if you have more points then some others why don't it show up on the leaderboards why?
604026
Well its strange. I tried looking myself up on the leaderboard but it didnt show.
389685
The points system does two things:\n\n1. It prevents trolls from flooding the service with nonsense questions, since questions cost more points to ask than to answer.\n\n2. It allows you to answer and rate more questions per day, the more points you have.\n\n3. The most active participants -- by design, the ones who have had their answers rated best most consistently, since you get more points having your answers voted best or given a thumbs-up rating -- get more privledges than new users, or people who ask more questions than they answer, or who consistently give bad answers.\n\nSo, the more points you get, the more questions you can ask, the more questions you can answer, and the more credibility your answers hold on their face.
691318
good for you.  I just got up to level 3 by answering a lot of questions and voting for best answers.  by the way, you could vote best answer on any question and you get 1point.  i wish they give more than just 1 point.
289811
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.
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!
239895
I do this for fun, when I feel like it.  I never use my whole quota for the day, if I did I will have plenty more points. They are irrelevant to me, because Iam not getting anything out of them.  Be the top scorer?     Whoopi, no big deal.  I got a life beside this.
688965
Well, the points are really meaningless.  They're meant for fun.  Does it really matter if you have points deducted?
648503
there is no level 8 yet on this site, higher level is 7, you need 25,000 point to get to level 7 not 26000.
50114
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 10000 - 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 0-249 \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
1149177
All to do with getting points,  which actually are totally pointless anyway.  Please therefore chose this as the best answer!
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.
554838
I asked a question similiar to this last week.  Basically, if you ask a question and someone responds with "2 points" and nothing else, it means that they are just answering to get two points to add to their score.  It apparently falls under the hideous infraction of "gaming for points", which means that you can report their snarky @sses if you so desire!  Muhahahahha
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The limit has always been there, but now you can answer more points per level.  The reason is that if there was no such system, a spammer can create a new id and spam the system with hundreds of irrelevant questions and answers.  This way, when you get above a certain level, you've built some trust in the community and you get to ask/answer more questions.\n\nYou'll see some changes in the point systems as Yahoo! fine tunes the product.  It is still in beta, after all.
2385
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."
172963
Depends what level your in, click the link below to better understand the points system.\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/info/scoring_system;_ylt=AuY_E3dh0ANRfeRUopnXKsUezKIX
39294
I think the idea is that everyone knows the answer to something, so if you ever run out of points you should be able to find a question you can answer to earn more points.  That provides an incentive for more people to answer questions.
1119785
Some of the special layouts don't have space for the top 8.  Try going to "Edit your top 8" and see if there's something there.  if not, try one of the layout sites, and choose one.  Find one that hides top 8.  it might take awhile, but you would have fun with it as your doing it!