Why is it -2 points when you ask a question?
142295
Because it means you dont know something.
86130
It costs 2 points to post a question.\nThe Yahoo guys thought it would eliminate frivolous, stupid questions.\nI don't know, I see an awful lot of stupid questions out there still.
72965
because when you ask a question you lose points, and when you pick the best answer, you get the points back.\nplus, maybe the one answer is the one they were looking for and they don't need or want anymore answers!
1020116
Why would you waste 20 points by asking this question twice?  You can always go in and edit your question.
279832
how to get 2 point? lol
233485
Costing more points to ask questions:\n\nPreviously, it cost two points to ask a question, and you received two points for resolving it, making it a point-neutral exercise. Now, it will cost five points to ask a question, and you will receive three points for resolving it. Simply answer one question (for an additional two points), and it becomes point-neutral as well. We hope this change will encourage question askers to look around and see if you can answer other people’s questions.
102756
you get the two points back when you 'pick an answer' to your question.
342241
I do for 2 reasons \n1. Point for thumbs up and down. \n2. Save points by checking to see if a question has already been asked.
29310
You get 2 points deducted when you ask a question, then you can get the points back by choosing a "best answer".\n\nThey are trying to encourage people to come back, check the answers they have received, and choose a "best answer"; this will make the system more fair, especially in those cases where someone asks a question and someone else posts an answer that's so good, no one else bothers to answer.  The "answers" will not be put to a vote, because there is only one answer, so the person who posted the great answer gets only 2 points, not the total of 12 points that he or she is entitled to.
8547
Were you going to ask if I wanted 2 points?
906829
Q: Why did i leave this answer?\n\nA: To get 2 points!
431574
The more points you get, the more questions you can ask at one time.  Also you get to find out the answers to the questions first when you have more points.  So that's pretty much it.  I think it's just a way to get us to come on here and ask and answer questions.  And it works. :-)
695558
and whats the question thanks for 2 points for nothing
771493
as long as you answer a question with any answer, you get 2 points...
67786
I assume you mean WHY does it take 2 points to ask a question?\n\nBecause of questions like this.\n\nBecause people ask questions before they do ANY research. \nIf before you ask a question you type it into the search box, you can see if anyone else has already asked the same question.\n\nAs you can see from the link at least 60 people have asked the same question in the past week or so.\n\nThey are trying to encourage people to look it up first and see if the question has already been answered. \n\nThis cuts down on Duplication..\n\nIt might deter ON person from asking how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll tootsie pot, OR why is the sky blue?\n\nThey are trying to improve the quality of the site...\n\n\nObviously, it has not worked yet... \n\nSource(s):\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...
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!
1026299
becuz i want 2 points