I just joined yahoo answers and i dunno how it works... can someone guide me?
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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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Do you Yahoo!?  My friend walked me through the set-up and the hardest part was finding a name no one else had! I think it's still FREE  FREE  FREE!!  Happy Friday to All.
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Hey, I got ten points knocked off because I answered best answer and the answer and question were deleted and I wasn't even the one who got best answer, I just answered the question. Yahoo answer sometimes gets their wires crossed. What the heck is wrong with them???? They won't take off the really filth but they will screw up like I just stated. Bummer. I am disappointed big time.
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You can make another yahoo account and answer questions or vote with it. \n\nThats just an idea.
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after you recieve a lot of points, you can do more stuff on the site (if you click on the amount of points you have under your user name, it should bring you to a chart that says all of the things that you are allowed to do after you get "so many" points) also, you get the happy feeling that you helped so many people. (especially if you are picked for a couple of best answers!)... :)\n\nand we answer questions, because people need our help/opinions!
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Sign in in your yahoo mail.\nYou will see on the Top-Right corner a link named "HELP"\nClick on it for details.
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Yep, it sucks. I swear its addictive, too. The more questions you answer, the more points you get. As you get to each higher level, you can answer more questions. Also, just register a nr=ew screen name. I guess you could do that. Me, my daughter, and my son all have different accounts and I answer on all of them.(they are 10 and 8 so we look at pet questions together! LOL)
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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. :-)
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This is just a joke right change your user name.\n\nI have answered you before i think these are games instead of question which you need help.\n\nSounds as if your promoting your web-sites for more business.\n\nI do believe your in violation of Yahoo!Answers guild lines.
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That is really strange, try contacting the Yahoo support team for this query.
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I don't think you're right. You should have to answer 3 questions to be able to ask one, anyway Yahoo! answers gives you 100 points when you join. I disagree with you completely.\n\nFrom,\nPhil
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hi,i'm a real member of this community-this is your first question and you have made no answers so far,this is an unlucky time as the boards are flooded at the moment with the chat problem people who did not read the community guidelines at all-it's a must,right to the bottom-so the board will fill up and fly by giving it no time hardly for a serious site user to help you.- if you wish click on my avatar and you will be on my home page-look through some of my questions and answer's to get the idea-you can do this with averyone-and so can they !sorry i'm a people person and can't help with the other question,i tend to answer the one i think you asked-i'll be online about an hour if you need any advice on the site-feel free to contact me in that time-welcome.x
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It's setup to randomly appear in random sessions. There is no way to use it permanently as it is only a beta. They do it so different people will be able to experiment with it and submit their feedback.
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You have to start a new account to use Answers:(\nI've had some suspended, but I could still use the mail if I wanted to, and others just completely deleted.
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Yup..use http://members.yahoo.com/
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I paid a visit today, to see what your site is all about. Hmm..it's not a web site after all but a forum instead. You have to understand, a forum is a place for communities - one of the hardest part is to attract visitors & indirectly persuade them to become a member. Not just a member but an active member.\n\n"So, what's your forum all about? I don't know. I can't figure it out myself". Maybe this is one of the most visitors asking themselves. I took a deeper look, weighing the topics and issues. What did I find? To be honest, I've been wondering there. Where should I go?\n\nTo have a successful forum, you have to be specific. Concentrate on 3-4 issues at first. Stick to the topic until the relevant division matured. Don't just jump into unrelated topics. That won't bring you any good after all.\n\nInvite as many friends as possible. They are your excellent tool to help boosting your forum popularity. Request their help to spread the news. Give certain rank to those pioneers - something like moderators, senior mod, regional mod etc. This will make them happy.\n\nWhy..What color are you using? BLACK! Believe it or not, psychologically, most people don't prefer to spend time reading white text for long. Also, dark background will not bring up the mood. Remember that. You want them to be happy in your forum - so create the mood for them. Something preferable by you doesn't mean it suits everyone.\n\nBe specific of what your forum is all about. Games? Money making opportunities? Blog? Whatever it is, describe it clearly in the header. You must let your visitors know, at a glance, what is your forum related to. Remember, a forum needs to be self-describing; not vice-versa.\n\nThe most effective way to attract more visitors to your forum is to contact webmasters who share the same topics like yours. Request a link politely and explain why it would benefit them of having a link exchange with you. Man, your way is long ahead. Just don't give up.\n\nHope this helps.
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Such is the failings of an unmoderated system. I too have been very disappointed with the (few) answers I have received to the serious questions I have posed.\n\nHopefully Yahoo will implement a system that allows members to rate members based on the questions they ask and the answers they give. Yahoo has already given special recognition to some top answerers, and hopefully they will create a system that recognizes people in terms of the quality of their contributions rather than just the quantity.