the site and Yahoo is trying to get rid of some of this.  You get your points back though after at least 24 hours when you select a best answer or put the questions to a vote.  I personally like it!
631930
what will i get if i help you??? hmm apart from dum points.. hey i got 2 points already!
70716
Yahoo made some upgrades that makes you lose two points when you ask a question but when you pick a best answer you gain two points so it should even out unless you get no answers, so you should pick mine as the best answer to get points!!!!!! lol
1155212
Addition, but stop making us vote for your answer. Can't you see points don't matter at all?? Points are just for fun. Why do you try so much to get those 10 points for that question by putting links to it everywhere and you don't try to really answer good, real questions? Only then you would deserve the 10 points!
146722
wow thanks also for these two points. wow i really appreciated it. so mch. don't worry about those points. they are free. no i'm just joking. but yes, u do have two points but is it deserving. yahoo answers is not all about having two points and the like. it's about helping other people. give them some pieces of advice. ok!!! those 10 points are just incentives for being intelligent.
36897
Just click above, where it says Points.  It is all explained there.\n\nBut, the real truth, is nothing.  As far as I can tell so far, they are just there so that competitive people can accumulate them.
507143
The usefulness of Yahoo! Answers depends on people answering questions as well as rating answers. To encourage participation and quality answers participants are awarded points for contributing (answering a question, rating a best answer, voting for a best answer, etc).\n\nYour Yahoo! Answers points have no monetary value but as your points increase, you achieve higher “levels” with increased participation privileges. Levels influence how much people can contribute per day. With each higher level, you're allowed to make more contributions per day. (For example: at Level 1, the starting level, you can only ask 5 questions a day. At level 2 you can ask 10 per day).\n\nFor more information on points and to see a list of actions with corresponding values go to:\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system
179304
it takes awhile for your points to upload to the server... esp when they're doing maintenance or if it's a high traffic time... be patient, don't worry, your points will show up.
933022
Just answer questions & get points. Something to do when you're bored. hahaha
563219
Well I suppose you could but what is the point ( no pun intended) in just gaining points. I have a very low opinion of those who do anything to gain points. Two points please