What are the yahoo points for?
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absolutely nothing, just fun I guess
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Sit in front of your computer all day and night answering the amount of questions Yahoo will allow.  And remember, it costs you 5 points to post a question and you only get 3 points back when you choose the best answer.
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Yahoo! Answers is an online community in which participants can ask and answer questions on a wide range of topics, from the serious to the irresistibly trivial. \n\nHow trivial is anyones guess.
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its just a way of attracting users. since points add up, people will always try to get more points -thinking that they will get rewarded when yahoo answers gets out of beta, but which will not happen ! so, its just a trick !
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yahoo is really good  you should use it
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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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Level 3, ask level 4. The one with the highest points currently has the username yahooza dot com and points scored while I am typing is 3098. This is because he started 5 months ahead of us.
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Why do you ask us about yahoo? You can contact the yahoo company and they can answer these question.
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The points are merely a measure of how active a person is when they are participating in Yahoo Answers. There is no reward of any kind.
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I guess you should ask Yahoo! ..
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yes of course. What are points? I mean what do they really do? You get nothing so there is no point in the points lol. I find it interesting to ask things and see things from a different point of view.
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Why are you paying for Yahoo?
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The points are for nothing more than braggin rights.  The levels allow you more asking, answering, voting and rating the higher you go.  It is just for fun and to help people if you have the knowledge or know where to find it.
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answer yahoo questions
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At present, I have 2137. Congratulations from my side on crossing Level 1. For the last whole month, the user yahooza dot com  had scored the highest points. While I am typing is 3098. He was at level 4. He had started 5 months ahead of us. But now, he has been overtaken by JayNick. I suspect the previous one to be a yhoo affiliate or tester, doing alpha / developer beta testing of the system, thus his points not shown to the public
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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.
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Read the Yahoo guidelines