what do all these points mean? and levels?
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There's no point in my telling u, if u haven't figured it out urself, by now !\nI'm being level with u, chum !
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It means you have answered as many questions as you're allowed for the day. As you move up point levels, you're allowed to answer more questions.\n\nTake a look at this link; it explains it all in detail.
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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 \nAsk a question -2 \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. \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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To 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.)
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hehehe's right. \n\nthe more points we get, the higher our levels get. with higher levels, we are able to do more things. go to your profile/My Q&A, and under your points you'll see "tell me more". click that. a page will appear which explains about the point system.\n\nmotivation is another reason.
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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 \nAsk a question  -2 \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
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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 \nAsk a question  -2 \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. Level 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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-5\n\nThe link explains all about the points.
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Keep it up!!  I'm almost to lvl 4!!  I just need 16 more points!!  lol\nThanks!!
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i got 2 points when i answered your question, and then if you select it as the best answer i will get 10 more points. and so on i will get points, then after 250 i will be in the level2, and so on i will increase my points and grow in levels.
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Nothing... All they are are "bragging" points... You cant trade them in for anything... And anything that is done with them (ie levels) are automatic..
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I have no idea...the "how it works" section just says "Points and levels help you keep tabs on how active you (and others) are on Yahoo! Answers. You get points for different types of actions, like answering a question. The more points you get, the higher your level."
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You can get to level two when you accumulate 250 points. Each time you ask a question its worth -2 points, each time you answer one, it worth 2 points, if you go to discover and vote a best answer, that one point.      :)  I hope this help answer you question.
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The more points you have, the higher level you can obtain.  Reaching higher levels means that you can participate more on the site.  On lower levels, you are limited to how many questions and answers you can post per day, and this limit gets higher and higher (as you get points) until, at level 5 and over, you can answer and ask an unlimited number of questions.  For more information, click here: \nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system
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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.
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I don't know, but I need a couple of points to find out what happens when I reach the next level. Thanks.
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In order to raise a level, you have to have a certain amount of points. The chart says this:\n\nLvl. 0 = 0 pts.\nLvl. 1 = 1-249 pts.\nLvl. 2 = 250-999 pts.\nLvl. 3 = 1,000-2,499 pts.\nLvl. 4 = 2,500-4,999 pts.\nLvl. 5 = 5,000-9,999 pts.\nLvl. 6 = 10,000-24,999 pts.\nLvl. 7 = 25,000+ pts.\n\nI hope this helps. :)