Do you think that this point system on yahoo answers is good? I mean I just lost five points right now.?
411367
You ask a question---you lose 5 points---but gain back 3 points when you select your best answer---so total loss 2 points---but you gain by getting information---also the response from other people gives you a feeling of having been heard---that you count---you made your identity felt\n\nYou answer a question---you get 2 points---and 10 more if you give best answer---some more points when your answer is rated\n\nThat is why you will find that people answer more than they ask\n\nIf there were no points given by Yahoo Ans we wouldn't get motivated to answer so many questions or rate other people's answers\n\nI think it is all so much fun!!!
576208
If you ask a question, remove a question, or remove an answer, you will not get points. Nevertheless, sometimes it will take a while for you to actually receive the points. I have some that just came and said "you just got a point" and when I look at it, it says it was for something I answered yesterday O.o Don't worry about it. The points shopuld go through eventually =)
471557
You're not alone. I think we've all answered the life altering question "Is my Avatar HOT" out of boredom a time or two. I do think that the all out blitz to pile up points has gotten way out of hand. What purpose can be served with being able to say you have 10, 15, 30 & 50,000+ points other than to boost a fragile ego? Granted, some of the Q&As these people have are quite good, but they seem to have built a leagion of followers who hail them as a prophet based on their points total when in fact they pad that total with unlimited rates and votes points. The whole idea was to help, inform and have a little fun, not build an empire based on points for self-gratification, but I suppose that is the competitive nature of the beast. Getting voted as Best Answer and a few Thumbs Up, I will admitt, dose make me feel good knowing that someone appreciated what I had to say but it's not an all consuming mission. It has almost gotten to the point where Yahoo! has lost control of what started out as a good idea and I'm not sure how they can get it back.
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Some people have nothing better to do. *Sigh*.\n\nI agree people who are click-happy with the report-u button should lose points. And no, I don't think many people who ask stupid questions on here have a sense of humour. \n\nI've been reported over nothing as well and still can't understand the "logic" in it all. Ah well. What can ya do. *rolls eyes*
212860
honestly, i don't see the point (no pun intended) for giving out points at all. lots of people keep on posting without giving any decent answer at all. they just do it for the two points. worse, some people just copy out other people's answers. i mean some questions have only got one answer, what's the point of repeating it again? i think the quality of the answers here would be much better if people don't see it as a game and do it because they just want to help people out. but then again, that's just me so you don't have to agree.
227843
Don't repeat posts.  It clutters up the boards.  And it costs you five points each time.  At any rate, I answered on your last post, so go read it.
395164
I've been thinking the same thing lately, and I think Y! Answers should not only have a 'best answer' option that rewards people for good answers (that they do now for 10 pts) but also the option to marks answers as 'bad answer' and take away points (maybe 3 points so it takes away the 2 points they got and a third point as a penalty) so people stop writing stupid and offensive answers just to get points.\n\nI've already reported 2 people for having rude and completely pointless answers, but I have no way of knowing if anything happened from those. Do you think people would abuse it if they were give the ability to mark 2-3 answers per question as 'bad answer'?
1751
I agree with you but it may not be practicable.  When you ask a question and you get say five answers you can judge the best answer.  How would you lump and rate say five questions?  Perhaps you could get one point for rating any question as "Good Question" giving the author a point too.  Please suggest that to Yahoo (see bottom of point page that invites suggestions).  You deserve the credit.  Good luck.
533083
I would like to see more points assesed for asking a question. This would make people think a little more before they post a nonsense question. Too many questions are posted without the detail needed to provide an accurate answer. I would also like to see the ability to vote for the worst answer and deduct points from people who answer with intentionally inaccurate and destructive information.
328004
Exactly what mrscm said. When you see people answer with "I Dunno" or "No clue but thanks for the 2 points" then more than likely they are in it for points...points that don't really give you anything but bragging rights. If the points were gone, this site would probably shrink to half the size that it is user wise. I on the other hand, not only enjpy answering questions, but also love reading other peoples points of views on various different topics. Yes, I always hope that in some way my answer will be helpful or at least interesting.\n\nAlso, I wonder how many people actually go back to the questions they have answered to see if there was any follow up responses from the asker as to what they said. I've seen so many askers follow up with comments/questions about the answer someone gave, yet noone goes back to see unless they are chosen as a best answer. Then they will go just to see which answer was chose as theirs.
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We get points?\nI have been all around this site several times and I see something like looks like a "Points" counter, but so far I have not seen a single Point.\nDo they come in colors?  I'd like blue ones.\nI did read somewhere that the Points had something to do with "Levels," but I have not seen any "Levels" either.\nMaybe if we keep a level head we will get the point.\nMaybe if we find the point we will be on the level.
1072183
I do not think that it is right either.  I mean, if no one asked questions, there would be no purpose in this site at all.  LOL  I still ask questions any way b/c you can earn your points back easily.  Also, I do not pay any attention to the point system.
183818
That's three questions. That is unfair. You should be handing out fifteen points for those questions, yet you only give out five. This is not fair for the rest of us who willingly give our points away for our questions. You're cheap, really, really, cheap.
374122
you loose points because thats how the system works.i think people who answer questions with a stupid or sarcastic answer should loose points
429065
You can still gain points (Maybe even enough to move you to the next level to be able to ask more questions) by choosing best answers to your questions. (Yes I would love your ten points) and rating other peoples best answers as well as voting for questions where the asker never choose a best answer. Of course you have daily limits on these as well, but it's something
735088
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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Well, I just checked out the scoring system and I found out that it has been changed, by asking a question we will lose 5 points which we will not gain back when choosing the best answer, we only gain only 3 points and obviously that means we lose 2 points after all.\nI think Yahoo Answers Team has do it in order to lower the traffic.\nYou can check their yahoo 360 for more.\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=Arz2iFBInWkRiLb1QC5qPJQjzKIX?show=AA10030221